PhD short courses can be highly effective learning aids during graduate school. These courses are usually organised when a group of scholars identifies their specific expertise and wants to share that knowledge with students. PhD courses can be particularly helpful when providing specified training for students who recognise an existing gap in their own knowledge or expertise.

Niklas Stausberg provides a review of a recent short course organised by the Ruhr Bochum University on the Application of Diffusion Studies to the Determination of Timescales in Geochemistry and Petrology. You can read it here.