Target audience: Students enrolled in MA programs in Applied Linguistics at University of Vienna and Oslo University + PhD students from all Circle U. partner universities
Dates: 27-31 October 2025 on-site at UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve + 3 compulsory online sessions before + final online session on 8 December 2025 - details on website
Venue/Organiser(s): coordinated jointly by UCLouvain, the University of Oslo and the University of Vienna
Format: BIP with an in-person component held at UCLouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) from 27-31 October 2025
Theme: This course offers an in-depth exploration of mixed-methods research (MMR) to better understand the complexity of language, communication, and learning. Students will discover how to meaningfully combine qualitative and quantitative approaches through real data collection and analysis in areas like classroom interaction or linguistic landscapes. With a dynamic blend of online modules, in-person workshops, and a hands-on group project, participants will gain both theoretical insight and practical experience in designing impactful MMR studies.
Outcome: 5 ECTS credits. Participants must contact their home institutions for information on ECTS recognition. Participants will receive a grade.
Finance: There are no participation fees for students from Circle U. partner universities. Travel and accommodation may be eligible for Erasmus+ BIP short-term mobility grants. Participants should contact their home university’s international office to find out about potential support for travel costs.
Application Deadline : 15 August 2025
Registration link : https://forms.gle/xtFgrcSTCHqsXPhP7
Webpage: Mixed Methods in Applied Linguistics Research - Circle U.
Want to become an entrepreneurial change-maker?
Passionate about sustainability? Eager to develop a sustainable business idea? Starting online in November, the new edition of the Circle U. Entrepreneurial Change-making is designed for you! Open to all MA and PhD students, Entrepreneurial Change-making is a course that covers innovation and entrepreneurship to tackle major social, economic, and environmental challenges. Online every Wednesday from 10 November to 3 December. The programme concludes with an in-person event in Louvain, Belgium on 8–12 December.
Registration deadline: 1 August 2025
Participants are awarded 5 ECTS credits upon completion.
Read more about the programme and how to apply: Entrepreneurial Change-making - Circle U.
Leading Innovation in Smart Health: Next-Generation Telehealth, Robotics, and Al in Healthcare
A Four-Day Applied Course for PhD Students focused on tech adoption, translation, and innovation within healthcare systems and research.
For further information please see this page.
AU Mentor PhD is an offer to PhD students from all four faculties at Aarhus University (Arts, Business and Social Sciences, Health and Science & Technology). The overall goal of the mentor programme is to bring you and the business community closer together in order to ease your prospective transition from university to a career outside of academia.
The mentors are primarily former PhDs from AU, who are now working outside academia.
From January 2016 the mentor programme will be running once a year with the following deadlines:
| Application deadline: | August 15th |
Kick-off: | October 15th |
For more information and registration, check out AU Career PhD's webpage on the mentor programme.
Are you more interested in a shorter engagement, AU Career PhD also offers Career Talks, which allows you to have a one-time meeting with a PhD profile now working outside academia. For more information, click here.
