The Vox magazine wrote an article on the new Vidi policy and its consequences for employment: https://www.voxweb.nl/international/still-many-questions-about-new-vidi-policy. According to Sebo Uithol, postdoc at the Donders Centre for Cognition, “There’s now a risk that institutes won’t allow their internal researchers to submit an application,” a concern shared by many others. What are your thoughts and experiences? … read more >

Mark your calendar on Thursday 24 May to visit the 14th edition of BCF Career Event! This is the largest career fair in Europe for Life Sciences, Chemistry, Food & Pharma.   A visit to BCF Career Event offers you: – Over 80 exhibitors and employers on the exhibition floor – Inspiring programme & presentations … read more >

Our chair Christina Helbig and Léon Ouwerkerk from CWI, the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands, discuss the challenges of career development for PhD students and postdocs (video in Dutch). What are the most important challenges, how to deal with those, and what inspired them during the SoFoKles conference on … read more >

Do you wish to further your career and increase your knowledge on the development of novel medical interventions? Paul Janssen Futurelab Leiden is offering two members of PostdocsNL free ‘seats’ to their Clinical Development course. The online course starts April 9 and scholarships are available. For more info visit their website www.PaulJanssenFuturelab.eu   Join the … read more >

The first meeting for the local network in Utrecht will be this month!   You can register for free at: http://bit.ly/PNUstart   Postdoc Network Utrecht aims to connect all life science postdocs (and also assistant-professors and other interested scientific personnel) to unite them, help with career development and act as a liaison to UU and … read more >