by Stephan Körner, Julian Gethmann and Juliane Hafermann Last week, we reported about the changes in the way PhD students are to be treated in the Helmholtz Association. As could be read in the German news in March and April 2015, the Max Planck Society has meanwhile not been inactive: On March ...[Read more]
by Juliane Hafermann, Julian Gethmann and Stephan Körner (Helmholtz Juniors Survey Group) Things are moving in the scientific world: the working conditions of PhD students in two large German scientific societies, the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society, will be improved ...[Read more]
In 2014 all 6000 PhD candidates of the 18 Helmholtz centers had been asked in the 4th bi-annual survey about their main issues and the conditions they are working under. 1483 PhD students participated, and their answers can now be found in an extensive report which summarises the findings of this ...[Read more]
