On May 5th/6th 2021, the association for Professionals in Doctoral Education within Europe (PRIDE-Network Association) organizes its FREE annual conference, themed „Giving a voice to professionals in doctoral education – how do we communicate and position ourselves?“*. With this conference PRIDE wishes to shed a light on the topic of [...]
Join the work-sessions of the National Survey on Research Integrity! In Oct 2020, the National Survey on Research Integrity (NSRI) was launched, a national online questionnaire across all universities and university medical centers in the Netherlands, across all academic ranks and disciplinary fields. This is the largest survey to-date worldwide [...]
We are happy to announce the new dates for Insight Out. The event will now take place on 4 Mondays in June 2021: 7, 14, 21 and the 28th from 1 to 3.15 p.m. CET. Registration is now open! Insight Out – Inspiring women in STEM is a career event [...]
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On Friday 19 June 2026, PostdocNL organized the first ever National Postdoc Day — a milestone moment for the postdoctoral community in the Netherlands. Postdocs from universities across the country gathered at the Minnaertgebouw, in Utrecht to connect, share [...]
📣 We're looking for an Events & Coordination manager to join our PostdocNL board! Postdoc NL is seeking a motivated postdoctoral researcher to join its board in the role of Events & Coordination. Our postdoc community is expanding and we are [...]
Rethinking PhD Supervision: A PostdocNL Perspective on the “Profkip” Debate The Young Academy has just released a statement arguing that some (senior) academics supervise so many PhD candidates (“Profkippen”) that this undermines the quality of supervision. Evidence from Dutch universities [...]
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