BCN Education Advisory Committee
The BCN Education Committee is the advisory committee for the BCN PhD training program. The members of the Education Advisory Committee are both faculty members and PhD representatives from the participating faculties. The chair of the committee holds a tenured position at one of the participating institutes. The Education Advisory Committee gives advice to the director and board and the GSMS Education Committee for improvements or solving challenges.
The Education Advisory Committee facilitates monitoring the PhD program and maintaining its quality. BCN PhD candidates, in addition to their PhD degree from their own graduate school, also receive a BCN training certificate. This certificate is very valuable as it requires a number of course credits and academic activities, so it is a hard-earned one. Hence, we make sure the BCN courses and activities remain relevant, beneficial, not only helping PhD candidates develop academic skills, but also overall professional skills, so that they are best prepared for their future.
Members
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Prof. dr. Wander Lowie (Chair)
Applied Linguistics
Faculty of Arts -
Dr. Sebastiaan Mathot
Experimental Psychology
Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences -
Prof. dr. Roelof Hut
Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences
Faculty of Science and Engineering -
Katharina Polsterer (PhD Council)
Computational Linguistics and Society
Faculty of Arts -
Janine Rook (PhD Council)
Linguistics & English as a Second Language
Faculty of Arts -
Drs. Diana H. Koopmans (advisory)
PhD coordinator BCN
Faculty of Medical Sciences/University Medical Center Groningen (FMW/UMCG) -
Dr. Michela Borghesan (advisory)
Policy advisor BCN
Faculty of Medical Science/University Medical Center Groningen (FMW/UMCG)
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Contact: phdcouncilbcn rug.nl
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