Host: Young Entrepreneurs in Science

We want to open up new career perspectives for highly qualified, early-career researchers and channel their expert knowledge into entrepreneurial endeavours. Through learning methods such as Design Thinking, participants are encouraged to discover and share their inherent competencies and potentials. The involvement of startup founders and intrapreneurs of innovation-oriented companies give participants insights into the chances and challenges of entrepreneurial activity.

Please note: You will need about 5 minutes to register directly on the Young Entrepreneurs in Science's website. For organisational reasons, each webinar is limited to approx. 20 spots allocated on the first come, first served principle. All selected participants will receive a confirmation email with further information.

Host: Graduate Center Plus

The COVID 19 pandemic challenges us all in a special and new way. In this situation, we would like to support you as best as we can. Since it is currently not possible to hold on-site events and consultations, we have temporarily changed some of our offerings into online formats. Since mid-April, we are offering online workshops (German/English) for doctoral researchers in the new series "Home Training Days" on the following topics:

Places are limited, a timely registration is required! Please make a note of the registration dates on the GC Plus website.

Successful academic careers require not only outstanding research results and a deep level of expertise in the respective academic fields, but also a set of transferable skills. The GC Plus Summer School supports doctoral researchers of the University of Duisburg-Essen with training of these key competencies. It aims at strengthening your self-confidence and coping skills, thus enabling you to better communicate your achievements within the academic community and to strategically develop your own career path. This year, all workshops will take place as online courses. Language of all offers will be English, aiming at cultivating and raising awareness for intercultural and interdisciplinary issues.

Topics:

• Introduction to German Academic Culture
• Slidewriting & Storylining
• Good Scientific Practice
• Networking Strategies for Female Researchers 
• Conflict Management
• Academic Writing for Natural Sciences
• Presentation, Poster, Pitch – What's the Difference?
• Stress Competence for Researchers
• Time and Self Management
• Poster Design and Presentation
• Self-Marketing for Researchers

Registration deadline: 06-26.07.2020

Host: Graduate Center Plus

Do you need advice or would you like to exchange with other early career researchers? Join our "Open GC Plus Online Consultation", always Wednesdays from 10.00 to 11.00 a.m. via ZOOM. You will receive access to the ZOOM meeting room by e-mail to gcplus@uni-due.de. Please include a brief description of your questions in the e-mail. 

Our "Coaching Hour" offers you an additional opportunity to enter into a confidential dialogue on individual concerns. Further information on this offer can be found here. We offer this format by telephone or online by prior appointment. Please contact Valentina Vasilov for appointments: valentina.vasilov@uni-due.de, 0201 183 3176.

Host: Research Academy Ruhr

Career development for young female academics
mentoring³ is a mentoring programme for academic career development for young researchers from all disciplines of the University Alliance Ruhr. There is a programme line for female doctoral students and a programme line for post-doctoral and post-doctoral students.

What does mentoring³ offer?
The focus of the programme is the dialogue with your mentor: over a period of two years, you benefit from personal exchange with an experienced professor or scientist. You will receive advice on career planning in confidential discussions and expand your understanding of science.

A diverse event programme flanks the mentoring relationship over the entire term. In interdisciplinary workshops, you prepare yourself for leadership responsibility in university and non-university research, clarify beneficial career strategies and strengthen your personal key competencies. Network meetings offer you the opportunity to exchange experiences with peers across universities and to expand your academic network.

In the discipline-specific mentoring groups (humanities and social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering), the respective specialist cultural conditions of a scientific career are taken into account.

Programme start: October 2020
Registration deadline: 15.07.2020
Contact for the natural sciences: Anja Tillmann, mentoring3@rub.de