PhD, and next?
Explore your interests and values, PhD career options and skills development to unlock new opportunities in your professional journey as a scientist. How will AI affect your job hunt and the view on your skills?
Dr Karin Bodewits
Oral presentations online and offline
Many conferences, seminars, lectures, and job interviews can now happen online or offline. How can you give a compelling presentation online and offline? Can you understand the feedback you get from your audience, be convincing, and leave a good impression- in any setting? How can you handle stage fright in front of an audience- or ‘just’ a webcam?
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Grant and scientific writing
Scholarships, travel grants, and fellowships are more than just academic support—they’re your ticket to success in any field. Whether you’re aiming for academia, industry, or NGOs, securing funding is highly valued everywhere.
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Social media for scientists
LinkedIn, Researchgate, and Instagram: We will learn about these integral networking tools for digital science communication in this workshop.
For scientists, social media platforms have become an integral networking tool for connecting globally, exchanging research ideas, and advancing careers. But what’s the proper way for scientists to use these platforms?
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Job application and interview strategies for scientists
Job application and interview strategies for scientists: how to write a CV and cover letter, be convincing in the job interviews and how to succeed in the salary negotiations.
How will AI impact the job hunt? We will look at whether you should use AI to generate ever-more and ever-better applications amid a maelstrom of AI-generated applications, or whether there are other tactics.
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Scientific poster presentation: design and pitching
An effective poster presentation requires a cleverly designed poster, an appropriate use of language and special techniques in presenting. This course will give you the skills you need to create professional, attractive and high-impact posters.
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Time and career management for scientists
In our time management workshop for scientists, you´ll learn that every week has 7 days, 168 hours or 10080 minutes…. a lot of time to do a lot of things! Still, many of us suffer from the feeling of always having too little of it. You might not give it enough thought on how to distribute it between your career, family, friends and hobbies.
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Storytelling for scientists
Storytelling for scientists: Learn to craft a narrative for scientific presentations, networking events, publications, and theses.
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Goodbye academia?
So, you finally have a science degree- or will in the future. What to do with it? In our career development seminar for researchers, you´ll learn about: Introspection, use of AI, career options, scoring a job, salary negotiations, networking.
Sleeping beauty, the prince doesn’t come! About self-marketing and networking
Playing a waiting game does not help career progress. Still, many scientists hope victory and fame come naturally by producing scientifically solid work. But success usually takes more.
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