Young researchers actively explore their career options, learn career development methods, build a network, and improve their networking strategies.
This is made possible through: specific trainings, workshops & lectures. We offer everyone a framework for a fruitful mentoring partnership.
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OLTECH - Mentoring programme for young researchers (10/2021 - 10/2022)
Mental Health of Doctoral Candidates
Join our workshop series on mental health for doctoral candidates and learn how to not only survive but thrive as a PhD student. The workshops offer an opportunity to connect with each other and learn [...]
Networks and Complexity
Networks are everywhere. Examples include the internet on which you are reading this text, the power grid that delivers electricity to your home, the food webs which form the backbones of ecosystems, the social networks which allows opinions, ideas and diseases to spread among humans and the networks of biochemical reactions that sustain all life on earth.
In this course we will understand how network thinking can be used to make sense of the many complex processes around us. Along the way we will be drawing on ideas from Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Ecology and Sociology.
english+ 4.9 "Open Seminars" (NEW)
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english+ 4.9 "Open Seminars" (NEW)
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english+ 4.9 "Open Seminars" (NEW)
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english+ 4.9 "Open Seminars" (NEW)
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english+ 4.9 "Open Seminars" (NEW)
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TRESS Paper Writing Academy
by TRESS ACADEMIC
On May 30, 2022 TRESS Academy starts its next Paper Writing Academy, the online programme that supports researchers to write and publish a paper for a peer-reviewed journal.
english+ 4.9 "Open Seminars" (NEW)
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english+ 4.9 "Open Seminars" (NEW)
Note that any text reviews by Eric can only be considered in the framework of English+ Open Seminars. The previous "Schreib-Sprechstunde" offers, such as they existed before are discontinued. Below [...]
english+ 4.9 "Open Seminars" (NEW)
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Fit für Führung?!
Denken Sie darüber nach, eine Führungsrolle zu übernehmen? Haben Sie eine konkrete Vorstellung von den damit verbundenen Aufgaben? Ihre Führungskompetenz ist entscheidend für die Qualität der [...]
english+ 4.8 Practice Presenting (NEW)
This workshop is purely for you to practice a presentation you plan to give soon. Practice makes perfect, and this is your opportunity! I and your peers will give feedback, tips and suggestions. It is [...]
english+ 4.9 "Open Seminars" (NEW)
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Career Workshop „Fundamentals on Leading People, Handling Conflicts, and Interview Skills“ as part of the OLTECH Mentoring program
This course is open for all doctoral candidates enrolled in the Graduate School Science, Medicine and Technology – OLTECH and an additional offer within the OLTECH mentoring program.
Main topics:
How to address / handle different kind of conflicts.
What it means to be in a leadership role
How to give and receive feedback
How to prepare for a job interview
How to handle typical job interview questions
english+ 4.9 "Open Seminars" (NEW)
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english+ 4.5: Writing science for non-expert audiences (NEW)
Much of your academic writing is for readers who are usually as similarly knowledgeable as you within your subfields. This workshop, in contrast, is about how you can write more widely for readers [...]
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Further educational offers of the central University Didactics (Hochschuldidaktik) may be found here.
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Courses offered by the Graduate Academy
The focus of the Graduate Academy's program is to offer need-based courses and workshops for all early career researchers of the university. In particular, the program encompasses transferable skills courses in the following four core areas:
We further offer
- for doctoral candidates:special courses relevant in the beginning and end of the PhD phases
- for doctoral candidates in the final phase of their PhD, post-doctoral fellows, junior professors, and first-time professors: three exclusive six-months Coaching Programmes for Career Development
- for female doctoral candidates in the final phase of their PhD and female early post-doctoral fellows the Helene Lange Mentoring Programme for Female Researchers* "Potentials. Career orientation and planning for female researchers*"
- for female advanced post-doctoral fellows, research group leaders, junior professors and tenure track professors the Helene Lange Mentoring Programme for Female Researchers* Progressio. Successful development in academic leadership
- for postdoctoral fellows measures to improve the compatibility of career and family
Registration details
- After successfully completing a course offered by the Graduate Academy, you will receive a certificate of attendance. If you attend more than one course, we can also issue an overall certificate, listing all your courses; in this case, please contact us for further information.
- For all courses offered by the Graduate Academy you are required to pay a fee of currently 30 Euros per course day (usually 6-8 hours of training). Please note that, to firmly secure your spot, this fee is due prior to the beginning of the course! Further details can be found on the page for each course.
- You will find the registration form for each course on the individual course page once registration is open!