Welcome to GÉANT Learning and Development (GLAD). In these pages you can find out more about our learning programmes for GÉANT Project participants, employees and the wider Research & Education communities.
About GLAD
GÉANT Learning & Development team (GLAD) is tasked with developing the skills and experience of GÉANT Project contributors. Each year, GLAD offers training programmes on diverse topics - from network security and threat identification through to presentation and public speaking skills. Wherever possible, training is extended to the whole GÉANT community so as to enrich the pool of talented contributors. Furthermore, the Future Talent Programme and Trust & Identity Mentoring (TIM) programmes foster the skills of the next generation.
In addition to its training programmes, GLAD offers a growing portfolio of online learning through its portal, eAcademy. In all these ways, GLAD contributes to GÉANT’s mission to advance European research, education and innovation.
You can keep up to date with our training events and activities by visiting https://community.geant.org/learning/
2024 Training Events
We are already actively planning and organising Training Events for 2024. Here is a list of planned events for the year. You can find out more information and register for these events at the links below.
Event Name | Location | Event Date(s) | Event Link |
Infoshare: OSS Licensing and Licence Compliance Guidelines for Software Developers | Online | 12th March | |
Inclusive Presentation Skills | Online | 4th April | |
Presentation Training: Memorable Messaging | Online | 16th April/2nd May | |
Software Catalogue Infoshare | Online | 22nd April | |
School of Software Engineering 2024 | LRZ, Munich, Germany | 21st - 23rd May | |
Presentation Training: Engaging Delivery | Online | 21st May/20th May | |
Inclusive Presentation Skills | Online | 13th Aug/ 4th Sept | |
Introduction to Training | Online | 20th Aug/ 24th Sept | |
Train the Trainer Workshop | Online | 22nd Aug/26th Sept | |
Test and Analysis Infoshare | Online | September 2024 | To be confirmed shortly. Email glad@geant.org to register interest |
SonarQube Training | Online | September 2024 | To be confirmed shortly. Email glad@geant.org to register interest |
Secure Coding Training | TBC | October/November 2024 | To be confirmed shortly. Email glad@geant.org to register interest |
2023 Training Events
Here you will find a table of training events that took place in 2023. If you would like more information on these activities that have taken place and register for similar courses please contact glad@geant.org
Event Name | Location | Event Date(s) | Attendees | NRENs |
Presentation Training – Memorable Messaging for PMC attendees | Online | 11th January | 4 | SURF, EENet, DFN |
Presentation Training – Engaging Delivery for PMC attendees | Online | 16th January | 4 | SUNET, SURF, EENet, DFN |
Memorable Messaging Presentation Training | Dordrecht, Netherlands | 1st February | 8 | SUNET, SIKT, MARNET, PSNC |
Open-Source Licensing training | Online | 5-6 April 2023 | 31 | AMRES, Belnet, ASNET-AM, CYNET, DFN, RedIRIS, GARR, MARNET, RoEduNet, PSNC, RENATER, RNP, SANReN, SUNET, SURF, SWITCH |
Future Talent Programme | Tirana, Albania | 1 March - 9 June | 17 | Belnet, CESNET, FCT-FCCN, GARR, HEAnet, MARnet, RedIRIS, SWITCH |
TNC HR & Learning Forum | Tirana, Albania | 6th June | 48 | GARR, CESNET, HEAnet, SURF, SWITCH, SIKT, RedIRIS, JISC, RNP, ASNE-AM, AARNet, Belnet, CSC, ESnet, FCT-FCCN, KIFU/SZTAKI, MITA, NORDUnet, Orion, RASH, RENU, ULAKBIM, ZAMREN. |
GitLab Migration Plans | Online | 19 June | 18 | GARR, CESNET, PSNC, SUNET, SURF, RENATER, HEAnet |
School of Software Engineering Training | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 19-21 September | 19 | PSNC, AMRES, HEAnet, DFN, MARNET |
Trust and Identity Mentoring Programme | Online and On-site | Sept 2023 – April 2024 | 3 | CYNET, KIFU/SZTAKI |
Software Licences Management | Online | 11 October | 14 | PSNC, JISC, DFN, AMRES, CESNET, CARNET, MARnet |
Secure Coding Training | Poznan, Poland | 25th -27th October | 10 | GARR, RENATER, PSNC, LRZ, SIKT |
Train the Trainer | Online | 12th October | 4 | PSNC |
Code of Conduct Training for GCC Representatives | Malaga, Spain | October 30th | 24 | GARR, PSNC, KIFU/SZTAKI, SURF, CESNET, SWITCH, NORDUnet, RedIRIS, DEiC, FCT-FCCN |
TM Forum | Online | Ongoing | 6 | AMRES, DFN, RedIRIS |
Kubernetes Training and Qualifications | Online | Ongoing | 4 | PSNC |