Iemand die voor een publiek een presentatie geeft
Iemand die voor een publiek een presentatie geeft

BSI: Presentation Skills

The goal of 'Presentation Skills' is for students to learn to present themselves and their research in an engaging and clear manner to different audiences (i.e. scientific as well as non-scientific audiences). 

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General

After having finished this course, students will leave knowing how to prepare the following presentation formats:

  1. a 15-minute symposium talk
  2. a 1-minute self-presentation pitch
  3. a conference poster
  4. a 1-minute poster pitch

Students are expected to:

  • attend at least 5 of the 7 meetings
  • be well-prepared (i.e., studying provided information, thoroughly preparing their presentations) before each meeting
  • actively participate during the meetings by giving feedback to others

Students who already have data to present are encouraged to subscribe

Full details about the objectives, admission criteria and format are described in the course manual:

Course manual 

Starting date

07 May 2026
Spring edition 2026
Main Language
English
Teacher(s)
Dr J.M. Lust (Jessica)
Prof. M. Rinck (Mike)
Maximum number of participants
8

Factsheet

Type of education
Course
Study hours
84
Study load (ECTS)
3
Organisation
Behavioural Science Institute

Contact information

If you have any questions, you can contact the Graduate School coordinator via meta.vandeneng [at] ru.nl (meta[dot]vandeneng[at]ru[dot]nl). 

Spring edition 2026

Meetings

  1. Meet and greet with class, instructions for symposium talks, demo talk; Thursday, May 7, 10:30 - 12:30, room to be announced
  2. Symposium talks (version 1); Monday, May 18, 10:30 - 12:30, room to be announced
  3. Additional symposium talks (version 1), and instructions for 1-min self-presentation pitch; Tuesday, May 19, 10:30 - 12:30, room to be announced
  4. Self-presentation pitches (version 1), instructions for posters; Monday, June 1, 10:30 - 12:30, room to be announced
  5. Self-presentation pitches (version 2), feedback on existing posters, poster pitches; Monday June 8, 10:30 - 12:30, room to be announced
  6. Symposium talks (version 2); Monday, June 29, 10:30 - 12:30, room to be announced
  7. Additional symposium talks (version 2), Wrap-up; Tuesday, June 30, 10:30 - 12:30, room to be announced