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8. Dec 2023

What supervisors want / Was Betreuende erwarten

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The relationship between doctoral researchers and their supervisors influences the pathway and success of a doctoral project and is a crucial factor for the start of an academic career (Ives & Rowley 2007). It is thus all the more important that both parties deal with the perspective, expectations and needs of the other side.

With the project “What supervisors want” InGrA sheds some light on the relationship between supervisors and their doctoral students. The project was carried out in 2023.

The project consists of the following parts:

  • Introduction to the project
  • Results of the online survey of doctoral students on supervision
  • Portraits of interview participants
  • Interviews with supervisors (in German)
    • Prof. Dr. Daniel Wefers (Food Chemistry)
    • Prof. Dr. Jenny Haase (Spanish and American Literature and Culture), 
    • Prof. Dr. Ingo Heilmann (Plant Biochemistry) 
    • Prof. Dr. Konstanze Senge (Economic and Organisational Sociology).
  • Interview: main take-aways (in English)

To provide information and guidance for doctoral students we have approached supervisors in four departments at MLU. In semi-structured interviews we asked them about their perspective and experiences in the supervision of doctoral students. This was preceded by an online survey in which doctoral researchers had the opportunity to ask their questions and thus helped to shape the interview guidelines. Enjoy the reading. Hopefully, we can broaden your perspective on doctoral supervision and What supervisors want.

More at the website What supervisors want

18. Mar 2024

Bachelor, Master, Promotion … und dann? (11. April 2024 | online)

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Am 11.04.2024 findet von 16:30 Uhr bis 18:30 Uhr eine Online-Veranstaltung zum Thema „Karriereweg: Professur“ statt, bei der Sie Einblicke in das Berufsbild einer Professur erhalten. Es werden die Voraussetzungen und Unterschiede zwischen Universitäts- und Hochschulprofessuren näher untersucht und als Highlight berichten Professor:innen der Hochschule Anhalt, der Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal und der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg über ihre persönlichen Karrierewege. 

Für weitere Informationen inklusive Anmeldung nutzen Sie bitte den Link zur Veranstaltung.

Der Workshop wird durch das CASE-Team Sachsen-Anhalt in Kooperation mit der InGrA durchgeführt.

Ort und Zeit

  • Ort: online, ZOOM-Link nach Anmeldung
  • Datum: 11. April 2024
  • Zeit: 16:30-18:30 Uhr
  • Registrierung bis 08.04.24

15. Mar 2024

Max Planck Society announces tenure-track Lise Meitner Research Group Leader positions

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The Max Planck Society invites outstanding applicants to apply for tenure-track Lise Meitner Research Group Leader positions. The appointments will be made in partnership with suitable Max Planck Institutes according to the applicants’ research topics.

With the Lise Meitner Excellence Program, the Max Planck Society expressly aims to attract and promote the careers of outstanding female scientists who are at an early stage of their scientific career and have a documented track record of independent and innovative research.

The call aims at postdocs or junior group-leaders. The deadline for applications is April 10th, 2024.

Further reading on the Lise Meitner Excellence Program.

14. Mar 2024

The complete job application package – English (May 7, 2024)

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Goal

How to find a job in the public / private sector in English – The Complete Package

Agenda

  • What are your hard strengths and soft strengths and when are they relevant in the job application process?
  • How can you write a good covering letter? Techniques, theory and practice
  • Here you will have the opportunity to get some feedback on a one-to-one basis with respect to your CV in English. You send your CV to the trainer who will give you personalised feedback .
  • Difficult questions in job interviews in English – what are they and how can you answer them?
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13. Mar 2024

DFG Funding Opportunities: Emmy Noether-Programm (March 20, 2024 | online)

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This online talk focuses on the Emmy Noether-Programm of the DFG. Further details and the dial in link can be found at Info Talks on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers.

  • Date: March 20, 2023
  • Time: 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. CET
  • Language: German

Please note: You can access the event via the link above without any password. The number of participants is limited to max. 1,000.

About Prospects: Online Talk Series on DFG Funding Opportunities for Research Careers

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13. Mar 2024

Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz in a nutshell

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Want to learn more about contract law in academia in Germany?

Please check the article “The German ‘Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz’ in a nutshell” of German Scholars Organization e. V..

6. Mar 2024

[OVGU] Die eigene Zukunft gestalten: Karriereplanung – (20.-21.03.2024)

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Es gibt freie Restplätze in einem Workshop der Graduiertenakademie der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg.

Inhalte:

  • Karriereoptionen in Wirtschaft, Verwaltung, etc.
  • Biographische Verankerung von Qualifikationen und Kompetenzen
  • Werte als individuelle „Treiber“ der Berufs- und Lebensplanung
  • Spielregeln, Einflussfaktoren, Planbarkeit einer Karriere in der Wirtschaft und andernorts
  • Berufswünsche und Visionen – Stimmigkeit von Wunsch und Realität
  • Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Privatleben/Familie
  • Beruflicher Netzwerkaufbau und pflege
  • Konkretisierung planbarer Schritte auf dem Weg ins  Berufsleben
  • Kreative Stellensuche – Informieren und Zupacken
  • Nächster Schritt: Bewerbungsverfahren, -interview, -unterlagen

Kursleiter:

Dr. Matthias Merkelbach

Kurssprache ist Deutsch. Es handelt sich im einen Präsenzkurs.

Mehr Informationen und Anmeldungen bitte hier.

5. Mar 2024

English Academic Writing: The Ground Rules of Writing Well (April 25, 26 and 29, 2024)

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This workshop addresses junior scholars from the social sciences, economics, and the humanities who have good command of the English language, seek to improve their English writing skills, and strive to make their academic papers more idiomatic. The workshop seeks to create an awareness of the typical patterns of non-idiomatic writing to which non-native authors writing in English – and especially German-speaking academics – are prone and equip the participants with strategies to avoid these pitfalls.

The workshop will be held on three days (two days in person; a half day online, during which you will receive individual feedback). It will be conducted in English by two trainers who have a professional background in the social sciences and many years of experience in teaching English academic writing and in translating and editing academic texts by German-speaking scholars. 

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14. Feb 2024

[IAMO GS] Thesis Defense Training (February 28-29, 2024)

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There are free slots in the following workshop organised by the IAMO Graduate School.

This workshop is aimed at doctoral candidates who want to engage in intensive preparation for their disputation. With practical tips and exercises, the participants learn how to structure their introductory presentation, how to build up the central argument, how to deal with criticism, “killer-questions”, stage fright and black-outs, etc. Up to three participants get the chance to practice their full presentation. More information and registration details are available here.

This workshop prepares you intensively and compactly for your defense and is especially recommended for doctoral researchers who are in their third year or above.

If you want to join, please send a short email to the coordinator, Franziska Schaft ().

12. Feb 2024

Writing an exposé

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Do you have a research question that you would like to investigate? Would you like to do that in the context of a doctorate? Are you planning to present your idea to your preferred professor to apply as a candidate for supervision? It’s time to write your exposé!

The exposé provides an overview of your planned research work. It links your research question with a plan for its investigation. You provide a clearly understandable, coherently reasoned explanation of

  • what you want to investigate,
  • why you’re investigating it and
  • how you want to investigate it.
Figure: A convincing exposé makes the components Why?, What?, and How? interlock like gears and form a comprehensive result.

A well-written synopsis not only convinces scholarship providers or potential supervisors of your research idea. It also helps you as the author to structure your own project, to critically question it and to recognize potential challenges early on. Think of the exposé as a very first draft of your dissertation. This type of preparation can save valuable time, energy and resources later on.

Form and structure of an exposé

A clear structure is the necessary framework for convincingly communicating the core of your idea – the research question. You explain how you derived it and how you want to investigate it. There is not one strict form that an exposé must follow. However, certain key elements should be present in a logical order to achieve a comprehensible result.

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5. Feb 2024

Clear at glance – Designing Effective Academic Posters (April 9, 2024)

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Poster sessions are an integral part of almost every scientific conference. Their purpose is to highlight research results, visualize them, and stimulate discussion. To draw your audience in, you need a crystal-clear message, 
a text format optimized for best legibility and well-chosen graphics. And above all, you need to think well through how to organize, arrange and illustrate your research content for a printed or digital poster format.

Basic rules of graphic design and layout technique will help you to present your work in a visually well-structured and compelling way. The training shows you how to present your research efficiently and provides time to put directly into practice what you have learned. 

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