There are two free slots in this workshop organised by the IAMO Graduate School. This practical seminar helps you to get the right wording for explaining your research findings to a non-scientific audience. It prepares you for various interview situations (e.g. background interview to a print journalist, live interview, discussion rounds on the radio/TV). Practical exercises […]
Month Archive for January 2022
25. Jan 2022
Successful Networking (March, 8, 10, 2022 | online)
Learning new communication skills Networking well done is about nurturing relationships authentically around common interests, mutual liking, or simply respect. Yet many professionals find it difficult to do; they object to it and only turn to networking when they absolutely need help. It doesn’t have to be this way. If we do it well, the […]
24. Jan 2022
Introduction to Statistics and R (March, 7, 14, 21, 28, 2022)
Content R has become a leading statistical programming language in data science and statistics. The R software is free, highly extensible, and allows to easily produce publication-quality plots. The aim of this course is to equip participants with the basic skills to effectively use the software R, embedded in the user interface RStudio. These skills […]
20. Jan 2022
[UL] Coffee Conversations – Post-doctoral non-academic career paths (February 9, 2022)
Leipzig University hosts Dr Christoph Leuze for a conversation on Wednesday February 9th, 2022 between 5pm and 6.30pm. He holds a PhD in cognitive and neuroscience and is director of the Visualization Core at Stanford’s Wu Tsai Institute, where his research focuses on virtual and augmented reality technologies for medical applications. He is also the founder of Nakamir, a company that aims to improve […]
17. Jan 2022
Support for young scientists with care responsibilities
Individuals who care for children or family members and teach and conduct research at the same time are currently facing very special challenges, as the Corona pandemic continues to result in frequent caregiver absences. Please check the following document for your application to student assistant funds via FEMPOWER@MLU, a project of the Office of Diversity […]
17. Jan 2022
Equality promotion 2022
Calls for proposals for Women’s Grants 2022 (in German) at MLU via Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity are online. Current calls for proposals: Networking funds for the promotion of young female scientists in 2022: PhD students, postdocs, habilitation students and junior professors can apply for funding for 2022 for participation in conferences and further […]
14. Jan 2022
[Ref 3.2] Impact Training (February 8, 2022)
There are vacant slots in this workshop offered by the staff development department (Ref 3.2) at MLU. Do you feel under pressure to produce impact both within, but definitely beyond academia? But time is a scarce resource! And you are not yet clear how to build a successful impact strategy. The training will give you […]
10. Jan 2022
[Ref 3.2] Intensive Preparatory English for Academics (February 21 – March 18, 2022)
The department Referat 3.2 – Personalentwicklung offers this workshop to doctoral students and postdocs at MLU. This course is a four week, five sessions per week class. The goal of the course is to review both the basics of English grammar and tense structures, as well as, prepare students for writing long form texts in […]
10. Jan 2022
[BEAM] Women in Science – Talk and Power – Who Gets Heard and Why (31.01.2022 (online) + 07.03.2022)
There are free slots at this workshop organised by research training group “BEAM (RTG 2670): Self-Organization of Soft Matter via Multiple Noncovalent Interactions”. This workshop will give you the opportunity to examine the distinctions between communication styles at work – support-oriented (horizontal) versus status-oriented (vertical); these communication styles can determine success or failure within a […]