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

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The Dutch Universities (VSNU) and the Labour Unions negotiate on the compensations and benefits of the University staff. The current Collective Labour Agreement (CAO) runs until 1 July 2016 and there is still no agreement on a new CAO, there even is a standoff.   The main bottlenecks in the negotiations lie with: -Wage increases … read more >

The PostdocNL website has a new FAQ section: https://www.postdocnl.com/faq/   To start off with a question that is a concern to postdocs and other temporary scientists is: “I was just told that my contract cannot be extended for the duration of my parental leave; the result of the new WWZ. What can I do about it?”. … read more >