News for graduates and postdocs at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
7. Jul 2025
The interactive workshop aims at improving non-native English speakers’ skills in writing scientific texts in English and to permanently upgrade the linguistic quality of their English writing. Participants will be equipped with a textbook written by the trainer that covers all the features introduced during the sessions, they will have ample opportunity to ask individual questions, and they will receive immediate feedback on their own writing.
[ Read On … ]7. Jul 2025
In dieser Veranstaltung soll den Teilnehmenden der Einsatz und die Grenzen von KI für die wissenschaftliche Recherche vermittelt werden.
[ Read On … ]7. Jul 2025
“Scientific integrity forms the basis of trustworthy research,” states the preamble to the DFG’s Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice.
In his interactive workshop, Dr. Michael Schöner will address what scientific integrity or scientific misconduct means in this context and show that there are gray areas between the two extremes, using the most common problems in questions of authorship, research data management (also related to diversity and gender variables) and supervision.
[ Read On … ]3. Jul 2025
On Wednesday, 09 July, MLU’s Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office invites you to the event “Science2Impact: Understanding & Designing Interventions”, taking place from 09:00 to 10:50 in JTC Office Meeting Room, Große Steinstraße 79/80 (2.OG).
What exactly is Impact and how can we as scientists and humanitarians design it step by step in a grounded, methodical manner?
You will have a look at useful impact definitions, the Theory of Change and Logical Framework Approaches. Then JTC will discuss principles and review models of intervention based on the Double Diamond and the JTC Transfer Framework. In interactive pair and groupwork participants will get to know and try out a couple of tools to get a practical hold on the process. The course will be held in English.
[ Read On … ]13. Jun 2025
On Wednesday, 18 June, MLU’s Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office invites you to the event “The Spirit of Impact – Transfer and Entrepreneurial Mindsets”, taking place from 13:00 to 16:00 in Lecture Hall XIV a/b, Löwengebäude, Universitätsplatz 11.
We are pleased to welcome two inspiring guests:
They will offer personal insights into their careers and convictions—exploring how science and the humanities can and should contribute meaningfully to today’s societies.
[ Read On … ]12. Jun 2025
This workshop is organized by the iRTG PROTEOFORuM.
The workshop ‘Getting Started. The path to a successful doctorate’ focuses on the critical elements for a successful doctoral journey: Which mindsets, tools, and processes make a real difference on the way to a PhD? We concentrate on three areas: The efficient organization of tasks and notes, the productive communication with supervisors and the research community, and the structured reading and writing of academic papers. Additionally, the workshop will introduce techniques for self-management to support productivity and well-being throughout the PhD journey. The specific agenda will be tailored to the interests of the participants to ensure the content is relevant and particular emphasis will be placed on strategies for participants to successfully transfer learnings from this workshop to their own work context.
[ Read On … ]4. Jun 2025
Die Veranstaltung der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (ULB) beleuchtet das sogenannte Predatory Publishing, das ein wachsendes Problem im wissenschaftlichen Kontext darstellt. Fake Journals gaukeln Wissenschaftlichkeit vor, verzichten jedoch auf echte Qualitätskontrollen und täuschen sowohl Autor:innen als auch Leser:innen.
22. Apr 2025
Ignite your entrepreneurial spirit!
In the two-day innovation workshop, tailored to researchers of all disciplines, you will discover your entrepreneurial skills. Guided by professional innovation coaches, you will develop ideas for a potential business case in small groups.
With its “Young Entrepreneurs in Science” project, the Falling Walls Foundation offers a diverse workshop program for doctoral candidates and postdocs.
8. Apr 2025
How to find a job in the public / private sector in English – The Complete Package
10. Mar 2025
Whether small talk or academic subject presentation – the ability to present oneself adequately and to communicate one’s concerns effectively is a deciding factor of career related success in academia.
With a few fundamental strategies for communication and presentation techniques it is possible to illustrate complex data in a context relevant way, to convince others, to win supporters and thus reach the respectively set goals.
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