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 >

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 >

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

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

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 >