by Lisa Saemisch | 19/06/2025 | Grants, Training
Writing an MSCA Doctoral Network proposal? Then you know that designing a comprehensive training plan is one of the key components that make or break your chances. We have worked with more than a dozen Doctoral Networks (formerly ITNs) over the last 10 years, and have...
by Valeria diGiacomo | 05/05/2025 | Training
Let’s be honest – we’ve all been there. You ask someone for feedback on your presentation, poster, or draft manuscript, and what do you get? “You need to change this.” “This part isn’t good.” “This should be improved.” Sound familiar? In science, we’re trained to spot...
by Lisa Saemisch | 06/06/2024 | Training
Motivation is crucial for us humans, affecting our comfort, creativity, and productivity. For scientists, maintaining motivation is essential to not only survive but enjoy the demanding research landscape with all its positive and more challenging aspects. In this...
by Lisa Saemisch | 03/04/2024 | Training
Ironically, the days and weeks before my PhD defence did not stress me out. I knew what I had done the last (almost) five years and was ready to talk about it, and get my PhD. What really stressed me out during the time before my defence was the black hole that would...
by Lisa Saemisch | 12/07/2023 | Training
Have you ever given a presentation feeling utterly nervous as you went on stage? Well, the more appropriate question would be “who has not felt this way”. Literally everyone in our Oral Presentation Workshops points this out as one of the major challenges for Oral...
by Gavin Lucas | 07/03/2023 | Training
The ‘Monkey’ in this case is ‘responsibility for completing a given task’. This quirky metaphor comes from a classical article published in the Harvard Business Review in the early 1970s by management guru William Onken, who came up with it to...
