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Events
- PhD Day
On 20 January, Friedrich Schiller University will
host its PhD Day (again as an online event). Those
who are interested in a doctorate, doctoral
candidates and soon-to-be postdocs have the chance
to get information about relevant issues regarding
the doctoral phase. Soon you can find more
information here.
- Funding databases and research stays
On 10 December, the Service Centre for Research and
Transfer will hold a two-hour workshop on the topic
of "How
to search for funding for your research". On
10 January, the International Office will provide
information on the possibilities for funding and
carrying out research
stays abroad within the framework of the
Erasmus+ programme. Both events will be in German.
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Get
involved
- The Staff
Council of the University of Jena
advocates for the interests of the employees at the
University of Jena. However, the council cannot
represent employees who are employed through
third-party funding. Third-party funded employees
can, therefore, apply
for the staff council to represent their
interests as well. In this way, for example,
consultation in cases of conflict is possible.
- The project "PROMI - Promotion inklusive" now
offers - after the successful pilot regulars' table
in October - a virtual regulars' table every
two months for doctoral researchers with
disabilities, chronic physical or mental
illnesses. The next date is 13 December. You can
find more information about the regulars' table and
other support options here.
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Qualification
offers
There are still vacancies in the following online
workshops:
- Graduate Academy:
- Lehre Lernen:
- Service Center
Research and Transfer
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This
may be of interest to you
- The next German government has presented its coalition
agreement. Minister for Research and Education
is expected to be Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP). The
following changes are planned with respect to young
researchers: The contract duration of doctoral
positions is to be linked to the expected total
project duration. The postdoctoral career phase
should be made more plannable and perspectives for
alternative careers are to be created earlier. In
addition, the tenure-track programme is to be made
permanent and will be expanded. A detailed German
analysis of the coalition agreement can be found here.
- The German Association of Universities has examined
the effective salaries of professors. The
study took into account not only the basic salaries
regulated by collective agreements, but also various
performance-related salaries and possible bonuses.
The result: the differences between the federal
states and gender are widening. Female and male W3
professors in Bavaria received an average of 9,570
euros, while in Thuringia they earned about 1,000
euros less. Women in W3 professorships received on
average 720 euros less than their male colleagues in
2019.
- Advent is a time of candlelight. For many people,
candles stand for contemplation and give them a cosy
feeling. However, it is also interesting to see what
happens when candles are burning from a
scientific point of view. A good description
of this process can be found on the explain
that stuff website. By the way, a candle burns
much differently on Earth than it does in space (see
photo by NASA).
- The Freie Bühne Jena is organising a virtual
cultural Advent calendar from 1 to 24
December. Every day at 8 p.m. there will be a
half-hour show by regional artists at https://kultürchen-jena.de.
The Graduate Academy will also have a small Advent
calendar on its Facebook
page.
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Latest
News from Jena
- On 18 November, more than 20 partners from
science, business and the city joined
forces to form the "JenaVersum" network.
The aim of the network is to foster cooperation in
research in Jena, to raise the visibility of the
science and business region internationally and to
intensify the dialogue with society. To start off,
various future workshops will be held in the coming
year.
- The director of the Max Planck Institute for
the Science of Human History, Nicole Boivin, was
dismissed at the end of October. This is a
consequence of an internal investigation into
scientific misconduct and bullying. The Max Planck
Institute had originally been led by two other
directors. However, these had moved their
departments to a Max Planck Institute in Leipzig in
2020. It is unclear what will happen to the Max
Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
after Boivin's dismissal. Already in 2020, the
director of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical
Ecology in Jena, Ian Baldwin, had been dismissed
due to similar accusations.
- In addition to the "Light
Workshop", there is now an "Electricity
Workshop" at the University of Jena. The
workshop focuses on electronics, offers free access
to technical
equipment and invites people to exchange ideas
and tinker together. Regular
courses are also offered: The next course will
take place on 08 December on the topic of "Internet
of Things".
- In order to make its research more understandable
to a broader public, the Leibniz Institute for
Photonic Technologies has developed a comic: „Lasergirl
– Hunt for the Killer Germ" explains a new way
to fight life-threatening infections. Here
you can read the German comic online and also order
it.
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