The career development programme will help the recruits to build skills and experience that are relevant and valuable both within and outside academia, and enable them to document these skills in a systematic way. Each recruit will be assigned a personal career mentor (in addition to their academic supervisors), who will help them to map their career goals and make a personalised career development plan. The career mentors will be RITMO faculty members working within relevant disciplines.
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The core of the Career Development Programme is formed by 6 themed workshops that take place during Tour de RITMO retreats. The workshops themes will repeat every 3 years, with one workshop per semester. In addition, the mentors will help recruits to acquire relevant skills (see ‘Focus areas’ below) through more specific courses and practical experience, depending on the individual needs of each recruit.
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Time management and Career planning |
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Team and collaboration skills; ethics at the workplace |
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Project management |
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Obtaining funding |
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Dissemination and presentation skills |
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Alternative career paths; careers outside academia |
Focus areas
Academic communication skills
- Academic Writing/Academic English
- Presentation skills
- Popular dissemination for research/social media for researchers
Research funding
- Knowledge about funding opportunities within
and outside academia - Grant application writing
Other academic skills
- Teaching
- Supervision
- Reviewing papers
- Academic editing
- Data management
Transferrable skills
- Time management
- Team skills
- Networking skills
- Ethics at the workplace
- Project management
- Administrative experience
Tools
- Tailored according to individual needs