Career Training

• Pillars of an academic career: qualitative and quantitative analysis of one’s profile
• Development of individual goals (professional & private)
• Looking behind the surface: Official knowledge and informal rules
• Strategies on the path towards a professorship, e.g.
  • What kind of position is attractive to me and what does that mean for the development of my academic profile?
  • How can I balance different requirements, e.g. in teaching and research?
  • What should I consider when building my individual research profile?
  • What should I focus on: publications or funding?
  • What kind of networks do I need and how much time and energy do I invest in building and maintaining them?
  • How important is participation in academic self-administration and what kind of committees should I choose?
  • How to achieve a good life-domains balance
• Your individual development action plan: designing a roadmap for further career development.

The module takes place as a two-phase blended learning programme with a combination of synchronous and asynchronous elements.

3 weeks before the workshop, participants will get access to an e-learning platform with work materials for individual preparation and reflection. There will be a joint kick-off to have a good start. During the 3 weeks participants can discuss any questions with the trainer in a course forum.

This is followed by a half-day online workshop. For individual follow-up participants have for a further 4 weeks access to the e-learning platform.