Would you like to take your career in a new direction and gain more insight into your talents and motivation, but feel unsure of exactly how to do so? Utrecht University’s career programme Choice2Change can help you gain insight into who you are, what you are capable of and, in particular, what you want and…

This week, the Graduate School of Geosciences has launched a new PhD website. On the website you will find all the information you need about your PhD programme, such as: The PhD programme from beginning to end Education and development Support and facilities Tips and tricks Representation Events Please visit this website regularly and let us…

We are looking for new council members!! The council offers many opportunities to develop your organisational skills, get involved in decision making on the faculty level and get to know PhDs from other departments. So if you are interested in joining the PhD council, have any questions or know someone who may be interested, please…

From the PhD survey, the evaluation of the PhD day and some ‘real life’ remarks during the PhD day, we received some great feedback to our work as a PhD council. We are very happy to hear that you experienced the PhD day as well organised and will use your suggestions in organising the PhD…

One of our Geosciences colleagues, Tarek AlSkaif, found these great and free to attend courses which might be of interest to you! Please check them out. Also, if you have some great suggestions for courses yourself, please let us know at: utrechtgeograduates@gmail.com Courses For Python: the course “Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)” is available by…

On Tuesday May 2nd, we organized the 2017 PhD Day for Geosciences. We want to thank everyone who participated and we hope that you found it both interesting and fun! As we like to continually improve our events, we’d appreciate it if you could take 5 minutes to fill out a short feedback survey. Also, for…

Op 1 maart jl. , precies twee weken voor de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen, heeft het Promovendi Netwerk Nederland (PNN) haar kieswijzer gelanceerd. Met het antwoord op voor promovendi en andere jonge academici belangrijke vragen: Wie investeert er in (fundamenteel) wetenschappelijk onderzoek? Is valorisatie of open acces leidend voor politieke partijen? Krijgen jonge onderzoekers als het aan…

Over the last month, the Geosciences PhD Council has been busy processing the results of the survey you completed the end of last year. Here you can find a summary of the (anonymized) results in which we identified what we believe are the main issues being faced by PhDs in the faculty. We also proposed…

This workshop offered you by the Graduate School Geosciences guides you through the differences in the academic CV and the non-academic CV and their respective must-have elements. You learn to think like a search committee, a recruiter, a future employer. And how to communicate in a concise and factual document that you are the one…

As you start looking around on the job market, you may be surprised to notice that the experience you gained in your PhD years does not automatically give you an advantage over people with a masterʼs degree. How to convince companies of the added value of your PhD? What preconceptions exist out there about PhDs?…