Weather you are currently thinking of doing a PhD or you are already a doctoral researcher (DR), it might always quite interesting to know how is it like to be a doctoral researcher at the largest scientific organization in Germany. More specifically, how are DRs networked? How diverse are DRs? or ...[Read more]
Helmholtz Juniors Midterm Meeting 2016: PhD contracts and British doctoral system were among the highlights
On July 13, the Helmholtz Juniors (you may know as HeJus) conducted their meeting in Berlin, which lasted for two days. More than 30 Juniors came from Helmholtz Centers all over Germany to join the Midterm Meeting taking place at the Helmholtz Association’s Headquarters (HGF) in Berlin. For weeks ...[Read more]
Max-Planck society implements much-needed changes in PhD funding
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]
Helmholtz Association—improved conditions for PhD students
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]
Goodbye 2014, Hello 2015: Bring it on!
The New Year 2015 is already a couple of days old. Let’s have a look back on the work of Helmholtz-Juniors (HeJu) in 2014 and take a look ahead to what’s to expect for 2015. Yuan (see authors) compiled our current HeJu-Newsletter2014 which gives you an overview about the work of 2014 and our ...[Read more]
Helmholtz Juniors’ Mid-Term Meeting 2014
In the end of July the Helmholtz-Juniors (or more informally “HeJu”) got together for their mid-term meeting at the Helmholtz Association’s head office in Berlin. It was the second time we met this year after our first meeting at the Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) in January. It is ...[Read more]