The SHARE PhD council represents all PhD Students of the various research groups within SHARE. We currently have seven members, but ideally, we aim to have at least one or two representatives from each research group. Please contact us if you want to join!
The aim of the council is to be a central contact point for SHARE PhD students in case of questions, problems, ideas, etc. The “Share Welcome Guide for new PhD students” is one of the activities within SHARE to make the PhD student’s life a bit easier! Furthermore, we are actively involved in the SHARE and GSMS Education Committee to represent PhD students, and in the PhD Community consisting of all PhD councils within the RUG. We have recently reorganized ourselves to focus on specific themes. These are represented by the following committees within SHARE:
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Communication
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Education
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GSMS PhD council
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Seminars, symposia (e.g. the SHARE Spring Symposium), and social activities
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Internationalisation
As a part of this process we will be organizing some new activities during the coming years.
Our main event, to which all SHARE members are invited, will remain the annual SHARE Spring Symposium. Since 2011 we decided to alternate a ‘scientific’ and ‘workshop’ version of the Spring Symposium every other year. The ‘scientific’ Spring Symposium is a great way to find out more about other research groups within SHARE. Additionally, it is less formal than most symposia and therefore very suitable to having a first go at making a poster or presenting your study to an audience. The ‘workshop’ Spring Symposium gives the opportunity to improve various PhD related skills such as negotiating with your supervisor, networking skills, and insight into possibilities of career development. We will keep you up-to-date on any activities we will be organizing in the future.Of course, any suggestions you might have are also very welcome! You can contact us by email (PhDCouncilSHARE@gmail.com) or by talking to us during one of the events we organize.
Hopefully we will see you somewhere soon!
Kind regards,
SHARE PhD council
