Female professors and equal opportunities officers of the universities of applied sciences in Schleswig-Holstein cordially invite female professional practitioners, postdocs, doctoral candidates and other interested parties to an open exchange about the job description, hiring requirements and paths to a professorship.
31. May 2022
[BEAM] Voice and Body (June 14-15, 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”.
Integral to voice and body training is the central idea that physical and vocal dynamics are connected to the speaker’s motivation and to the importance of the information being communicated. The trainer has a professional theatre background, which is a unique benefit for the participants to help identify the verbal challenges of each speaker, giving attention to breath, articulation, intonation, volume, modulation and tempo.
Contents
The Training is given to improve non-verbal aspects such as gesture, positioning, distance, eye contact and relationship with media. The trainer input will provide the opportunity to gain new insights in effective communication and learn how to present yourself more effectively and to make the best impression and strongest impact. Participants monitor their improvement and implement feedback through active role-play exercises in which they present themselves.
[ Read On … ]31. May 2022
[PlantBioChem] Plant Science Student Conference 2022 (June 14-17, 2022 | online)
From June 14-17, 2022, IPB PhD students and the Research School PlantBioChem will organize the Plant Science Student Conference (PSSC). This year, the meeting for PhD students from plant science and related disciplines will take place as an online conference. The organizing team was able to engage excellent guest speakers and invites young plant scientists from biochemistry, bioinformatics and agricultural sciences to present their research with posters and talks.
Registration is open until June 10, 2022.
Abstracts will have to be submitted by June 8, 2022.
All information about the program and participation is available on the PSSC website.
You can look forward to the following guest speakers:
[ Read On … ]24. May 2022
[BEAM] Workshop: How to get up after falling down (July 7, 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”.
What do we do when things go wrong? How do we respond when we fail or when we have bad luck? Did you know that even BEAM failed the first time? What if … every experience of failure became an opportunity to learn and grow?
Contents
In this workshop, we discuss the many ways in which things can go wrong and we clarify what failure means to each of us, individually. Then we reflect on how we can respond to failure and use it to get better. In the end, it is all about getting up once more than falling down. This workshop is a bit different, maybe the format is unusual for you, and you decide how much you want to share. For an impression of how Rebecca Waldecker works, you can listen here (in German).
“Don’t fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” ― Bruce Lee
[ Read On … ]23. May 2022
MLU Mentoring Program for doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers
Shape your scientific career path in a self-determined way! – The MLU Mentoring Program will accompany you on your way.
Are you a doctoral student or postdoctoral researcher at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and are striving for a career in academia? Do you want to shape your career path in a self-determined and solution-oriented way and network with other scientists? Great goals are best achieved together.
What can you expect in the mentoring program?
- One-to-one mentoring with established female professors
- Networking with other scientists from all faculties at MLU.
- (digital) workshops on key qualifications
- (digital) collegial counseling as a group dynamic element
What else do you need to know?
[ Read On … ]17. May 2022
[FEMPOWER@MLU] Open Call: Professionalization through Coaching
Update: Still funds available.
Participants are supported in identifying and developing their potential and making the best use of opportunities, thus successfully realizing the path to a scientific leading position. Questions about the development and genesis of a professional identity as a scientist or university professor are just as important as aspects of coping with specific qualification requirements and further life and career planning, whereby the compatibility of family and academic career also plays an important role.
Read more (in German)
12. May 2022
Stipends for doctoral students from the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) biannually provides funding for scholarships. The funding comes from the Ministry of Science, Energy, Climate Protection and Environment of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. Start of the funding for this call is in the winter semester.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants are those who
- have demonstrated a special aptitude for academic work through well above-average study and examination results,
- have completed a university degree,
- is preparing for a doctorate at MLU,
- presents a scientific project that is expected to make an important contribution to research, and
- is supervised by a (non-retired) university lecturer at MLU.
The scholarship can be applied for every semester. As a rule, it is granted for a period of three years.
Application via faculties
[ Read On … ]10. May 2022
Literature on the topic of doctoral studies
Guides for doctoral students
- Guide for doctoral candidates at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (2019) (link)
- Zeit Campus Ratgeber Promotion (link)
- S. Stock, P. Schneider, E. Peper, E. Molitor, Erfolgreich promovieren – Ein Ratgeber von Promovierten für Promovierende, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2014) (ISBN 978-3-642-41662-0) (link)
- Career column, Nature (link)
Guides for supervisors
- UniWiND Publications Issue 4 “Doctoral Supervision. Recommendations and good practice for universities and doctoral supervisors” (2017) (English/German)
- Alexandra Bulat “The Good Supervision Guide for new and experienced research supervisors of PhDs”, University College London (2018) (link)
- Guidelines on the training of doctoral students at the Max Planck Society (2021) (link)
9. May 2022
DFG approves second funding period of International Research Training Group “TreeDi”
The Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the second funding period for the International Research Training Group “TreeDi – 林地 – Tree Diversity Interactions: The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests (GRK 2324)”.
The RTG focuses on the question of how trees interact and cooperate with each other within a forest, for example by exchanging nutrients via roots and fungal partners. The PhD projects are dedicated to the underlying processes and mechanisms of this cooperation.
The International Research Training Group “TreeDi – 林地 – Tree Diversity Interactions” is jointly operated by the MLU and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). Hosting institution is the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig.
Read more at press release 049/2022 of May 9, 2022 (in German) of MLU.
[ Read On … ]29. Apr 2022
[BEAM] A newcomer’s guide to networking (June 1, 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”.
In this short workshop you will explore the concept of networking.
Contents
- What does it mean to network successfully?
- Who do you consider to be a part of your current network?
- How do you interact with people from your network?
- How to build a network from scratch?
- How can I go about networking if I am shy or introvert?