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2021/03/08
by Stefanie Klug
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Online Workshop “Career Planning: What are my further career movements”, 10-11 May 2021

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshops: “Career Planning” by Dr. Matthias Merkelbach.

What are my unique abilities and interests critical in determining the right career path for me? Can I combine my ideas about a fulfilled life with a career outside of university and academia? How can I develop a strategy for embarking on a non-academic career path?

This online workshop helps to answer this – and other – questions for all those who want to plan their career development strategically. 

Dates: Monday and Tuesday, 10-11 May 2021
Location: The workshop will take place online.
Duration: 10 May 2021 (9.00-11.30: group phase I; 14.00-17.30: group phase II); 11 May 2021 (09:00-11:15: group phase III; 14.00-18.00 individual coaching sessions)
Trainer: Dr. Matthias Merkelbach
Target group: Postdoctoral scientist and late-stage PhD students

Registration: Please register here and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.

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2021/01/27
by Stefanie Klug
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Online workshop “Supervisory Practice and Leadership in Science”, 26-27/28 April 2021

This hands-on workshop can provide significant insights in terms of supervisory work to Postdocs who want to improve their leadership skills.

Dates: Monday and Tuesday, 26-27/28 April 2021
Duration: 2 half-days (!), Monday: 9:00-13:30h (full group); Tuesday: 9:00-12:00h (group A); Wednesday: 9:00-12:00h (group B)
Location: The workshop will take place online. Log-in data will be provided to registered participants in due time.
Trainer: Dr. Silke Oehrlein-Karpi

Registration: Please register here and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.

Workshop focus

Through self-assessment instruments, group discussions, and a series of interactive exercises and activities, you and your colleagues will develop a repertoire of techniques for addressing issues that commonly arise when supervising students and/or technicians.

This online workshop promotes awareness of the participants’ own leadership profile and offers new approaches to explore. Since leadership styles are highly individual and situational, the coach does not judge styles as “good” or “bad,” but provides a nonjudgmental yet structured environment in which participants can discover what works for them.

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2021/01/27
by Stefanie Klug
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Online Workshop: “Fast Forward – The Ultimate Productivity System for Researchers” (Online course, starting 19 April 2021)

We are happy to announce our next project management workshop “Fast Forward – The Ultimate Productivity System for Researchers” with Dr. Nadine Sinclair.

Achieve amazing productivity and reduce your stress level in 7 weeks by implementing the productivity secrets that allow management consultants and high-performing industry teams to generate results quickly.

  • Start Date: Monday, 19 April 2021
  • Information event via Zoom: 6 April 2021: 14-14:30 h, registered participants will receive invitation to Zoom meeting beforehand
  • Duration: 7 consecutive weeks with weekly Q&A session on Wednesdays at 17:00h
  • Target group: Postdocs and late-stage PhD students who would like to add effective project management to their skill set and apply the principles to their own research supported by an implementation phase offered during this course.
  • Webpage: http://mindmatters.pro/fastforward
  • Credits / Certificate: After successfully completing the workshop (this includes completing the different modules AND attending the Q&A sessions), you will receive a certificate and/or 1.5 credits (for PhD students).
  • To register, please send an e-mail to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de, including a short motivation statement and your commitment to complete the course by 9 April 2021.

This workshop has a different format than our other workshops as it is an online workshop running for 7 weeks including

  • 7 results-oriented implementation modules
  • a private social media community
  • 12 downloadable workbooks & templates
  • 7 weekly live Q&A coaching sessions with the trainer Nadine Sinclair. Please note: If you miss more than one of the Q&A sessions you will neither receive a certificate nor any credits.

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2021/01/13
by Stefanie Klug
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Online Workshop “Grant Writing”, 29-30 March 2021

We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop “Grant Writing” by Dr. John Dixon.

This workshop is intended for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers who are new to the process of applying for a scientific research grant. Ideally, participants should already be in the process of applying for a grant or planning to start writing within the next 3 months. Therefore, it is crucial that they have an idea about the research topic and possible funding bodies.

Dates: Monday and Tuesday, 29-30 March 2021
Duration: 2 half-days, 9:30-13:00h
Location: The workshop will take place online
Trainer: Dr John Dixon

Registration: Please register here (in case you are not yet registered) and send an email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.

Workshop description
Over two half-days, we cover the following:

  • the nature of this unique challenge and ‘grantsmanship’
  • a typical application process
  • who are reviewers and decision makers
  • four cornerstones of a good application (the research question, credibility, likelihood of success, value for money)
  • four attributes (being persuasive, complete, readable and correct)

Before and during the workshop, you will have the chance to use a template to develop the rationale for your research project. The abstract is a critical component of a grant application, and we critique some abstracts to establish the composition and style of an effective abstract. After the workshop, you have the opportunity to write a grant application abstract and email it to the trainer, who will give you feedback. Communication will be strictly confidential.

We use the Zoom platform, and this workshop comprises short lectures, exercises, brainstorming in breakout rooms and an open invitation to ask questions, express opinion and share experiences.

2021/01/06
by Stefanie Klug
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Weekly online workshop: “Resilience Training for Researchers” (starting date: 8 February 2021)

This workshop is fully booked already. Sorry…

We are happy to announce our new online workshop “Resilience Training for Researchers” with Dr. Nadine Sinclair and Paul Sinclair.

Working in science and research can be highly rewarding but also extremely challenging. Pressure of competition, limited resources (be it time, be it funding), and conflicting situations almost belong to everyday life. In addition, ambition and aspiring perfection can lead to being too hard on yourself. It is no secret that all these factors may affect your well-being and mental health.

In this 9-week online program you are invited to learn strategies to cope with stress and pressure and how to make conscious lifestyle choices that support your physical and mental health. You will be able to create emotional self-awareness, develop your ability to regulate your emotions under pressure and learn techniques to help you push through personal and professional challenges without exhausting yourself.

  • Starting Date: Monday, 8 February 2021 (the workshop ends on 9 April 2021)
  • Duration: 9 consecutive Mondays, 16:00-17:30h
  • Target group: Postdoctoral scientist and PhD students who would like to learn techniques to better cope with stress (at work)
  • Workshop program: download here
  • Deadline for registration: 29 January 2021. To register please send an e-mail to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de, including a short motivation statement and your commitment to complete the course.

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2020/12/15
by Stefanie Klug
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GAUSS Career Impulse Session “How to launch your own business?”, 22 January 2021

We are happy to announce our first GAUSS Career Impulse Session in 2021 co-hosted by the university’s start-up support “How to launch your own business?” with Dr. Ulrich Vetter (Nagl & Vetter GmbH) and Martin Stammann (start-up support, Göttingen University)

To start a successful career as entrepreneur is often thought to be closely linked with a sound business idea and a well working business model. However, when talking to venture capitalists it becomes obvious, that the personality of the founder, its team and its feeling for an appropriate timing is often much more relevant. Therefore, this impulse session sheds a spotlight on the personality of successful founders. During the last years in the realm of Göttingen University several successful start-ups were created involving scientists, alumni, and students of our university.

  • Date: 22 January 2021
  • Time: 14:00-15:30 (appr.)
  • Location: online session via zoom

Please write a short e-mail to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de if you plan to attend, so you’ll receive the log-in details in due time.

About the speaker(s): Dr. Ulrich Vetter (Nagl & Vetter GmbH) studied Physics at Konstanz University and Cinese Language at Fudan University Shanghai. He did his PhD at Göttingen University on wide band gap semiconductors. He held various positions in teaching and research e.g. at  Marburg Univerity, TU Ilmenau, and HAWK Göttingen. He will give us a good insight in his career as successful founder. He explains what personal opportunities you can expect when approaching a market as an entrepreneur.

The session is moderated by Martin Stammann, leading manager of the start-up support / Gründungsförderung. Moreover, Martin will inform you what opportunities the “Gründungsförderung” provides for you on your personal way to become a successful entrepreneur.

About the sessions: Our Career Impulse Sessions offer a platform for interactive and informal exchange about career-related topics for PhD students and postdocs in the Life and Natural Sciences. By inviting PhD holders with different career paths, we would like to illustrate the broad range of potential careers for PhD students and postdocs and give inspiration for career choices.

2020/11/12
by Stefanie Klug
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2-day online GCP Basic course (22 – 23 February 2021)

We are happy to announce a 2-day intensive online training on Good Clinical Practice (GCP).

Good Clinical Practice is an international ethical and scientific standard for the planning, conduct, documentation and reporting of clinical trials in humans. Compliance with these standards creates public confidence that the rights, safety and well-being of trial subjects are protected in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and that the data collected during the clinical trial are credible.

Registration via email to career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de (your data will be forwarded to the course organizers)

Dates: Monday and Tuesday, 22-23 February 2021
Duration: Monday: 9:00-16:30h; Tuesday: 9:00-12:30h
Location: The workshop will take place online!

Fees: The registration fee depends on your current status:

  • Enrolled students/PhD students pay 299€ (proof of enrollment needs to be provided!), early bird registration (until 8 August 2021) 249€
  • Postdocs pay 349€, early bird registration (until 8 August 2021) 279€

By registering via the GAUSS Career Service a discount of 30€ on the regular fee and 20€ on the early-bird fee will be granted.

Postdocs also have the possibility to apply for “Bildungsprämie” for this workshop which covers 50% of the workshop fee (Bildungsprämie cannot be combined with the 130€ discount).

All participants receive a course certificate after successful completion of an online exam at the end of the course

Further information: https://gmp-kurs.de/de/good-clinical-practice-course/