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BCF Career Event The Netherlands 2017
Biggest career fair in Life Sciences, Chemistry, Food & Pharma Are you orientating on the next steps in your career? Join BCF Career Event on May 11th, 2017 in Jaarbeurs Utrecht. With 2000 visitors and 100 organisations participating annually, it is the largest career event in these sectors in Europe. BCF Career Event is highly Read More …
Help improve your career development support on moving outside academia, fill in the survey
Euraxess, a European network focused on supporting and assisting mobility of researchers, is going to improve intersectoral mobility: employers from the academic world stepping into other sectors. This is not always an easy step to take, as institutes do generally not offer tailor-made support. Furthermore companies are not always aware of this large group of Read More …
Structure of PostdocNL
This Saturday the board of POSTDOCNL came together again for another fun and productive working day: sitting together with a cup of coffee and brownies to discuss the progress of our aims and work on specific documents. We welcomed two new board members: Dr. Marjoleine Sloos and Mariska van Lier! Always wondered what the structure of POSTDOCNL is? We’ve made Read More …
PostdocNL on the road to legal entity
Today we as the board of ostdostdocNL have assembled for a day to work on refining the structure of the organization, moving towards creating a legal entity, and attract funding. We’re excited that in 2017 POSTDOCNL will become an association with full legal capacity. Can you recommend a notary to us? E-mail us Read More …
Happy New Year to all postdocs!
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 …
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 …