PhD Lunch

`The essence of the PhD life’

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Agenda

• Brief history

• What we’ve been doing

• Calendar PhD Events 2014/2015

• Discussion

Today is very much interactive. Ask questions.

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Last year

Kick-off meeting

Board-games evening

• Very good responses! :)

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Last year

Kick-off meeting

Board-games evening

• Very good responses! :)(except for the timing of the food….)

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PhD Council - Members

• Council members• Serban Badila, Arthur van Goethem, Stef van den Elzen,

Sarah Gaaf, Alok Lele, Britt Mathijsen, Jorn van der Pol, Jaron Sanders, Dennis Schunselaar, Amir Soltaninezhad, Ulyana Tikhonova, Bogdan Vasilescu, Christine van Vredendaal

• Your help, and new members are welcome

• Email us at phdcouncilwin@tue.nl

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Goals

• Communication with the department

• Communication with the student community

• Communication inside the PhD community

• First aid for PhD students (and Postdocs, PDEngs)

• PhD students’ future

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PhD Council - Specialists

• Activities Committee – Britt, Christine, Ulyana• Culinary Expert – Bogdan• Department Contacts – Jaron, Sarah• Financial Officer – Dennis• First Aid – Alok• Secretary - Arthur• Social Media – Serban• Website – Stef• Wild Cards – Amir, Jorn

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What else we’ve been doing

• Participating in TOP, faculty meetings• Faculty finances, strategy

• Protecting our interests in upcoming move• Floor plans, mock-ups, ventilation checks

• Creating a year plan, budget, and acquiring funds

• Initiating our website

If you have questions, ask!

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Website information

• General info

• Contact info

• (External) Events

• New PhD info

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Website information

• General info

• Contact info

• (External) Events

• First aid

Question! As beginning PhD student,

what information would help?

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Events

PhD Lunches• Informative & interactive

Minor Events• Social & fun

Major Events• Professional & development

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Calendar 2014/2015

Week Month Event type Notes(37) Sept. Lunch Topic: PhD Council & year-overview(43) Oct. Social  (46) Nov. Lunch Topic: Dept board(48) Nov. Major  (51) Dec. Social External: Van Lint week(2/3) Jan. Lunch Topic: First Aid + Evaluation Move(7) Feb. Social  

(10/11) Mar. Lunch Topic: MSc Student Communication(17) Apr. Major  (20) May Lunch Topic: TBA(..) May Social External: TU/e employee sport week

(23) Jun. Social  

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PhD Lunches

Informative & Interactive

Goal: Opportunity to supply feedback

Inform of opportunities and developments

Interaction:• How is your lunch?

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Minor events

Social & Fun

Goal: Get to know other PhDs.

Have fun!

Interaction:• What would you like to do?• When in the week?

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Major events

Professional & Development

Goal: Development of professional skills

Interaction:• What kind of workshops?• Connections with business?

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Other opportunities

Idea: poster presentation sessions• Present research posters• Access across entire department

How does this sound? Any thoughts?

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Upcoming External Activities

• http://www.tue.nl/universiteit/faculteiten/wiskunde-informatica/de-faculteit/phd-council/

When What Description

29 Sep. - 01 Oct.

Opportunity Recognition Workshop

http://orw.iminds.be

Develop your entrepreneurial and business skills by using and applying techniques and methodologies to your own research

29 - 31 Oct.

PCDI Retreat 2014

http://pcdi.nl/events/pcdi-retreat-2014-stem

Professional development for postdocs and final year PhD students

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Contact

You can e-mail, phdcouncilwin@tue.nl

Or talk to anyone of us!