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Eurodoc Conference 2010
Delegates from Slovak PhD Candidates Association participated in Eurodoc Conference which took place in Vienna 11th March - 15th March discussing the topic “Stocktaking and prospects: Doctoral Training and Research – The Link between
EHEA and ERA”. On the Annual General Meeting a new Board and a new President of Eurodoc have been elected.
More information on
www.eurodoc.net.Photographies are available on our
facebook site.
Basic Questions about PhD. study in Slovakia
Euroscience Mediterranean Event 2009, the first in a series of biennial
events, dedicated to scientific research and innovation, will be held from 15 to 19 October 2009, in Athens: www.esme2009.org
BioBusiness summer school
The two week program of the BioBusiness summer school will introduce PhD students and postdocs performing research in the life sciences areas to the world of biomedical companies. Interesting lectures by renowned speakers cover all important basic and hot topics like product development, patents & licences, from start-up to IPO, biopharma business models, new market opportunities, pharmacopolicy, pharmacoeconomics, business ethics, entrepreneurship and emerging diseases. The summer school takes the participants on several site visits to different international companies.
The BioBusiness summer school 2009 will be held from July 6-17th. The main location is the AMC in the city of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
For more information, please visit our website www.biobusinesssummerschool.nl. For further information contact:
Debby Keuken PhD
Coordinator BioBusiness summer school/Graduate School for Medical Sciences
Academic Medical Center-University of Amsterdam
Meibergdreef 9, Room J2-108
1105 AZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
T:+31 (0)205663868
F:+31 (0)205669186
Graduate Junction
We recommend to your consideration a new portal for researchers. Graduate Junction allows you to find and form networks with other Masters, PhD and Postdoctoral researchers around the world who share your research interests in a multi-disciplinary environment. It was developed by postgraduates at the Universities of Durham and Oxford, in order to create a central resource for graduate researchers that provides information, networks and opportunities - all in one place. Since its launch in May, over 12,000 researchers have created profiles and nearly one million pages have been viewed. Graduate Junction has received substantial recognition in the academic community and has been featured in the Times Higher Education (UK) and The Chronicle of Higher Education (US).
Eurodoc 2009 Annual Conference to be hosted by Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
We are proud to announce that Eurodoc council approved the Slovak PhD. students’ association bid to organize the 2009 meeting for representatives of national associations of doctoral candidates and junior researchers. The Eurodoc conference will take place on March 25-27, 2009 in Banská Bystrica with the main topic innovation transfer from academia to other sectors and back.
The first preparatory meeting will take place on November 10, 2008 in Bratislava, Slovakia. We warmly welcome all junior researchers willing to contribute to organize a high-quality meeting of early-stage European scientists to participate in the meeting or to get involved into the activities of the conference local organizing committee.
Eurodoc questionnaire Slovakia 2008 and Eurodoc questionnaire Slovakia 2007
Workshop and training for first-time university teachers
Please, see English version of the website http://www.fses.uniba.sk/staff/gregusova/ - part epsNet.
Special offer from IPC
I am contacting you on behalf of The International People´s College, Denmark to introduce a special offer for students from Slovakia, Czech Republic and Slovenia. For the price of 675 euros + deposit (refundable 107 euros) + application fee (40 euros) students from these three countries can join our forthcoming Spring Term 2006 – 22 weeks starting on the 12 th of January. This price is less than 20 % of the full price and has been made possible via scholarships from the CIRIUS programme under the Danish Ministry of Education. The price includes accommodation, food and teaching. Transport and pocket money will be covered by the individual student.
The International People´s College is a Danish Folk High School where students from an average of 30 different countries live and study under the same roof. The overall purpose of the school is to promote peace and international understanding. Usually we have around 60 – 65 students per term. So studying at IPC is truly an international and multicultural experience. The teaching language is English and our main focus is on the global issues. Our subjects are divided in 5 categories: Global Studies, Regional Perspectives, Personal and professional Skills, Language Studies and Music and Creative Skills. More info about the College or our website: www.ipc.dk
INTAS project submitting
ADS has submitted a project in the cooperation with the European political science network (epsNet), IFYS foundation and with the Central European University that aims to provide grants for the beginning university faculty from the former Soviet union in order to attend the workshop and training for the first-time university teachers of political science in Budapest, June 2006.
Increase of the salary tariff
A decree of the Slovak government No. 204/2005 (part 90) published in code, has been issued with legal force from 1st July 2005. The decree lays down changed salary tariff of public servants which also refers to the PhD. students. According to the new decree, the monthly scholarship of the full-time PhD. students (before taxation and levies) should be 12,310 SKK (315 EUR) before dissertation degree exam and 14,220 SKK after successful passing of it.
New ADS project
20th May 2005: ADS has submitted a new project in the project scheme Interreg Slovakia - Hungary - Ukraine "Training for the first-time university teachers" together with the Hungarian partner organization IFYS. The results of the project are expected in October 2005.
The taxation of the doctoral scholarship - success!
In May 2005 ADS made an important achievement in the issue of the taxation of doctoral scholarships. According to the amendment of the Act on Universities from November 2003, the scholarships of full-time PhD. students in the year 2004 should not be taxed. In spite of this amendment, a lot of schools and institutes of the Slovak Academy of Sciences taxed scholarships in the first five months of 2004. Subsequently, some institutions returned taxes to the inceptors directly. On the other hand, there were some institutions which did not return taxes and the following year the PhD. students had to ask for tax return the Tax Office. The Tax Office considered the arguments of ADS relevant, admitted that in 2004 the scholarships were not supposed to be taxed and the overpayments returned back to the PhD. students. (Some returns reached more than 14,000 SKK - 360 EUR.)
Trainings for first-time University teachers
In May 2005 the Ministry of Education evaluated the project submitted by the Slovak PhD. Students' Association in cooperation with the NGOs "AKO" and "LDP" ESF scheme. Project is focused on trainings of PhD. students - beginning University teachers - to train them on teaching. After sending necessary additional information to the Ministry (mostly changes of the budget) and after discussing particulars of the project, the project is supposed to start in October 2005.
The petition to the Ministry - improvement of the present situation of full-time PhD. students
25the May 2005: a petition was sent to the Minister of Education Mr. Martin Fronc on behalf of the Slovak PhD students with the aim to stop the taxation of scholarships for the full-time doctoral students. Petition has been signed by 373 PhD. students. Meanwhile the petition has been sent also to some relevant Slovak media.
Participation of the representative of ADS at the negotiations about the application of the Lisboa strategy for Slovakia
22nd March 2005: ADS representative Martin Plesch participated at the negotiations about the science and state administration, i.e. the preparation of a material for the application of Lisboa strategy in Slovakia. The material is supposed to be negotiated by the Slovak government on March 31st 2005. The ADS got the promise that its comments to this material shall be accepted. (We suggest changing the way of financing PhDs and postdocs, moreover changing the legislative status of PhDs and postdocs and putting into effect the new system for their outcome evaluations.)
The ADS attitude to the declaration of the challenge from The Agency for the Support of Science and Technology (AVPT) for young scientists
22nd March 2005: the ADS was asked by the representative of the Agency Dr. Ftáčniková to suggest prior areas in which PhD researchers should be supported. The proposal of ADS is included in the letter which was sent to the Agency (available in Slovak). ADS proposed to issue the first call for applications without setting prior areas and to set them by the second call when considering the standard measurable criteria (number and quality of publications, citations, patents etc.), furthermore when bearing in mind areas in which young scientists where awarded the title "Young scientists of the year" and priorities of the development Slovak science and technology. Moreover, ADS suggested postponing the deadline for applications in order PhDs who are at the time abroad could apply (at least 4 months since the issuing the call for applications).
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