Transferable competences and professional transitions. Interrogating a future outside of Academia
This workshop focuses on transferable skills and professional transitions, helping PhD students connect their academic experiences to future careers outside of academia. Through critical reflection on common assumptions about competencies and professional development, students will explore frameworks for understanding and applying transferable skills. The workshop also includes insights from international research on PhD career transitions, allowing participants to reflect on their own experiences and strategies. By sharing real-world examples and supportive initiatives, the session aims to increase awareness and provide practical tools for navigating professional transitions.
- ECTS: 1
- Total hours: 8
- Language: English
- Mode of participation: Course given in presence. Online participation is possible on request.
- Max participants: 25
- Course code: INV.TRSVL.20
- Category: SOFT AND TRANSFERABLE COMPETENCES WITHIN AND BEYOND ACADEMIA
How To Apply
Contact for registration: dottorati@unimib.it
- OPENING of registrations: 19 Jan. 2026
- CLOSING of registrations: 16 Feb. 2026
The workshop will introduce the transferable skills theme as outlined in international policies, inviting students to connect concepts and categories to their experiences.
The most common assumptions underlying the discourse on competence and their practical effects will be highlighted inviting the students to reflect over them in a critical way. In order to do that, schemes based on different ways of profiling competences will be provided in order to experiment with those assumptions in a practical way.
International research results related to PhDs’ professional transitions as well as existing supportive actions will be socialized among participants and connected to personal experiences through auto/biographical methods.
- 19/02/2026 9.30 am - 1.30 pm CET
- 26/02/2026 9.30 am - 1.30 pm CET
4 - Quality Education
Objectives:
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increase awareness about future professional scenarios outside the academy;
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reflect about the transferable skills issue: one of the main strategy outlined by international policies to deal with professional transitions;
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share with students experiences of professional transitions outside the academy based on international research works;
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invite students to connect others PhDs’ holders experiences and strategies to their specific situation.
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share with students existing national and international projects aiming at supporting them in professional transitions.
Name of the faculty: Andrea Galimberti
Contact for registration: dottorati@unimib.it