Programme responsibility


Officer for Academic Career Paths 
Focus on doctoral candidates and international affairs

Target group:
 
Doctoral candidates in the final phase and early postdocs who are the first in their family to undergo scientific training
Mentors:UOL-internal and
external professors and managers from non-university research institutions
Duration:Approx. 12 months
(09/2025 to 09/2026)
Number of participants:10-12 mentoring tandems
Start:18.09.2025
(kick-off event)
Application deadline:30.06.2025
Fee:Participation
is free of charge
Language: GermanGerman

"Perspectives. Pathways into Science"

The mentoring programme "Perspektiven. Wege in die Wissenschaft" (in German) will be launched for the winter semester 2025/2026. Applications are possible from January 2025. The new mentoring program is an offer for advanced doctoral candidates and early postdocs of all genders who are pursuing their career goal within science. The program is aimed at doctoral candidates and postdocs with a non-academic family background.

The nexus of social background and educational inequality in the German higher education system has been an increasingly discussed topic for several years and is increasingly being taken as an opportunity by graduate institutions to offer support and qualification programs to promote scientists in early career phases who are the first in their family to pursue an academic career.

Over the course of the one-year programme, mentors from Academia support their mentee with questions about decision-making and career orientation. The mentoring programme also includes a supporting program including a kick-off and final workshop. In addition, workshops, discussion evenings or lectures, which are organized according to the mentees' wishes, offer the opportunity to acquire additional interdisciplinary knowledge and to network with each other.

The programme  is aimed at doctoral candidates in the final phase of their dissertation and early postdocs who completed their dissertation no more than three years ago. The program is held in German. However, the one-to-one mentoring can take place in other languages. People who are outside the gender binary system are explicitly addressed. Together with the trainer who accompanies the programme, we want to create a "safer space" for all genders.

 

Schedule and contents

Schedule for the mentoring line "Perspectives. Pathways into Science" 2025/26 (Programme in Germa
 

DateEvent dateParticipants
9.10./10.10.2025Kick-off workshop "Perspectives", Schlaues Haus OldenburgMentees
Antje Rach (trainer)
Dr. Sandra Wienand (coordinator)
18.09.2025"Perspectives" kick-off event, Schlaues Haus Oldenburg (also the closing event of the "Progessio" mentoring line)Mentees "Perspectives" and Progressio
Mentors "Progressio"
Trainers
Vice President for Academic Career Paths, Equal Opportunities and International Affairs
Coordinators
t.b.a.Group coaching offer for mentorsMentors
Antje Rach
13.04./14.04.2026Interim balance workshop + individual coaching for menteesMentees
Antje Rach
16.09.2026Final workshop + coaching sessionsMentees
Antje Rach
17.09.2026Closing eventMentees
Mentors
Vice President for Academic Career Pathways, Equal Opportunities and International Affairs
Dr. Sandra Wienand
Dr. Susanne Elpers
Antje Rach

Selection procedure

The selection process starts in January 2025. The two-stage process includes the application via application form and an introductory interview lasting approximately 10 minutes.

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