Dear PhDs, Junior Lecturers and Junior Researchers of Geosciences, We are pleased that many of you attended the Pizza Lunch on the 28th of August. Via this email we would like to inform you of our upcoming events and activities. And we hope to see as many of you again during these events.   PhD Introduction…

As of September 2019, Utrecht University offers Career Services to all PhD candidates, which will help you prepare yourself for your next career step, both in or outside academia. You can take online tests on your competences, work values ​​and personality, or sign up for workshops and training such as Future Crafting, Manage your Supervisor and Preparing a…

Dear PhDs, Junior Lecturer and Junior researcher, We are very pleased that so many of you participated at the 8th annual PhD-Day! Since then, we have been working on the agenda of the upcoming months and we are excited to provide you with some updates of our work: Summertime picnics Summer is here! Time to…

Keynote: Dealing with perfectionism Are you only satisfied when things are perfect? Do you prefer to do things yourself? Should a day have 48 hours? When you answer ‘yes’ to the questions above, there is a high chance that you are a perfectionist! This perfectionism can cause a lot of stress, which affects your happiness and…

On Tuesday May 7th 2019 the Graduate School of Geosciences and the Geosciences PhD Council will organize the 8th annual GEO-PhD day. The program will start off at 13:00 with a keynote lecture from Roos Woltering at the Ruppertbuilding (hall Rood), who will provide a talk about dealing with perfectionism, which is likely a characteristic most…

During fall 2018, the PhD council held a survey among all of PhD’s, junior lecturers and junior researchers of Geosciences. This survey focused on your satisfaction level with the new Vening Meineszbuilding, its canteen, but also on your experiences regarding supervision and mental health. On February 26, the PhD council has presented the results of…

Dear PhD candidates, Junior Teachers and Junior Researchers of the faculty of Geosciences,   We hope you all have had a good start to the new year! We, the PhD Council for Geosciences would like to bring to your attention upcoming activities during the coming months.   PhD Survey Results with Lunch Last autumn, the…

On Thursday December 20th, it is time to wear your Ugly Christmas Sweater to work! We will provide a Christmas-themed lunch from 12h till 13h at the Vening Meineszbuilding room 1.02.   Of course, the dresscode will be Ugly Christmas Sweater, but if you don’t have one, you’re welcome too.

Two years ago, we conducted a survey to see if we could improve your time here at Geosciences. The results were shared with the Graduate School of Geosciences, and they took action on them. One example of an improvement thanks to your feedback are the changes made in the Integrity course. On top of that,…

On Tuesday May 1, 2018 the Graduate School of Geosciences and the Geosciences PhD Council organizes the 7th annual GEO-PhD day.   The program will start off at 13:15 with a keynote lecture from dr. Aart Bontekoning, followed by two hours of parallel workshops. The event will close with drinks and a delicious vegetarian buffet…