Leipzig University organizes a lecture series on career and everyday life in academia of postdocs. This time the topic is
How to write an academic CV
The CV is a complete summary of all of your academic achievements and can be as long as needed. Although it will grow longer as your academic career progresses, you’ll want to make sure that you include accomplishments that are relevant and important. You also want to make sure to address assessment fields that are relevant for applications to a professorship, that the CV is complete and stylistically consistent. However, there are different approaches to do so and finding the way that appeals to you personally is just as important as continuously updating your CV.
During this lunch lecture, we address these issues with the focus on academic CVs for applying for professorships in Germany. There will be a short input and enough time for discussion afterwards.
The doctoral academy “Business and Leadership Ethics” offers the following writing retreat to doctoral students at MLU and other European universities who are working on topics related to business or leadership ethics.
The academy is delighted to announce the second Writing Retreat taking place May 11th -15th in Wittenberg, Germany, as part of our Doctoral Academy, an initiative hosted by the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics (WCGE) and the Friede Springer Chair of Business Ethics and Management Accounting (MLU). This distinguished program, generously funded by the KSG Foundation, offers doctoral candidates a platform to advance their research, engage with renowned scholars, and foster meaningful connections between theoretical inquiry and practical application within the fields of business, and leadership ethics. For a deeper look into the Doctoral Academy, make sure to check out the brochure.
APPLY NOW FOR OUR WRITING RETREAT – May 11th – 15th, 2025
As a scientist, your reputation is your personal brand. You’re going to have one whether you choose to influence it in a particular direction or not. How others perceive you stems largely in part from your research results, your behaviors, and your overall actions. Just as in the business world, your personal brand is what defines how successful you can become, and it’s vital that you spend a portion of your resources to cultivate and protect it. In this workshop we will explore networking as an important aspect of those efforts.
Take-aways
Exploring your ‘presence’ and receiving feedback from the group
Developing a workable elevator pitch
Increasing your self-awareness
The opportunity to examine critically both your professional identity and your value proposition
Insights into how to effectively structure scientific papers and practical advice on how to develop convincing narratives for scientific publications;
Input, especially aiming at non-native English speakers, on how to improve academic writing skills by highlighting typical features and composing elements commonly applied and expected by native speakers of English;
Interactive editing and feedback session, including a 1:1mentoring session by the trainer for each participant.
The interactive training is especially recommended for doctoral researchers in the early stages of their doctorate, but it is also a motivating and beneficial refresher for more advanced doctoral researchers 😊. More info is available here. If you would like to sign up, please email .
This IGS course particularly emphasizes writing and formulation skills for non-native English speakers.
Focused writing time – community and exchange – feedback and support
The gender*bildet writing week offers academics with gender-related issues the opportunity to devote themselves intensively to a writing project as part of their qualification or research – be it a dissertation or habilitation, an abstract, an article or a research proposal. The centrepiece is the focused writing time together, which not only promotes productivity, but also enables students to be mindful of their own resources. In addition, individual writing coaching offers targeted support for specific challenges and helps to develop customised solutions. Participants are invited to withdraw from everyday life for a week and devote themselves entirely to their research work. They can write undisturbed, exchange ideas and find support in a concentrated environment far away from the university and the world of work.
An intensive week to write on your PhD thesis or research project
Leipzig University organizes a lecture series on career and everyday life in academia of postdocs. This time the topic is
New year, new opportunities: my (career) goals for 2025
In this interactive lunch lecture, we will collaboratively work on your New Year’s resolutions: What topics are important to you? How do you want to develop your career? What competencies do you wish to enhance? What goals are you aiming for? You will approach these questions both analytically and through creative methods. Strategic career planning is as crucial as maintaining a humorous and supportive perspective on your own aspirations.
The “Lunch Lectures” are an online mini-series of inputs from Academic Staff Development, which take place monthly from 12:30 to 13:30. Afterwards, the room remains open for further exchange and networking until 14:15. Please register for the individual events.
“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.
Leaving academia and looking for a job in the industry is an important and sometimes difficult step. This intensive course enables you to go through a quickly and successful job search process. It consists of live webinars and self-learning videos.
Content
The seminar provides knowledge on:
Determination of salaries
Preparation and phases of interviews
Salary negotiation procedure
Typical working conditions for academic job starters
Leaving academia and looking for a job in the industry is an important and sometimes difficult step. This intensive course enables you to go through a quickly and successful job search process. It consists of live webinars and self-learning videos.
Leipzig University organizes a lecture series on career and everyday life in academia of postdocs. This time the topic is
Science communication for researchers
Science communication is becoming an increasingly important task for researchers and one that is linked to growing expectations. In this Lunch Lecture, we will talk about how scientists can fill this area of responsibility with life and how the University Communication Office supports them in doing so.
The “Lunch Lectures” are an online mini-series of inputs from Academic Staff Development, which take place monthly from 12:30 to 13:30. Afterwards, the room remains open for further exchange and networking until 14:15. Please register for the individual events.