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                        New
programme
                          at the Graduate Academy: “Career Mentoring for
                          STEM-doctoral candidates”
                        The Graduate Academy will
                          be hosting a new mentoring programme. The programme
                          “Career-Mentoring for STEM-doctoral candidates” seeks
                          to support doctoral candidates in natural and life
                          sciences preparing for a career in industry and
                          society. They will receive individual mentoring by
                          experienced people working in industry and society,
                          who successfully built a career outside academia after
                          their doctorate and are now willing to share their
                          knowledge and experience. The mentoring programme is
                          part of the project “Natural sciences in industry and
                          society”, funded by the Joachim Herz Foundation.
                          Applications will be possible from 4 May to 1 June
                          2020 via the FSU
                            application portal. 
                         
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                        Workshops
                          in the Qualification Programme: Online Courses
                          available
                        Graduate Academy
                          continues the qualification programme! There are
                          Online Courses available now. Many of our trainers
                          arranged their courses in a new online version, and we
                          even got an extra course on “Managing Crisis”,
                          tackling the current situation from an individual
                          perspective.  
                        After registration, we
                          will inform you how the workshop will be conducted.
                          Participants that had already registered will be
                          contacted and asked whether they want to participate
                          in the online version of the workshop. 
                        For any further courses
                          in June, July and August, whether online or
                          face-to-face, we will inform you as soon as possible. 
                        The following online
                          workshops are offered in English: 
                        
                          
                            
                              | Date | 
                              Title | 
                               
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                              | 12.05.2020 | 
                              Academic Writing Skills (online) | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 18.
                                & 20.05.2020, 10.00–12.00h | 
                              NEW: Managing Crisis (online) | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 22.
                                & 29.05.2020 | 
                              The type setting system LaTeX (online) | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              from
                                27.05.2020 
                                (4 dates à 3,5h) | 
                              Don’t Let It Drive You Nuts! Resilience and
                                Self Management for Researchers (online) | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                          
                         
                         
                        These online workshops are offered in German: 
                         
                        
                          
                            
                              | Date | 
                              Title | 
                               
                               | 
                             
                            
                              06.05.2020,  
                                11.00 –12.00h | 
                              Gelassen den Arbeitsalltag meistern (online) | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 07.
                                & 08.05.2020 | 
                              Training
                                interdisziplinäre Kompetenz (online) | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 11.05.2020 | 
                              Wissenschaft und
                                Gesellschaft – Die eigene Forschung reflektieren
                                und kommunizieren (online) | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              from
                                14.05.2020 
                                (3 dates à 3h) | 
                              Boxenstopp für deine MINT-Promotion:
                                Arbeitsstand überprüfen, Ziele konkretisieren,
                                nächste Etappe planen (online) | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 12.06.2020 | 
                              So verschieden sind Menschen – Führung von
                                Teams unter Diversitätsapekten (neu) denken
                                (online) | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 15.06.2020 | 
                              Die Promotion abschließen – von Anfang an
                                zielgerichtet promovieren (online) | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                          
                         
                         
                         
                         
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                        Application
                          for certificate programmes of Graduate Academy until 1
                          June
                        You can apply for a
                          certificate programme of Graduate Academy until 1
                          June. There are four certificate programmes:
                          „Leadership in Academia“ („Führung in der
                          Wissenschaft“), „Leadership in Industry and Society“,
                          „Science Management“ („Wissenschaftsmanagament“) and
                          „Start-up Management“ („Gründungsmanagement“).  
                        The certificate
                          programmes are made up of workshops from the
                          qualification programme of which six courses can be
                          chosen from a contentually designed portfolio of
                          workshops. Participants will be given preference in
                          enrolling in the courses. 
                        Further information on
                          the application and the workshops that are offered is
                          available here.
                          Applications for the academic year 2020/21 are
                          possible from 28 April until 1 June via the FSU
                            application portal. 
                         
                         
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                        Sommerfest
                          of the Graduate Academy cancelled – Online Voting for
                          Photo Competition “Hats off“
                        This year, the annual
                          Sommerfest of Graduate Academy has to be cancelled due
                          to the Corona pandemic. However, this will not be the
                          end of everything. Our photo competition “Hats off!”
                          will go digital! You can vote on the best doctoral hat
                          by the end of May. So send us the pictures of your
                          best self-made doctoral hats until 15 May 2020.  
                        More information
                          regarding the competition can be found here. 
                         
                         
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                        Virtual
                          E-Learning Day 2020
                        On 27 April 2020, the
                          Friedrich-Schiller-University will host its sixth
                          E-Learning Day. Because of the specific circumstances
                          at the moment, it will be a digital event. In addition
                          to the original programme, there will be spaces for
                          exchanging experiences in regard to organizing
                          teaching in the summer semester of 2020 and to answer
                          the question: How can teachers transfer their lectures
                          and seminars into digital form during the Corona
                          pandemic?  
                        The Programme and more
                          information regarding the event can be found here
                          (in German). 
                         
                         
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                        Looking
                          for candidates for DR.FSU and for the Board of the
                          Academy
                        During the summer term
                          2020, the elections of the Board of the Academy and
                          the doctoral council (DR.FSU) will again be taking
                          place. If you want to run for one of the committees
                          and represent the interests of  doctoral candidates,
                          you may submit your nomination
                          to the electoral office until 18 May.  
                        Further information
                          regarding the committees can be found on the homepage
                          of the DR.
                            FSU and the Graduate
                            Academy. Information regarding the election
                          procedure is provided on the homepage
                            of the electoral office. 
                         
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                        Interactive
                          online coaching to develop entrepreneurial skills
                        The Falling Walls
                          Foundation offers exclusive interactive online
                          coachings to develop entrepreneurial skills among
                          young researchers. Up to 20 doctoral candidates and
                          postdocs can participate in the two-hour coaching
                          sessions. The following three topics are available:
                          "From PhD to Entrepreneur", "Your Online Pitch",
                          "Prototype your PhD". Further information on
                          registration can be found here. 
                         
                         
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                        Working
                          from home – Information and advice from the Human
                          Resource Department 
                        The current situation is
                          challenging for all of us. The Human Resource
                          Department wants to support you in this difficult
                          time. On this website,
                          you can find information and advice on the following
                          issues: 
                           
                          •    Organizing your work at home 
                          •    Further education during home office 
                          •    Leading a team from home 
                          •    Creating an ergonomic workplace at home 
                          •    Taking active breaks at home 
                          •    Coaching for staff and team leaders 
                          •    Achieving a balance between family and home
                          office 
                           
                          The website is in German right now, but the Human
                          Resources Department is currently gathering
                          information in English as well and will publish it
                          soon.  
                         
                         
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                        Current
                          announcements
                        There are many current
                          announcements of doctoral scholarships and prices,
                          e.g. the Joachim Herz Foundation announces 30
                          fellowships for doctoral candidates and postdocs to
                          support interdisciplinary research and international
                          networking.  
                        All current
                          announcenments can be found here.
                         
                         
                         
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                        Servicestelle
                          LehreLernen: Didactic advice and coaching on digital
                          formats of teaching in times of the Corona Pandemic
                        In order to support you
                          as teachers during the Corona pandemic, the
                          Servicestelle LehreLernen offers information on how to
                          restructure your teaching in digital form. You can
                          find it here. 
                           
                          We also established a hotline for questions regarding
                          the change from classroom teaching to digital formats
                          of learning and teaching. You can reach us daily
                          between the hours of 10 and 14 o’clock under the
                          following phone numbers: 9-401255 and 9-401257. You
                          can also reach us via
                            e-mail at any time.  
                         
                         
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                        Online
                          Workshop of Service Centre Research and Transfer on
                          using cooperation with business and society
                        "Spectrum Transfer -
                            Using Cooperation with Business and Society
                            Strategically for Career Development" 
                        How can research be
                          carried out together with industry and society and
                          what added value can be derived from it for one's own
                          career development? The event "Spektrum Transfer" will
                          not only present formats of cooperative research but
                          also the existing support services at FSU Jena. There
                          will also be time to answer individual questions. 
                        26 May 2020, 3 – 4 pm,
                            Registration via e-mail: s.seitz@nucleus-jena.de,
                            Language: German 
                         
                         
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