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It is exciting news to receive a letter informing you that you have been selected as a PhD candidate at a Dutch university. However, you might find yourself worrying about the practicality and the logistics of making the move from your comfortable p…

The pandemic has made many researchers and universities think about how and where we work.In a push to lower energy costs and shrink office sizes, many companies and universities are moving towards hybrid work arrangements. Solutions where we work t…

As we are slowly coming out of a global pandemic that held the world in its grip for over two years, we can look at ways in which COVID-19 has changed academia and how the pandemic will have a lasting impact on academia. Of course, I have to add her…

Two months ago, we looked in detail at the research statement. Today, we are looking at the other statement that is often required for academic positions: the teaching statement.Your teaching statement should cover:Your teaching experienceWhich cour…

Need some career inspiration for after your Master's?To help you and your fellow researchers find your career path, we developed a new platform: AcademicsConnected. Here you can explore six research focused career journeys, get expert advice an…

Being a third year PhD student who is scrambling to write and submit papers, start new analyses and brainstorm for the last year of my PhD, I have had quite some time to reflect on the question of why you should choose the Netherlands to do your PhD…

Over the past few years, there have been various discussion in the Netherlands on how we can make room for everyone’s talent in academia, and how, as a result, universities can offer more diversity in career paths. The basis for this approach, is to…

Finding the job of a lifetime, especially in very specific research fields, is a lucky shot. Demand (your dream job) and supply (a vacancy for a research position) are rarely in sync.The chances of the job opening that fits you seamlessly being adve…

When you are applying for an academic position, you are often requested to write a research statement. A research statement is a document of typically 2-3 pages in which you describe your past, present, and future research.Your past research experie…

Need some career inspiration for after your postdoc?To help you and your fellow researchers find your career path, we developed a new platform: AcademicsConnected. Here you can explore six research focused career journeys, get expert advice and read…