Newsletter for Doctoral Candidates December 2025

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Dr Julia Anna Matz

Dr Sandra Wienand

Newsletter for Doctoral Candidates December 2025

Welcome to the December issue of the Graduate Academy's newsletter for doctoral researchers!

In this final newsletter of the year 2025 we would like to present our workshops taking place in December as well as in January and February. We will send out our next newsletter at the beginning of January after the holiday break, right in time to start off the year 2026. In addition to our workshops, we present events of our partners, different information as well as calls AND, as always, a highlight of the month - be sure to scroll to the end!

The Team of the Graduate Academy

Important information

Please note that registration for the Graduate Academy workshops takes place via StudIP and is binding. If you do not have StudIP access, please contact us by email at graduiertenakademie@uol.de.

Did you know?

  • As a doctoral candidate at the UOL, you can take part in the events organised by our cooperation partner BYRD (University of Bremen). To BYRD`s workshop programme. Register now!
     
  • The BIS Digital Humanities Service offers a wide range of interdisciplinary services, such as workshops on individual methods, tools and programming languages (e.g. digital literary studies, AI audio transcription, Python), weekly open consultation hours, and a monthly get-together as a place for exchange, networking, and low-threshold skills acquisition. For further information, see the service homepage.
     
  • UMO Connect - Networking for doctoral candidates and postdocs at University Medicine Oldenburg: Across disciplines!
     
  • Winter schools of the University of Groningen (RUG): RUG offers a variety of research-intensive interdisciplinary courses during the winter period. We welcome Bachelor and Master students, PhD candidates and Postdocs and Professionals. Joining our winter schools offers you the unique chance to work intensively on important topics with bright students and inspired researchers from all over the world.
     
  • Startup Support for Women: Are you interested in starting your own business? Do you already have an idea? The “Gründungsheldinnen” (Founding Heroines) program, part of the EXIST-Women funding initiative, is here to support you in 2026 (subject to funding approval). Participants of the program recieve personalized coaching and attend workshops on topics such as business models, financing, market analysis, and target audiences. Application deadline: January 9, 2026
    Interested in further information on start-ups and innovation? Register here.
     
  • RUG PhD Day 2026: The next PhD Day of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands) is taking place on January 23rd, 2026. Doctoral researchers of UOL are very welcome!

Permanent offers

  • E-Learning Course: „Good Scientific Practice”
    How should research results be documented? How to cite correctly? How do you deal with image sources? The eLearning course provides answers to questions about correct scientific work Good academic practice in the doctorate. P.S.: General recommendations for dealing with (generative) AI in doctoral dissertations have been published by UOL at the end of 2024.
     
  • Webcasts on career development for doctoral researchers
    Since October 2025, we have been offering webcasts (self-study videos) on the following topics for doctoral candidates: „Becoming a professor!” as well as „Planning and developing your academic career. I'm off then! Ways out of academia!” If you are interested in one of the webcasts, please consult the website of the Graduate Academy to find more information.
     

  • Measures to ensure equal opportunities at the UOL
    Are you doing your doctorate with a chronic illness or disability and would like support during the challenging time of further academic qualification? Are you taking on family responsibilities during your doctorate and looking for guidance and support? The University of Oldenburg offers the following measure to improve your work-life balance:

    • Individual coachings

    You can find the conditions on the website of the Graduate Academy. Applications are possible at any time.

Highlight of the month

ResearchComp Self-Assessment Tool

The new self-assessment tool of the European Competence Framework for Researchers enables researchers to gain an overview of their research competences in just a few minutes. Where are my strengths? Which competences can I develop further? A short questionnaire is available for each of the seven competence areas. The results will be sent to you as a pdf; here you will find the link to a video tutorial.

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