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We are delighted to share that five of our PhD candidates; Polina Smirnova, Colin Sinclair, Gilbert Ajabe Akame, Mojdeh Rafieian, and Bahar Kucuk, successfully attended a very inspiring Winter School in Nice, France on December 5-6, 2023, hosted by Universite Cote d'Azur, financed by HORIZON Europe. A total of thirty-two PhD candidates elected from the seven partner universities within the DocTalent4EU consortium (Universite Cote d'Azur (France), University of Porto - Uporto (Portugal), Universidad de Alcala (Spain), University of Limerick (Ireland), Western University of Applied Sciences (Norway), Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi (Romania), and UiT The Arctic University of Norway) came together in multicultural and interdisciplinary teams to undertake the course on Enhancing Communication and Negotiation Skills for PhD candidates.

The Winter School provided a great platform for collaborative learning and skill development consisting of a blended structure with an open online module with videos, articles, and both online and on-site group activities. It aimed to enhance the abilities to communicate the research effectively, to negotiate effectively in academic and professional settings, and to understand the role of such competencies in advancing the research and doctoral careers.

Within this very intense two-day on-site workshop, our PhD candidates had the chance to build great networking, discuss case studies, cooperate in teams to apply, and train what was learned, and go through interactive challenges from role-plays to simulations addressing climate change, with the support of talented researchers and industry representatives.

We are glad that our candidates had a great learning experience, and we look forward them to represent the UiT Changing Arctic Research School in alike platforms in future as well!