Introduction

Two levels of courses have been organised, topic specific courses for non-specialists who need knowledge outside their own field of specialisation and specialist courses for participants who seek state-of-the art knowledge in a topic within their own field.

Registration
Registration is done via a registration form that can be found on the individual course descriptions.

Certificate of participation
A course certificate will be issued to participants who participate in the course and pass the evaluation. The course organiser and lecturer(s) responsible for the evaluation will sign the course certificate.

Fees
Ph.D. students enrolled with a Ph.D. programme at a Danish University can participate in DaNet organised Ph.D. courses without fees. Members of Sustainable Technology Research Projects can participate without fees. Other participants pay a course fee of DKR 1000 per ECTS workload of the course. The ECTS workload for each course is listed in the course information sheet.

Accommodation and subsistence
Accommodation and subsistence is covered by participants (or their institution) but organised jointly for all course participants by the DaNet Ph.D. secretariat. A limited number of DaNet scholarships are available to cover accommodation and subsistence.

Travel
Travel is organised and paid by participants or their institution.
 

Payment
The participant will receive an invoice on the amount payable. Payment will be due in advance of the course.
 

Cancellation
In case the participants need to cancel participation, 100 % refund will be made if notice is given two weeks before the start of the course. 50% refund will be given with notice up to one week before this date. No refund will be possible with cancellation later than this.
 

Scholarships
DaNet can cover accommodation and subsistence costs for a number of participants at each course. If you wish to apply, please tick the field Application for Scholarship before you submit your application form. This will be your formal application to DaNet. Ph.D. students will have first priority when donating scholarships. The DaNet Ph.D. secretariat will inform about the results of scholarship applications shortly after the registration deadline has passed.

Topic specific courses
These courses aim at introducing non-specialists to a topic that is relevant for research in the inter-disciplinary area between technical-sciences and agricultural sciences. These courses aim at providing the participant an understanding of a topic and ability to collaborate efficiently with experts in the field. The course will introduce to accepted practice within the topic and give the participant an ability to work with main concepts and methodologies. Topic specific courses will typically comprise
• Present an overview of the topic
• Introduce commonly accepted theory and methods within the area
• Have exercises to give participants a working ability with simpler problems in the area

Evaluation in the form of exercises and/or a brief report should demonstrate that the participant is familiar with how relevant methods and theory are applied.

Specialist courses
These courses aim at an audience of Ph.D. students and researchers who specialise within the topic of the course. The specialist course aim at providing advanced knowledge that will make participants able to work in the frontier of a field. Specialist courses will typically comprise
• Overview of the state of the art in theory and methodology
• Recent progress within the area
• Trends in research
• Exercises at a graduate level to make participants understand relevant theory and methodology

Evaluation in the form of a brief report should demonstrate that the participant is familiar with main concepts in theory and methodology in the area. The report should also hint to how the acquired knowledge could be used in the participant’s own research.

December 2004