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16. Dec 2021

Find a Job in Germany’s Industry – Job Interviews and Contract Conditions (February 02, 09 and 17, 2022 | online)

Leaving academia and looking for a job in the industry is an important and sometimes difficult step. Understanding the application rules and the expectations of the company enables you to go through a quickly and successful job-search process outside academia.

Content

  • Determination of salaries
  • Preparation and phases of interviews
  • Answering trick questions
  • Salary negotiation strategies
  • Self-presentation practice in small groups
  • Typical regulations in employment contracts
  • Work permit types and requirements
  • Culturally related rules at work
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14. Dec 2021

Early stage scientists and the pandemic at MLU

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In spring 2021, the Diversity and Equal Opportunity Office and the Equal Opportunity Advisory Council launched a survey on the pandemic-related challenges for scientists in the early stage within the university. In the meantime, the responses have been reviewed and a report with many answers and information has been written.

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14. Dec 2021

Good Scientific Practice (February 21, 22, 2022 | online)

The participants will get an overview about the rules of good scientific practice and the handling with cases of scientific misconduct, and will explore the differences and grey areas of questionable research practice. They will learn about local, national and international regulations and guidelines. It is a goal of the course to create space for reflexions about values and attitudes of science and the role of scientists. The participants will learn to develop appropriate solutions for difficult situations in the process of science. 

Content

The content of the course follows the curriculum “Good scientific practice” from 2019, which was commissioned by and developed in cooperation with the German Research Ombudsman: 

  • Definitions of good scientific practice and scientific misconduct 
  • Degrees and extent of scientific misconduct
  • Examples for responsible and irresponsible conduct of research
  • Data management 
  • Authorship and the process of publication 
  • Mentoring and supervision 
  • Conflict management: how to deal with scientific misconduct
  • Reactions to scientific misconduct 
  • Local, national and international guidelines and regulations
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14. Dec 2021

Find a Job in Germany’s Industry – Job Search and Application (January 12 and 26, 2022 | online)

Leaving academia and looking for a job in the industry is an important and sometimes difficult step. Understanding the application rules and the expectations of recruiters is a necessary prerequisite. This intensive training helps you to go through a quickly and successful job-search process outside academia.

Content

1. Job Search

  • Ideas for possible positions
  • Active and passive job search strategies

2. Application Documents

  • Content and design of an application
  • Analysis of job ads and estimation of chances
  • Individual application feedback in small groups
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13. Dec 2021

[UNIBUND] 10th tender mentoring programme for female postdoctoral researchers (June 2022–June 2023 / 2024)

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How to establish a scientific profile?
How to become a successful team leader?
What makes grant applications worthy of support?
How to establish a sustainable network?
A career in academia comes along with lots of questions and challenges!

From June 2022 the mentoring programme for female postdoctoral researchers, provided by the universities of Halle, Jena and Leipzig, offers eight places at each university for highly-qualified female postdocs, researchers undertaking a ‘habilitation’, junior scientist group leaders and junior professors, to support them in their development and future careers. Applications can be submitted up to February 28, 2022 by the associated university.

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13. Dec 2021

Next Level – E-Poster Design (February 15-16, 2022 | online)

Objective 

Understand that the e-poster concept provides a wide range of innovative possibilities to create far more than a single static poster sheet. Gain the knowledge how to take advantage of the full potential of the e-poster medium to communicate your science dynamically, illustratively and engaging.

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1. Dec 2021

Duration and completion of doctoral studies under DFG Coordinated Programmes

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The DFG Infobrief (3.21) summarises quantitative analyses on the duration and completion of doctorates pursued under DFG-funded Coordinated Programmes based on two studies published by the DFG in 2021.

All in all, in DFG-funded consortia in the programmes Collaborative Research Centre, Research Training Group, Cluster of Excellence and Graduate School four out of five doctoral projects started are completed. Half of doctoral researchers complete their doctorate within 51 months. The duration of a doctorate can of course vary greatly, both from one individual to the next and within the same consortium. (Source: DFG Infobrief 3.21)

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30. Nov 2021

Information on dealing with the corona virus

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Summary of organization of teaching in the winter semester 2021/22 at MLU:

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30. Nov 2021

Concept and Design of Academic Presentations (January 25, 2022 | online)

Starting Point

Among all the challenges you might face being a scientist, you should be able to effectively communicate your research and share your knowledge to a wide range of audiences by the means of academic presentations. 
To draw your audience in and to get your main message across, you need a clear concept, proper slides, and convincing visuals. 

The workshop conveys a basic knowledge about concept, design, and visualisation to present research content visually well organized and compelling. The course will equip you with both the concepts and the practical design skills to create convincing presentations and provides the possibility to put directly into practice what you have learned as well as to get useful feedback from group and trainer.

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29. Nov 2021

Public Speaking and Rhetorics (January 20, 2022 | online)

Your personal appearance is your most important communication tool:
Create sympathy, guarantee a positive exchange and leave a competent impression.
The voice contributes to a large extent to your personal impact – in presentations and in conversations.
Get to know your voice. Feel the connections between body, breath and voice.
Learn what you can do to make your voice available as a reliable and versatile instrument to play on.

Aim

Convincing, self-assured and confident appearance, so that competence, teamwork and communication skills are conveyed. So that you can consciously use his voice guidance in conflict situations to defuse the situation, strengthen trust and convey target-oriented solutions. Social and communicative skills are promoted so that conversations can be made more effective.

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