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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study, Virtual Classroom	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Experts acclaimed across the world will guide you on The Postdoc Academy: Succeeding as a Postdoc Course. This course ends your search for flexible, professional development as a postdoc. It is a place where you can connect with as well as regularly interact with other postdocs. Candidates can now join the first professional development online course of its kind that is constructed especially for postdocs and other postdocs. The Postdoc Academy offers rigorous skill development for postdocs right from the orientation to their next step in their career.

The Postdoc Academy: Succeeding as a Postdoc Certification uses an all-inclusive active learning approach through which candidates of the course will be able to build up skills such as –drafting an actionable plan of career, finding success as a postdoc, working in an environment that is effectively intercultural, and developing resilience.

The Postdoc Academy: Succeeding as a Postdoc Certification investigates any research that is related to the postdoc success while guiding the candidates to their environment who apply to the course.

The Highlights

A shareable course completion certificate from EdX.
Fully online self-paced course
Advanced Level course
The videos transcripts and subtitles are in English and Espanol.
6-week course
2-4 hours per week effort
Free to enroll
Instructor-led with schedule
No prerequisites

Programme Offerings

assignments
peer feedback
quizzes
videos
Practice Exercises

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
yes	BU Boston

The Postdoc Academy Succeeding as a Postdoc Fees Structure

Course	Fee in INR
The Postdoc Academy: Succeeding as a Postdoc	Free

Eligibility Criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

Candidates who complete The Postdoc Academy: Succeeding as a Postdoc program will receive a verified certificate of completion of The Postdoc Academy. Certificates are issued only when the students have a passing score.

What you will learn

Interpersonal skills

The candidates, upon the completion of The Postdoc Academy: Succeeding as a Postdoc training will learn the following:

Learn how to explore identities and roles as a postdoc and how they impact your work environment. Identify the transitional strategies into a new community while aligning your Mentor's expectations with yours.
Learn to identify and apply strategies that are helpful towards effectively using career planning tools. Learn to build an action plan that can provide guidance and integrate into day-to-day practice.
Build awareness of your personal as well as professional identity as a postdoc. Also, to explore the strategies of creating and supporting an inclusive research environment.
Developing, implementing, and reflecting upon an action plan supporting the progress of professional or personal goals will effectively build and sustain resilience.

Admission Details

The admission procedure for the Certificate course at The Postdoc Academy: Succeeding as a Postdoc is simple. The candidates can register themselves in a few minutes if they have an email id and a choice of mode of payment for registration. However, candidates taking the course free of cost should follow the steps below:

Step 1: Visit the course page on the EdX website

Step 2: Select 'Enroll Now.'

Step 3: Log in to edX using either the registered ID or via Microsoft, Google or Facebook accounts

Step 4: After logging in, the candidate can apply for The Postdoc Academy: Succeeding as a Postdoc course

Step 5: The course is free to apply and suitable for all students

Step 6: On successful enrolment, the student shall gain access to the course study materials and videos.