New Year’s marks a new beginning. New people to meet, new adventures to enjoy and new memories to create. POSTDOCNL wishes you a great start to 2017! We are here to help you get the most out of your career and look forward to what the new year has to bring! Join Read More …
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Milestone reached
We have reached 500 LinkedIn members! Thank you for your support, we are the only national postdoc network in The Netherlands and we are proud to represent postdocs. The past year we have been in contact with many organizations: Dutch Science Organization (NWO), Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW), the association of universities Read More …
Join PostdocNL at Postdoc Meeting at Vrije Universiteit
Upcoming Tuesday November 22nd, PostdocNL will be joining the Postdoc Meeting at the Vrije Universiteit. We will be represented in the panel discussion. After the panel discussion, lead by Rector Magnificus Vinod Subramaniam, there will be interesting workshops for Postdocs of the VU. Attendance to the meeting is free. PostdocNL encourages postdocs from the VU Read More …
PostdocNL speaking at FEDERA day
Tomorrow, on Friday November 11th, PostdocNL is speaking at the FEDERA day ‘Health(y) science: Increasing value, reducing waste’. PostdocNL will emphasize the value of postdocs for the knowledge economy in The Netherlands and advocate for investing in postdocs and their career development because this will be a direct invesment in the Dutch knowledge economy. Read More …
Workers union VAWO wants to hear your story
Do you have any bad experience with – (temporary) contracts – integrity issues – being treated unequal – a workload that is too high? Have you felt mistreated as a scientist? VAWO, the workers union for scientists, calls upon us to report our stories at their ‘meldpunt misstanden’: www.vawo.nl/meldpunt-misstanden Reporting can be done Read More …
Why women leave academia and why universities should be worried
A very interesting read! https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2012/may/24/why-women-leave-academia Join the LinkedIn groupSign up to Mailinglist
About the The AMC Postdoc Network
What does a local network do? Find out in the infographic about the AMC Postdoc Network. A local network is a strong facilitator to connect postdocs and organize workshops and courses at your own institute. Join the LinkedIn groupSign up to Mailinglist
Event for early career researchers: Recalibrating excellence
No scientific career or tenure without a prestigious grant like a VENI and a list of publications in highly cited journals. Or so it seems. Rathenau Institute and CWTS invite early career researchers who care about science, and feel concerned about the emphasis on excellence, to explore the issue of research excellence. On Thursday Read More …
Join PostdocNL at the FEDERA day 2016
PostdocNL is part of the program committee for the FEDERA day 2016 ‘Health(y) Science; increasing value, reducing waste’, and will present on ‘PhD beyond science’. When/where: Friday November 11th 2016, Radboud UMC Nijmegen Program: https://www.federa.org/sites/default/files/images/federadag_2016_health-y-_science-_increasing_value_reducing_waste.pdf Registration: https://www.federa.org/federadag Join the LinkedIn groupSign up to Mailinglist
Interesting perspectives on careers published in Science Careers
http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/features/2016/08/alternatives-professorships-academia Join the LinkedIn groupSign up to Mailinglist