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The ETH Zurich offers a broad range of opportunities to promote leadership, technical, methodological and social skills of employees and students.

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Title	Date	Duration	No. Places available/total
Lateral Leadership - Influencing others without having a leadership position (Online) (only in English)	27.08.2024 - 17.12.2024	Workload: 4 days	0 / 65
Time- and Selfmanagement (Online)	05.09.2024 - 17.10.2024	12h	-1 / 50
Zeit- und Selbstmanagement (Online)	05.09.2024 - 17.10.2024	12h	28 / 50
Introduction to Collegial Coaching - Basic (Online)	09.09.2024 - 11.11.2024	Webinar: 5 h Self-learning: approx. 4 h Study-Buddy Grops: 5 h 14 hours (2 seminar days) spread over 8 weeks	75 / 100
Design your life and career (online)	10.09.2024 - 16.10.2024	2.5 days	1 / 25
Agile Project Management for Research (Online)	01.10.2024 - 12.11.2024	3 days	-2 / 35
Fit für meine neue Führungsrolle	23.10.2024 - 15.11.2024	4 Tage	2 / 20
Wie weiter? - Impulse für den aktuellen Job und den persönlichen Lebensweg (Online)	24.10.2024 - 30.01.2025	Online Präsenz: 1.5 Tage Selbststudium: 1.5 Tag (flexibel gestaltbar)	4 / 30
Writing for the Public (in German)	24.10.2024 - 07.11.2024	2 modules of 180 minutes each on different days	13 / 20
Basic Knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Protection (for Group Safety Representatives) - 2 days	28.10.2024 - 05.11.2024	2 x 1 day	4 / 22
How to produce your own science video (in English)	29.10.2024 - 12.11.2024	2 modules on 2 different days	1 / 20
Angehörigenbetreuung: Balance zwischen Belastung und Entlastung (Online)	30.10.2024	1.15 h	451 / 500
Taking care from a distance – When ill or old family members need help around the globe (Online)	30.10.2024	1h	465 / 500
Zwischen Beruf/Studium und Betreuung - Wenn die Angehörigen Hilfe brauchen	30.10.2024	1.5 h	25 / 45
Exploring AI for Science Communication (in English)	30.10.2024 - 13.11.2024	2 modules per full day	3 / 15
Leadership4Faculty: Supervision and critical feedback	30.10.2024	1 h Online	10 / 35
Get writing – overcome your writer’s block (German)	31.10.2024	75 min	1 / 4
Mit Familie an der ETH Zürich (Online)	05.11.2024	1h	136 / 200
Ausfuhrvorbereitung für internationalen Warenversand	05.11.2024	Ca. 2 h	12 / 20
Modul: Finanzielles Reporting - Nationale Drittmittelprojekte	05.11.2024	Ca. 1 1/2 h	7 / 20
Inclusive teaching	05.11.2024	4 hours	5 / 12
Modul: Finanzielles Reporting - Internationale Drittmittelprojekte	05.11.2024	Ca. 3 h	4 / 15
Open Access and Data Publishing (Research Data Management 6/8)	06.11.2024	3.5 h Workshop	3 / 28
Academic project and time management: from planning to publishing	06.11.2024 - 20.11.2024	each 165 min	18 / 30
Leadership4Faculty: (Virtual) Interview Training	06.11.2024	2.5 h	-1 / 16
Impact Factors in Research - What can they (not) do for you? (Coffee Lecture)	06.11.2024	15 min	60 / 60
Toolbox literature research (German)	06.11.2024	60 min	1 / 16
An Introduction to the Julia Programming Language	06.11.2024	2.5 hrs	35 / 60
Event Workshop 1	07.11.2024	Ca. 4 3/4 h	0 / 14
AEM Basiskurs für ETH-Webautor/-innen (Deutsch)	07.11.2024	4 hrs	2 / 12
Bash	07.11.2024	1.75 hrs	17 / 50
Machine Safety – Basic training	11.11.2024	08:30-12:30	0 / 12
Meine Pensionierung in Sicht	12.11.2024 - 13.11.2024	2 Tage	2 / 24
Zielführende Gespräche mit Vorgesetzten (Online)	12.11.2024	1 day	0 / 18
Explore the responsible use of AI in generating scientific texts, images, audio and code for scientific purposes	12.11.2024 - 19.11.2024	4 days	5 / 35
Modul: Akademische Berichterstattung (AAA)	12.11.2024	Ca. 2 1/2h	13 / 30
Verpacken und Versenden von gefährlichen Gütern	12.11.2024 - 14.11.2024	2 bis 3 Tage	20 / 30
AI Upskilling: Ethics in the age of AI	12.11.2024	1 Hour	47 / 150
Health Lunchtime Event: Resilience – The Key to Personal Resilience	13.11.2024	1 h	9999 / 0
Foundations of Teaching and Learning	13.11.2024 - 21.11.2024	3 course days + transfer phase	0 / 16
Working with images in research (Research Data Management 7/8)	13.11.2024	3.5 h Workshop	15 / 33
Presenting with impact	13.11.2024 - 27.11.2024	each 165 min	4 / 20
BrowZine - a virtual bookshelf for your favourite electronic journals (Coffee Lecture)	13.11.2024	15 min	60 / 60
PSC - Science & Policy Talk: Evidence use in environmental policy: Barriers, best practices, and our roles as researchers	13.11.2024	1.5 h	23 / 40
GeoVITe - Exploring practices for research geodata	13.11.2024	60 min	15 / 15
Mastering scientific writing with AI-based tools	14.11.2024	3h 45min	0 / 25
Zotero – Reference management	15.11.2024	60 min	20 / 30
Get writing – overcome your writer’s block (German)	18.11.2024	75 min	2 / 4
ChatGPT & Beyond - Understanding Modern Language Models	18.11.2024	1 hrs	80 / 100
ChatGPT & Beyond - Understanding Modern Language Models	18.11.2024	1 h	46 / 150
Git and GitLab (Beginner)	18.11.2024	1.75 hrs	170 / 240
Laser Safety Officer LSO	19.11.2024 - 20.11.2024	09:00-16:30	6 / 20
Modul: Finanzberichte	19.11.2024	Ca. 2 1/2 h	0 / 35
Barrierefreie Webseiten: Fokus AEM-Komponenten	19.11.2024	0.75 hr	12 / 15
Your scientific text – convincing and relevant	19.11.2024	45 min	15 / 20
Accessible Documents (PDFs & Office)	19.11.2024	2.25 hrs	6 / 8
Meine Pensionierung in Sicht	20.11.2024 - 21.11.2024	2 Tage	-1 / 23
Citizen science: harnessing the power of citizen-generated data (Research Data Management 8/8)	20.11.2024	2 h Workshop	21 / 35
Introduction to Machine Learning in Plant Sciences - Module 1	20.11.2024 - 22.11.2024	3 days	2 / 16
Enhance your Reading Lists with Leganto (Coffee Lecture)	20.11.2024	15 min	60 / 60
Citing correctly – avoiding plagiarism: the safe way to the scientific text	20.11.2024	105 min	12 / 20
With Family at ETH (Online)	21.11.2024	1h	143 / 200
Laser Protection Seminar – Basic training	21.11.2024	08:30-12:30	0 / 21
Mastering scientific writing with AI-based tools	21.11.2024	3h 45min	1 / 25
Software Asset Management	21.11.2024	1 h	9 / 20
Science & Policy Workshop C: Communicating Science	25.11.2024 - 09.12.2024	2 days	0 / 16
Introduction to Machine Learning in Plant Sciences - Module 2	25.11.2024 - 11.12.2024	3 days	4 / 16
Information Management with Obsidian	25.11.2024	1 hrs	71 / 100
Information Management with Obsidian	25.11.2024	1 h	17 / 20
Spotlight 2	25.11.2024	1.75 hrs	147 / 160
Design your life and career (online)	26.11.2024 - 11.12.2024	2.5 days	-2 / 25
Dealing with Electricity - Instruction for Safe Work in a Laboratory (Basic course)	26.11.2024	08:30-12:00	0 / 24
JupyterLab Essentials	26.11.2024	3 hours	1 / 12
Digital accessibility - Sensitisation and Introduction (Course in German)	27.11.2024	4 hrs	11 / 12
openBIS for Data Analytics: Navigating ELN-LIMS openBIS with Jupyter & pyBIS	27.11.2024	2 hrs	0 / 10
Workshop on Skin Protection and Skin Care for ETH members	27.11.2024	11:00-12:00	0 / 12
Science for Policy: Science based policy consulting in spatial planning (in English)	27.11.2024	105 minutes	37 / 50
Protecting Yourself from Fraudulent Publishers (Coffee Lecture)	27.11.2024	15 min	60 / 60
Science and global policymaking (in English)	28.11.2024	Full day	0 / 18
AI Upskilling: What you need to know about data security in the age of AI (in German!)	28.11.2024	1 Hour	321 / 500
Ergonomics at the workplace	28.11.2024	14:00-16:00	0 / 10
Media training for professors (in German)	29.11.2024	240 minutes	2 / 4
GenAI in teaching and learning	29.11.2024	4 hours	1 / 18
Scientific Visualisations using R	29.11.2024 - 13.12.2024	2 days	3 / 16
ELN-LIMS OpenBIS & ETH Research Data Hub User Training	29.11.2024 - 16.12.2024	15 days	9 / 15
Spotting the Signs: Mental Health Awareness and Support at ETH (online)	03.12.2024	1h	58 / 100
Grundwissen Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz (für Gruppensicherheitsvertreter:innen) - 2 Tage	03.12.2024 - 10.12.2024	2 x 1 Tag	1 / 20
Gute Alternativtexte schreiben - Fokus Accessibility	03.12.2024	1 hr	12 / 15
How to go Open Access	03.12.2024	60 min	21 / 30
Screen, scan, search: reading scientific texts	03.12.2024	45 min	28 / 40
Science Communication for Social Media (in English)	04.12.2024	Full day	1 / 20
Discover smart note taking	04.12.2024	105 min	9 / 30
Mendeley Reference Manager - Reference management (German)	04.12.2024	90 min	18 / 20
ChemDraw Advanced	04.12.2024	1 hr	18 / 20
ChemDraw Advanced	04.12.2024	1 hrs	22 / 30
AEM Basiskurs für ETH-Webautor/-innen (Deutsch)	05.12.2024	4 hrs	10 / 12
GenAI in teaching and learning	05.12.2024	4 hours	13 / 18
Mastering scientific writing with AI-based tools	05.12.2024	3h 45min	17 / 40
Revising scientific texts	05.12.2024	45 min	30 / 40
Accessible Moodle courses	09.12.2024	1.5 hrs	6 / 6
PubMed Basics – develop your search strategy for clinical questions	09.12.2024	75 min	17 / 18
Accessible Documents (PDFs & Office)	09.12.2024	2.25 hrs	8 / 8
Next-generation Sequencing 2 (UZH BIO634)	10.12.2024 - 11.12.2024	2 days	4 / 9
Get writing – overcome your writer’s block (German)	10.12.2024	75 min	3 / 4
ETH-Start	11.12.2024	0.75 Tage	0 / 35
Mastering scientific writing with AI-based tools	11.12.2024	3h 45min	0 / 25
Scientific illustrations – visualising research data (German)	11.12.2024	60 min	0 / 18
Accessible Websites. Focus on AEM Components – Course in English	12.12.2024	0.75 hr	15 / 15
Ergonomics at the workplace	12.12.2024	14:00-16:00	1 / 10
AI Upskilling: Opportunities and challenges of AI in day-to-day leadership (in German)	13.12.2024	1 Hour	6 / 150
Agile Project Management for Research	13.01.2025 - 24.02.2025	3 days	14 / 35
Compositional Data Analyis	13.01.2025 - 15.01.2025	3 days	4 / 8
AI Upskilling: AI, global corporations and market power - what should you pay attention to? (in German)	15.01.2025	1 Hour	34 / 150
Scientific Presentation Practice	16.01.2025 - 30.01.2025	2 days	20 / 20
Introduction to R	17.01.2025 - 24.01.2025	2 full days + work in between	6 / 16
Systems Thinking and Design for Social Change and in Policymaking	20.01.2025 - 22.01.2025	3 days (9:00-17:00)	3 / 20
Mastering scientific writing with AI-based tools	21.01.2025	3h 45min	24 / 25
Teaching at ETH 1	23.01.2025 - 27.01.2025	3 course days + transfer phase	0 / 14
Mindfully improve your emotional intelligence (Online)	29.01.2025 - 31.01.2025	8h	71 / 100
MeSH up PubMed: Crafting effective search strategies (German)	29.01.2025	75 min	18 / 18
Postdoc Peer Exchange - Leading as a postdoc	29.01.2025	90 Min. excl. pre-work	83 / 100
Mastering scientific writing with AI-based tools	04.02.2025	3h 45min	25 / 25
Science & Policy Workshop D: Building Political Support	05.02.2025 - 28.03.2025	3 days	18 / 19
"Mindful@ETH": Online kick-off event	06.02.2025	1h	91 / 100
Design your life and career (online)	19.02.2025 - 19.03.2025	2.5 days	11 / 25
Spotting the Signs: Mental Health Awareness and Support at ETH (online)	25.02.2025	1h	80 / 100
Academic project and time management: from planning to publishing	26.02.2025 - 12.03.2025	each 165 min	30 / 30
Time under control: work productively and increase well-being (online)	27.02.2025 - 10.04.2025	12h	12 / 50
Screen, scan, search: reading scientific texts	05.03.2025	45 min	40 / 40
Procurement of IT services	11.03.2025	1 h	20 / 20
Your scientific text – convincing and relevant	11.03.2025	45 min	40 / 40
Evaluation in WTO tenders	11.03.2025	1 h	20 / 20
Postdoc Peer Exchange - The value of mentorship	12.03.2025	90 Min. excl. pre-work	90 / 100
Mastering scientific writing with AI-based tools	13.03.2025	3h 45min	25 / 25
MeSH up PubMed: Crafting effective search strategies (German)	17.03.2025	75 min	18 / 18
Procurement of cloud services	18.03.2025	1 h	20 / 20
Software Asset Management	18.03.2025	1 h	20 / 20
Presenting with impact	19.03.2025 - 02.04.2025	each 165 min	20 / 20
Leadership4Faculty: (Virtual) Interview Training	19.03.2025	2.5 h	7 / 16
ETH-Start	20.03.2025	0.75 Tage	21 / 35
Mendeley Reference Manager - Reference management (German)	20.03.2025	90 min	20 / 20
Gelassenheit hilft dem Hirn beim Denken - ein Blick hinter die Kulissen (Online)	25.03.2025 - 01.04.2025	2 x 0.5 days	12 / 40
Kartenportal.CH vs. Google Maps	25.03.2025	60 min	100 / 100
Leadership for Innovation	01.04.2025	1 day	5 / 12
Mastering scientific writing with AI-based tools	08.04.2025	3h 45min	25 / 25
Meine Pensionierung in Sicht	09.04.2025 - 10.04.2025	2 Tage	0 / 24
Foundations of Teaching and Learning	09.04.2025 - 17.04.2025	3 course days + transfer phase	0 / 12
GeoVITe - Exploring practices for research geodata	09.04.2025	60 min	14 / 15
Advanced course on 3D microscopy imaging of plant tissues and image processing	14.04.2025 - 17.04.2025	4 days	10 / 10
How to go Open Access	23.04.2025	60 min	30 / 30

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