Humboldt Graduate School What are our tasks? What do we offer to doctoral students?

Humboldt Graduate School

What are our tasks?

What do we offer to doctoral students?

Dr. Regina von Schmeling 2013

…. was founded as an umbrella organization for

doctoral programs at Humboldt University in 2006

… is membership-oriented and provides quality

assurance for its 21 member programs

… also offers a wide range of services and general

support to all doctoral students at HU

Humboldt Graduate School


Currently 21 member programs belong to HGS

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Promovierende Programme



What we offer to all doctoral students:

Transferable skills trainings

Peer mentoring

Conflict consultation


Why „training in transferable skills“?

to improve your performance as early-stage researchers

to enable you to complete your research projects as soon as possible

to improve your employability as graduates with a doctoral degree

to develop a doctoral students network


The workshops are … offered to beginners or to advanced

doctoral candidates

tailored to doctoral candidates from the natural & life sciences or for doctoral candidates from the humanities & social sciences (some are open to all disciplines)

mainly held in English


Quality Assurance

High-level training courses in small groups

Customized to fit typical situations which occur during doctoral research

Highly-qualified trainers who have typically workedin the academic field themselves

Evaluation by participants through feedback questionnaires


The concept of training transferable skills at HGS consists of four major sections:

Science Skills

Management Skills

Career Skills

Coaching


Scientific Presentation

Poster Presentation

Scientific Writing

Publishing Research Articles

Grant Application Writing

Exposé – Schreibwerkstatt

Writing Review Articles

Academic Writing for PhD Candidates of Mathematics

Preparing for the Disputation

Teaching Skills for Junior Scientists , 2 parts

Good Scientific Practice

Literature Research in the Web (ELFI)

Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen

Science Skills


Project and Time Management for Scientists

Veranstaltungsmanagement für Promovierende

Communication in Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Teams

Media Training for Researchers

Management Skills


Job Application Practice

Career Planning for Doctoral Candidates

Career Skills


Coaching

Selbstmanagement für Promovierende

Improve your Time-Management during the Doctorate

Improved Reading

Personality-Based Academic Communication - w


See our website/course booking system

for our continuously updated training program

and for registration:

https://www2.hu-berlin.de/hgs-kubus/


Peer Mentoring

• Target Group: doctoral candidates who have completed 1 to 1.5 years of doctoral studies with undecided career plans

• Crucial Question: Which path do I want to take after the completion of my dissertation?

• Essential Components: Career Planning Workshop, Collegial Case Discussion, candidate-organized career talks


Peer Mentoring Procedure• Duration: approx. 7 month

• Career Planning Workshop (July or January)

• Collegial Case Discussion (3 x 3-hour sessions)

• Career day: professionals talking about their entrance into their particular occupational field (January or July)

Information,

Reflection,

Diskussion,

Career talks planning

Career day – Open to all

members of HU


Conflict consultation

HGS offers a weekly consultation with experts on mediation. The goal is to…

•restore a productive working atmosphere

•facilitate your communication with the supervisor

•resolve misunderstandings

•help to avoid grave conflicts

Stress with your supervisor?

Please register with HGS for an appointment. [email protected]


For further information:

http://humboldt-graduate-school.de/

Dr. Regina von Schmeling030-2093-1702

[email protected]

Aleksandra Skoric030-2093-1705

[email protected]

Humboldt Graduate School What are our tasks? What do we offer to doctoral students?

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