SCIREA Pilot training courses
Opportunities for Refugee Researchers
| What | Where | When |
| Training on GIS Mapping and Spatial Data Analysis | University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece | July 2019 |
| Training on Intermediate/Advanced Excel Skills | University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece | July 2019 |
| Training on Basic Excel Skills | University of the Aegean, Mytiline, Greece & One Happy Family, Mytilene, Greece | June-July 2019 |
| University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece | April-Mai 2019 | |
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Cultural and Social Integration (invitation)
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University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece | 29/3/2019 |
| Courses of CV creation and application letter |
University of the Aegean, Mytilene & One Happy Family, Moria, Greece |
November 2018 to date |
Opportunities for Refugees
| What | Where | When |
| University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece | September- October 2018 | |
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E-mail creation
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University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece | September- October 2018 |
| Courses of basic English and German | Section B of the Moria camp, Mytilene |
November 2018 to date |
| Training on Basic Excel Skills | University of the Aegean, Mytiline, Greece & One Happy Family, Mytilene, Greece |
June-July 2019 |
Details about Specific Trainings
Training on GIS Mapping and Spatial Data Analysis
- Usage of the Google Earth application - Navigating in Google Earth
- Finding & marking places - Getting directions - Creating virtual tours
- Drawing paths & polygons - Measuring distances & areas
- Introduction to GIS - Data representation in GIS (i.e. vector and raster)
- Becoming familiar with ArcGIS (i.e. ArcCatalog, ArcMap)
- Displaying map features - Editing geographic data - Working with data tables
- Combining ArcGIS with Google Earth
Google Earth – Very useful to the wider field of natural and social sciences, history, art, engineering and any other topic that has a geographic component.
GIS (Geographic Information System) – Very useful to various research fields (i.e. natural sciences, social sciences, engineering), as well as to a variety of career paths in government, real estate, public health, landscape architecture, community planning, logistics and so much more.
At the end of the seminar, participants will acquire some basic knowledge about GIS mapping and spatial data analysis. They will be able to: a) use the Google Earth application in order to find and mark places, get directions, create virtual tours, draw paths, and measure distances and areas, and b) use the ArcGIS software in order to display map features, add data to a map, edit geographic data, work with data tables, and create data able to be visualized in a Google Earth environment.
You can download the teaching material of the seminar here.
Contact Ilias Siarkos at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Picture 2. Training on GIS Mapping and Spatial Data Analysis
Training on Intermediate/Advanced Excel Skills
- Validating data entry & creating dependent drop down lists
- Using essential conditional formatting tricks
- Applying advanced charting techniques
- Understanding Pivot Tables & Pivot Charts
- Learning advanced excel functions
Very useful to various research fields, such as economic, social, earth sciences and engineering, as well as to various career paths such as finance and accounting, marketing and product management, human resource planning, public administration, etc".
At the end of the seminar, participants will understand how to use some of the intermediate/advanced level features in Excel in order to improve their skill base. These advanced level features include: a) validating data entry & creating dependent drop down lists, b) using essential conditional formatting tricks, c) applying advanced charting techniques, d) understanding Pivot Tables & Pivot Charts and e) learning advanced excel functions.
You can download the teaching material of the seminar here.
Contact Ilias Siarkos at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Training on Basic Excel Skills
- Usage of the Excel spreadsheet app
- Entering, handling & formatting data in Excel
- Introduction to various Excel features (i.e. “fill handle”, filters, conditional formatting)
- Exploring, creating & formatting charts in Excel
- Creating formulas & inputting functions in Excel - Using formulas & functions for arithmetic tasks
Very useful to everyone since knowing Excel can make someone a valuable asset for a company and can increase his options in terms of job prospects in various career paths (e.g. finance, product sales, public administration, logistics, engineering)”.
At the end of the seminar, participants will acquire some basic Excel skills, which is very useful and needful for the majority of people looking to do some quick data analysis and enhance their data analysis abilities. These basic Excel skills include: a) familiarity with Excel ribbons & UI (User Interface), and b) ability to enter, handle, organize and format data, create and format tables, display the data analysis results and create simple charts, and, finally, create formulas and insert functions, as well as use them to perform simple arithmetic tasks.
You can download the teaching material of the seminar here.
Contact Ilias Siarkos at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Picture 3. Training on Basic Excel Skills
Quantitative methods in data analysis
- Descriptive statistics, Probability distributions, Basic statistical techniques
- Estimating procedures, Hypothesis testing.
- Usage of the statistical software SPSS
Very useful to the wider field of social, earth sciences, engineering and life sciences (public administration, sociologists, bank employees, researchers etc).
At the end of the seminar, participants acquire the basic techniques of data mining and analysis. They are able to tabulate primary data, create frequency distributions, cross-tabulate two variables and discover any causal relationship between them. Additionally, they learn how to infer whether the results of a sample can be extrapolated to the population through various tests of significance (t-tests for one and two samples, chi-square tests and goodness-of-fit tests). Finally, participants have the capacity to understand academic articles that present results of quantitative surveys with strict statistical language.
You can download the teaching material of the seminar here.
Contact Vasilis Gavalas at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
TRAINING “CULTURAL AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF REFUGEE RESEARCHERS”
29 MARCH 2019, MYTILINI, LESVOS, GREECE
The training will be focused on how to overcome the intercultural differences by looking for similarities. There will be given specific attention on aspects of the organizational in the European research and industrial organizations. For the needs of training the facilitators will use the EURAXESS Intercultural Assistant tool on the EURAXESS Portal - https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/career-development/researchers/intercultural-assistant
Courses of CV creation and application letter
Specific courses are offered using face to face communication to help refugee scientists to create their own CV adapted to their skills and needs and help is given in finding a suitable job and applying for that.
Refugees are coming into the University of the Aegean and follow courses of CV creation and E-mail management. At the same time, they get a short introduction of the university structure and objectives. They learn about the procedures to study into the University and get information related to contact persons, the university network or how to join some university social events.
Courses of basic English and German
Potentially transferable models elaborated under the SCIREA project concern the organization of communication and education events with a strong symbolic potential, able to promote the image of women researchers/scientists within the camps. We organize evening’s courses of basic English and German inside the section B of Moria camp. The instructors are women refugees that are scientists or researchers.
