useful links for external courses

Several other graduates schools and other organisations offer discipline specific courses and/or general courses that are of interest for VLAG PhD students. Based on the recommendations of PhD students, an overview of interesting sites has been made.

• ABS
  Applied Bioscience Graduate School
  http://www.vetmed.helsinki.fi/abs/
  The Finnish Graduate School on Applied Bioscience: Bioengineering, Food & Nutrition, Environment

• ANLP
  African Nutrition Leadership Programme
  http://www.africanutritionleadership.org/
  The aim of the programme is to assist in the development of future leaders in the field of human nutrition in Africa.

• BioBusiness Summer School
  http://www.biobusinesssummerschool.nl/
  The five-day intensive programme of the BioBusiness Summer School gives an introduction to the business world of Life Sciences.

• BSDL
  Biotechnological Sciences Delft Leiden
  http://www.bsdl.bt.tudelft.nl/
  One research group (Bioprocess engineering) participates in VLAG and in BSDL. BSDL offers several courses in the area of biotechnology (downstream processing, fermentation technology).

• ENLP
  European Nutrition Leadership Programme
  http://www.enlp.eu.com/
  Usually takes place in April, Luxembourg
  The aim of the programme is to assist in the development of future leaders in the field of human nutrition in Europe.

• FOOD
  Graduate School Food
  http://www.lmcfood.dk/
  FOOD offers several courses in the areas of Nutrition and Health, Food Characteristics and Advanced Analyses, New Technologies, and Food Microbiology: Safety and Functionality.

• Han-sur-Lesse Physical Chemistry Winter School
  Usually takes place in January, Belgium
  The goal of the winter school is to inform students about modern aspects of physical chemistry and to promote the distribution of knowledge of new concepts in this field.
  http://www.hsl-school.nl/

• INRA
  Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
  http://www.angers-nantes.inra.fr/

• MolMed
  Erasmus Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine
  http://www.molmed.nl/
  MolMed organises a large number of courses for PhD students involved in molecular work.

• NIBI
  Nederlands Instituut voor Biologie
  http://www.nibi.nl/
  NIBI organises for example courses Research management.

• NIHES (Epidemiology & Public Health)
  Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences
  http://www.nihes.nl/
  NIHES offers a range of courses in the area of epidemiology

• NWO
  Netherlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
  http://www.nwo.nl/verdieping/
  NWO organises general courses of one day (talent classes)

• OSPT (Process Engineering)
  Onderzoekschool Proces Technologie / Graduate School on Process Technology
  http://ospt.tnw.utwente.nl
  One research group (Food process engineering) participates in VLAG and in OSPT. OSPT coordinates a number of courses in the area of process engineering.

• SAFE
  Science for Safe Food in Europe
  http://www.safeconsortium.org/
  Wageningen University is a member of the SAFE-consortium. SAFE organises short courses (2 days) in Brussels.

• Wageningen International
  http://www.wi.wur.nl/UK/services/International+education+at+Wageningen+UR/Courses/
  The course 'Food and Nutrition Security' might be of interest to VLAG PhD students.

Most graduate schools offer their courses for a reduced fee for PhD students from other graduate schools. Please consult the VLAG secretariat (Yvonne.Smolders@wur.nl) about these arrangements.