2016/05/25
by Christin Schröter
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The Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds awards Travel Grants to junior researchers who are currently conducting an experimental project in basic biomedical research and wish to pursue a short-term research stay or attend a practical course of up to 3 months.
Travel grants are awarded for short-term visits of up to 3 months. A flat-rate contribution may cover the expenses for travel, lodging and course fees.
If you are interested, check out this website for more information, requirements and conditions.
2016/05/19
by Katrin Wodzicki
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As highlight of the ZESS program on rhetoric, the coordinators of the program organize a slam with 3 students and 2 non-student guests. It’s taking place in German – this time on a very relevant topic I often discuss in my workshops and counseling. So I thought that some of you might be interesting to visit the slam.
Thema: “Personalauswahl zwischen Inszenierung und Authentizität – Sollten wir es wagen, mit offenen Karten zu spielen?”
Datum: 7.6.2016 um 20 Uhr
Ort: APEX
Non-student guests:
Marc-Oliver Dorn, Senior Manager, Human Resources Management | Hannover Re
Katrin Wodzicki, Koordinatorin des GGNB Career Service | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2016/05/19
by Katrin Wodzicki
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The Equal Opportunities Office in cooperation with the division “Teaching and Learning in Higher Education” offers a workshop for teachers in higher education on the topic “Diversity in the Classroom“. It will take place on Thursday, May 26, 2016, from 9pm to 17:00pm (Place: Waldweg 26, Room 3.117/3.119 (Trakt I, 3. Obergeschoss)).
Further information and registration: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/529484.html
2016/05/17
by Christin Schröter
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We are happy to announce the workshop “The Value of Your PhD and Postdoc Experience in Industry and beyond” with Barbara Hoffbauer.
Target group: Junior researchers with 1-3 years of postdoctoral research experience who wonder about switching to an Industry position
Goal: Get to know about professional perspectives and reflecting about own suitability to different career paths
Date: 28 June 2016
Duration: 1 day (9:00-17:00h)
Place: GZMB building, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, seminar room 0.232
Trainer: Barbara Hoffbauer
Detailed Description:
The workshop deals with the value of PhD and postdoc experience for positions in Industry and beyond. Participants are introduced to more or less science-related career paths in the public and private sector (excluding academic careers to professorship). They learn about related technical and personal skills as well as how their PhD and postdoctoral experience might be relevant for those career paths. Moreover, participants get the opportunity to reflect their own competences and objectives as well as their suitability to these introduced career paths. Finally, participants develop an individual strategy for their next career steps.
Registration: Please register here and write an email to Dr. Katrin Wodzicki, including a short statement on your motivation to join the workshop (Why this workshop?).
For an overview of other recent workshop announcements click here
2016/05/12
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Associated to the 7th EMBO Meeting, a career day with short workshops on different career-related topics will take place. Take your chance, especially if you are going to the EMBO Meeting anyway!
For each session, a fee of €50 is charged.
As the organizers write, this career fair “offers talented scientists an excellent opportunity to meet a diverse selection of national and international employers from academic institutions and scientific industries, such as pharmaceutical organizations, digital technology companies, science publishing and more.”
Participation is free of charge.
— more general career fairs upcoming in June —
A career fair that wants to stress diversity issues. They write about themselves: “We consider ourselves to just be very different. At STICKS & STONES, there is no room for redundant or boring mediocracy. Instead rockstars, geeks, pandas and unicorns are reflecting the infinite complexity of life. Our speaker belong to the best of their genre and there are few as proud and exciting as our exhibitors.”
During the career fair, 100 companies will be present and 40 talks on divers topics will be given. Moreover, a couple of satellite events will take place. For example, in the Jobslam, people who successfully migrate into the German job market tell their stories.
Free tickets are available.
This career fair is focused on female careers. During the career fair, 111 companies will present their job opportunities.
Participation is free of charge.
2016/05/12
by Katrin Wodzicki
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The University of Göttingen is offering a mentoring program for female doctoral and postdoctoral researchers at Göttingen Campus, designed to empower female junior researchers in their academic development. It represents a contribution to increasing the number of women in leading positions at universities and non-university research institutions.
Dorothea Schlözer Mentoring Program
What are my career prospects following my doctoral degree? What criteria are paramount in deciding to pursue an academic or non-academic career? How should I behave in competitive situations? And how can I combine my family life with a career in academia?
Questions like these might be in your head. A hierarchic independent mentoring relationship with a professor and the exchange of experience with other doctoral and postdoctoral researchers can provide important orientation and support at this stage in your career.
Application: until June 19, 2016
Start of new round: November 2016
Duration: 1 year
Application and further information in the flyer below and online.
Contact person for the program: Dr. Vera Bissinger (Zentrale Koordination Mentoring)
2016/05/12
by Katrin Wodzicki
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Successes are always in the focus in your scientific career. However, failures are very common among scientists, even among the most successful ones – but only a few speak about them. To highlight that failures are part of everyone’s career, some academics published their CVs of failure, among them Johannes Haushofer, Professor at Princeton, who has an incredible “normal” CV. By publishing his CV of failure, he also start a discussion about psychological health in academia. As he mentions in a German interview with ZEIT Campus ONLINE, we do not know much about the prevalence of depression and other psychological disorders. But the few statistics existing point to, for example, a very high degree of depression among academics.
Someone who talks about changing the culture in science and how to deal with what he calls the “cloud of confusion” in a very motivating way is Uri Alon, Professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science. You find a couple of his talks and his magnificent songs on YouTube, for example, his TED talk in Lausanne.