Further training on good academic practice

Humboldt-Universit?t offers extensive continuing education programmes on good academic practice for various areas and target groups as well as information on external programmes.

Training and information services offered by the University Library

Workshops for academics at all career levels

The Humboldt-Universit?t University Library is continuously expanding its range of workshops and training courses on good academic practice, from introductions to database searches and workshops on literature management programmes to complete packages such as "Compact course in life sciences" and "My first term paper", which include tips on correct citation and avoiding plagiarism.

Courses on literature management programmes and research data management in particular are also attended by higher semesters, doctoral students and postgraduates. In the Lost in Dissertation lecture series, which the HU University Library organises annually together with the State Library, Freie Universit?t and Technische Universit?t, doctoral students receive a compact lecture programme on topics relating to good academic practice.

Offers of the Berlin University Alliance

For doctoral candidates

Good academic practice is also a focus of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) Graduate Studies Support Programme. The BUA aims to improve conditions for doctoral students by offering joint further education programmes and supervision.

Programmes offered by the Humboldt Graduate School

For doctoral candidates

The Humboldt Graduate School (HGS) offers doctoral candidates workshops and online training courses on good academic practice. The online training programme on good academicpractice comprises five modules that can be completed with a certificate.

For carers

Humboldt-Universit?t is particularly committed to supporting early-career researchers. The Humboldt Graduate School (HGS) offers annual and on-demand workshops, coaching and intervision for newly appointed and interested researchers to support good supervision during the doctorate.

The supervision agreements between doctoral candidates and supervisors are an important instrument for clarifying goals and time frames as well as mutual responsibilities and tasks for the doctoral project in order to avoid disagreements later on. On the HGS website you will find guidelines and regulations for supervision as well as a sample supervision agreement.

Computer and Media Service offers

Training courses on research data management (FDM)

Humboldt-Universit?t's Research Data Management Initiative (RDM Initiative) offers training courses on research data management, data publication, data management planning, legal fields of action and GitLab for doctoral students and researchers.

In addition, the initiative also offers video tutorials, presentation slides and information material on research data in various disciplines and on data management plans. Once a year, the HU's RDM initiative, which is based at the CMS, takes part in the international "Love Data Week" campaign. Please inform yourself on the above mentioned pages.

External training programmes

45-minute e-learning course for DFG reviewers and committee members, which is also relevant for other scientific judgement processes such as peer review procedures, examination situations and appointment procedures. Includes definition of bias, examples and recommendations for action.

The (interdisciplinary) curriculum on good academic practice from 2011 was comprehensively revised in 2019.