GrACe | Graduate Centre

Programme:

10:00 a.m. | S1-500 | Arrival and Registration
 

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | S1-500 | Welcome (EN)

Prof. Dr. Dario Anselmetti, Vice-Rector for Education and Teaching, Bielefeld University
Carla Sauvigny-Wigge | Graduate Centre
 

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | S1-500 | PhD Networking: Getting to know each other across disciplines (EN & DE)


11:15 a.m. - 12:15 a.m. | Parallel Info Sessions | Part I

1. A PhD - the right thing for me? (EN) Room: S1-213
   An overview of the conditions, first steps, decision options and possible pathways of the doctorate process at Bielefeld University.
   Pia Ortwein | Graduate Centre
    
2. PhD Life in Balance: Insights from the Bielefeld Questionnaires (EN) Room: B3-267
   This talk presents findings from the Bielefeld Questionnaires on Study and Working Conditions and Mental Health, shedding light on stressors and protective factors in the course of a doctorate, while also providing helpful support offers and contact points for (mental) health and well-being at Bielefeld University.
   Zita Deptolla, Mats Huwendiek | Health Management
    
3. Career paths at the university: what‘s in that black box? (EN) Room: S1-500
   How do you get from PhD to professorship? Which skills will you need to develop, which players will you have to know? And is a professorship the only career option in science, anyway? An overview for navigating science in Bielefeld and Germany.
   Dr. Martina Pauli | GrACe | Centre for Advanced Researchers

​12:00 a.m. - 01:30 p.m. | Student Service Centre (UHG Gebäudeteil B Ebene 0) | Lunch break with an info fair featuring doctoral programmes and science-supporting services. (EN & DE)

01:30 p.m. – 02:30 p.m. | Parallel Info Sessions | Part II
 

4. How to finance your PhD (EN) Room: H15
An overview of the options for financing the doctoral process, from the traditional position as a research assistant to a full scholarship
Pia Ortwein | Graduate Centre
 

5. Keeping an eye on skills for the non-university job market during the doctoral phase (EN): Room: S1-500
Make the most of my time at university with the career service program. What skills can I acquire?
Dr. Julia Koppmann, Eva Osterloff | Career Service
 

6. Juggling multiple roles: Teaching hacks and habits for doctoral researchers (EN) Room: B3-267
In this session, we are acknowledging that doctoral researchers fulfil multiple roles alongside their research, one of the most prominent being the teacher role. We cast a light on the interplay of research and teaching roles and present basic didactic principles and teaching tips to ease teaching at the university.
Dr. Alessa Hillbrink, Dr. Gabriele Steuer | Center for Teaching and Learning (ZLL)

 

03:00 p.m. – 03:45 p.m. | H15 | Panel discussion with the rector Prof`in Dr. Angelika Epple: Pathways in Academia. Scholars in conversation about their career biographies. (EN)
Moderation: Dr. Ulf Ortmann | Graduate Centre

04:00 p.m. | End