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                        Wanted:
                          Science slammers and finest doctoral hats
                        On 16 May, the Graduate
                          Academy celebrates its yearly Sommerfest. Like every
                          year, there will be a Science Slam at which doctoral
                          candidates can present their research in an easy and
                          understandable manner. Until 20 April, you can
                          register for this joyful competition (via e-mail to judith.malsam@uni-jena.de).
                          The prices are a unique schiller trophy and 100 Euro. 
                        Furthermore, pictures of
                          the nicest doctoral hats will be awarded at the Photo
                          Competition „Hats off!“. Pictures should be handed in
                          until 20 April (via e-mail to judith.malsam@uni-jena.de).
                          Prices for the nicest hats will be 50, 40 and 30 Euro. 
                        More information can be
                          found here. 
                         
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                        Application
                          for certificate programmes possible until 1 June
                        The Graduate Academy
                          offers four certificate programmes: „Leadership in
                          Academia“ („Führung in der Wissenschaft“), „Leadership
                          in Industry and Society“ („Führung in Wirtschaft und
                          Gesellschaft“), „Science Management“
                          („Wissenschaftsmanagament“) and for the first time in
                          cooperation with the FSU Gründerservice „Start-up
                          Management“ („Gründungsmanagement“).  
                        The new programme
                          „Start-up Management“ addresses doctoral candidates
                          and postdocs who are interested in self-employment,
                          entrepreneurship and the commercialization of their
                          scientific results. 
                        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 offered workshops is available
                          here.
                          Applications for the academic year 2019/20 are
                          possible from end of April until 1 June. 
                         
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                        Looking
                          for candidates for doctoral council (DR.FSU)
                        Would you like to
                          organise events for and with other doctoral
                          candidates, build interdisciplinary  networks and get
                          into a more than professional exchange with other
                          doctoral candidates at FSU? Would you like to
                          influence decisions that concern all doctoral
                          candidates, and thus improve the working and research
                          conditions at this university? 
                        If you have thought about
                          the answer to even one of these questions, you should
                          think about becoming a member of DR.FSU and put your
                          name on the candidates' list! DR. FSU urgently needs
                          committed members in order to be able to rightly
                          fulfill its purpose of standing in for your rights and
                          interests! If you want to be part of a great team,
                          fill in the nomination form until 22 May, hand it in
                          at the election office and run for DR. FSU in this
                          June's election! 
                        You can find the
                          nomination form here. 
                         
                         
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                        Vacancies
                          in the Qualification Programme
                        In this year's summer
                          semester, there are still places available in these
                          courses in English: 
                        
                         
                          Furthermore, there are vacancies in these courses held
                          in German: 
                        
                          
                            
                              | Date | 
                              Title | 
                               
                               | 
                             
                            
                              | 23.04. | 
                              Viel
                                zu tun im Arbeitsalltag? Entspannungstechniken
                                für zwischendurch | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 08.05. | 
                              Wissenschaft
                                und Gesellschaft – Die eigene Forschung
                                reflektieren und kommunizieren | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 20.05. | 
                              Achtsam
                                durch die Promotion | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 22.05. | 
                              Wissenschaftliche
                                Arbeiten verfassen mit Lyx und Zotero | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 24.05. | 
                              Literaturverwaltung
                                mit Citavi | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 27.05. | 
                              Augentraining
                                für Bildschirmarbeitsplätze | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 05.06. | 
                              Wissenschaftliche
                                Leistung beurteilen | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                          
                         
                         
                         
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                        Workshop
                          on how to do research with and for economy and society
                        How can research be
                          carried out together with business and civil society
                          and what can be the added value deriving from it?  
                        The workshop "Spectrum
                          Transfer - Research with and for the Economy and
                          Society" on 19 June tries to answer these questions.
                          Examples will be used to show how this can be achieved
                          in practice and which additional career options can
                          result (not only for MINT subjects, but also for the
                          social sciences and humanities). The workshop will
                          start at 16.00h.  
                        Registration via e-mail
                          is requested (s.seitz@nucleus-jena.de). 
                         
                         
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                        Family
                          brunch and kid’s drawing contest
                        On 18 May, there will be
                          a family brunch at VegeTable at Campus
                          Ernst-Abbe-Platz. A colourful programme will be
                          presented: a funny theatre play for little children, a
                          sports programme for every age, a touch-and-feel
                          parcours, a creative handicraft area and a delicious
                          family brunch. Tickets will be available at UniShop
                          starting from 23 April. There will be leftover tickets
                          available at the event.  
                        All throughout
                          springtime, the UNIkate kid’s drawing contest will be
                          running: kids of every age can contribute their
                          drawing or creative handicraft works. The university
                          Sommerfest on 28 June will exhibit all works and award
                          an audience choice on the evening of the Sommerfest.
                          Contributions can be handed in until 31 May. More
                          information can be found here
                            (in German).  
                         
                         
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                        German
                          Diversity Day at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
                        The Friedrich Schiller
                          University celebrates the 7th German Diversity Day,
                          which will take place on 28 May 2019. The University
                          of Jena cordially invites you to this event at the
                          Foyer Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3 from 12.00 to 5.00 p.m.  Look
                          forward to experience the diversity campus of the
                          University of Jena where you will find information
                          stands, hands-on activities as well as lectures on
                          diversity topics. 
                         
                         
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                        Conference
                          on Career Paths in the Natural Sciences
                        The conference "I,
                          Scientist – The conference on gender, career paths and
                          networking" will take place from 20 to 21 September
                          2019 at the Technical University of Berlin. The aim of
                          the conference is to introduce different career paths
                          in the natural sciences and to inform participants
                          about career opportunities and obstacles. Among other
                          things, existing gender-based prejudices will be made
                          visible and their effects on science will be
                          discussed. In addition, a career fair will host a
                          variety of companies, and will give participants the
                          opportunity to network.  
                        Further information can
                          be found here. 
                         
                         
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                        Announcement:
                          Price for the best academic publication of a young
                          researcher in 2019
                        The Volkswagen Foundation
                          announces the Opus Primum Price which will be awarded
                          for the best academic publication of a young
                          researcher in 2019. The price money is 10,000 Euro.
                          The application deadline is 15 August 2019.  
                        Further information can
                          be found here
                            (in German).  
                         
                         
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                        Workshops
                          of Division for Staff Development 
                        The Division for Staff
                          Development of Friedrich Schiller University offers
                          many workshops for FSU employees: 
                        
                          
                            
                              | Date | 
                              Title | 
                               
                               | 
                             
                            
                              14.05.2019,
                                 10.00 – 12.00h | 
                              Die
                                selbstbestimmte Willenserklärung.
                                Vorsorgevollmacht, Patientenverfügung und
                                Betreuungsverfügung | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              21.05.2019,
                                 09:00 – 10:00h | 
                              Infoveranstaltung:
                                Kollegiale Beratung für Führungskräfte | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              12.06.2019,
                                 10:00 – 12:00h | 
                              Neuerungen
                                im Thüringer Hochschulgesetz | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              13.06.2019,
                                 08:30 – 16:00h | 
                              Interkulturelle
                                Kommunikation und Kompetenz (Basiskurs) | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              17.06.2019,
                                 09:00 – 16:00h | 
                              Neu
                                als Führungskraft: Merkmaler erfolgreicher
                                Führung | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              24.06.19,
                                 09:00 – 13:00h | 
                              Mitarbeitergespräche:
                                Ein Training für Mitarbeitende | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                          
                         
                         
                         
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                        Servicestelle
                          LehreLernen: Answers to your questions in the
                          beginning lecture period
                        How to create a more
                          vivid and interactive working atmosphere and
                          cooperation with and amongst the students? What to do
                          if something goes wrong or students are not listening
                          to me? Simply said, how to improve my teaching?
                          Especially in the beginning of lecture period, you
                          might be seeking for answers to these or similar
                          questions.  
                          The Service centre for higher education didactics
                          (LehreLernen) offers in workshops and counselling new
                          perspectives for the conception and realisation of
                          your lecture. Below, you can find workshops in English
                          for the 2019 summer term: 
                        
                          
                            
                              | Date | 
                              Title | 
                               
                               | 
                             
                            
                              | 16.04.2019 | 
                              Suddenly
                                teacher! First steps into teaching | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 17.06.2019 | 
                              Crash
                                Course Teaching in Higher Education | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                            
                              | 19.06.2019 | 
                              Crash
                                Course Testing and Assessing | 
                              Registration | 
                             
                          
                         
                        An overview of all that
                          the LehreLernen department has to offer can be found
                          on the LehreLernen website. 
                        Person of contact and
                          head of Servicestelle LehreLernen: Evelyn
                            Hochheim;  
                          Tel.: 03641 – 931091; E-Mail: evelyn.hochheim@uni-jena.de 
                           
                         
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                        Events
                          of Service Centre for Research and Transfer and
                          Gründerservice K1
                        Lecture:
                            Wirtschaftskompetenz – Gründung und Wachstum von
                            Unternehmen 
                        This lecture gives
                          insight into basic business knowledge and into using
                          this knowledge during start-up and development of
                          enterprises. Previous knowledge is not necessary. 
                        Summer term, Tuesdays
                            12 to 2 p.m., Registration: Friedolin
                              LV 82256, Language: german 
                           
                          University job fair 
                        The 10th University
                            job fair takes place as a two-day event on June
                          4th and 5th. In addition to various companies the
                          student consultancy JenVision e.V. presents the „Jenaer
                            Unternehmenstage“ (June 3th to 7th).  
                        June 4th and 5th, 9:30
                            am – 3 pm, Foyer Carl-Zeiss Straße 3 
                           
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                        News
                          of DR.FSU: New general regulations, elections and
                          regular's table
                        The Thuringian ministry
                          for economy, science and digital society has approved
                          the new general regulations of the FSU on
                          February 21st, 2019. It enables the doctoral
                          candidates, represented by the DR.FSU, to participate
                          in most councils of the FSU in an advisory role. 
                           
                          The next elections at the FSU take place in
                          June. All councils of the FSU will be elected. This is
                          your chance to become politically active in your
                          University and get elected for one of the councils.
                          Besides the participation in the doctoral council
                          (DR.FSU) you have e.g. the chance to run for a seat in
                          your faculty council. If you have questions concerning
                          the upcoming elections, please don’t hesitate to write
                          to dr.fsu@uni-jena.de. 
                           
                          On April 25th, 2019 starting from 7:30 pm you have the
                          chance to participate in our monthly regulars’
                            table. Meet other doctoral candidates, have
                          relaxed conversations and discuss current topics. We
                          are looking forward to a nice evening in the bar
                          “Marktmühle”. 
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