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Value of your PhD in Academia - PPT Presentation

PhD Society career event March 16 2012 P ower of the postdoc Driver of innovation in research Agent of internationalisation Intergenerational mediator Jiminy Cricket Reality check Less than 20 of PhDs continue a research career in academia ID: 475331

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Value of your PhD in Academia

PhD Society career event, March 16 2012Slide2

P

ower of the post-doc

Driver of innovation in research

Agent of internationalisation

Intergenerational mediator

Jiminy CricketSlide3

Reality check

Less than 20% of PhD’s continue a research career in academiaSlide4

Plight of the post-doc

Untenured slave to overstretched tenured staff

Grant application grunt

Limbo tourist

General dogsbodyNobodySlide5

Remedial action

Flemish government’s special budget for training and career development for young researchers

3-tier deployment in Leuven

Young Researcher’s Career Centre (YouReCa)

Promotion

Mobility

Transferable skills

Doctoral Schools

Grassroots initiatives (PhD Society and others)Slide6

YouReCa: promotion

Leuven care platform for young researchers

Contacts with stakeholders: industry, government

International recruitmentSlide7

YouReCa: Mobility

Travel and accomodation grants for young researchers

Special focus on postdocs in DOC Junior Mobility (JuMo) programme

Advice & survival kits for outgoing researchersSlide8

YouReCa: transferable skills

Communication & interpersonal skills

Leadership

PhD & Time management

Teaching skillsTech transfer, entrepreneurship & impactInformation and publicationCareer development