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CancerResearchCenter Groningen

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Welcome

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UMCG has a focus on talent

The promotor

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“only allowed to enter my office with data”

“make an appointmentwhen you have no data”

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Program

› Valuable skills of PhDs› Mechanics of Career planning› Translating Science

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› 2 days for in depth information for you

› no experiments valuable time

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GSMS and what matters for you

› Goals› Organisation› Ongoing actions

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› Goals:• concept of graduate schools

• optimal work and learning environment • supervising the progress• reducing the drop-out rate

• realising the aim of 180 PhD graduations• reducing the length of time it takes to complete a PhD



challenge

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Graduate School as part of the research profile


• The Groningen Graduate Schools are guided by a Dean of Graduate Schools (Prof. Lou de Leij)

The Groningen Graduate Schools (GGS) were founded in 2009

• Goal: high number of high quality PhD theses and an excellent education in a variety of generic skills.

Groningen Graduate Schools (GGS): nine faculty based Graduate Schools

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5 institutes:› BCN – Neuro; the human brain › GUIDE – chronic diseases and drug innovation› Kolff – Biomaterials› CRCG – Cancer Research Center Groningen› SHARE – Quality of Life; health research


1 Graduate School of Medical Sciences (GSMS) Cancer

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Oncology Institute


› Institutes are embedded in the GSMS structure

› GSMS office provides services to institutes and budget

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The GSMS Office

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Maaike Bansema, Gerda Bakker, Mathilde Pekelaer, Evelyn Kuiper

Riekje Banus, Desiree Jansen, Diane Koopmans, Janine Wieringa

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The GSMS Office

Riekje Banus

- coordinator

- confidentiality person

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Data 2012!

PhD students total number 884

Thesis defences (UMCG part) 172


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GSMS

› Goals:• realising an optimal work and learning environment for MSc

and PhD students • supervising the progress of MSc and PhD students and

enabling them to achieve their goals• reducing the drop-out rate


› PhD education program• General competences (19)• Research specific techniques (33)• Field specific & interdisciplinary subjects (20)

• Seminars, Symposia, Master classes• External courses• Research stay abroad• Exchange programs international partners


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Financial Support

› For (registered) PhD students GSMS:

GSMS courses free of charge

External courses 600/yr

Conferences 600/yr

Printing costs criteria


PhD student representatives

› Institute Education Committees

› GSMS Education Committee

› PhD council


Actions:

Guidance of PhD students› Mentoring system for all PhD students› Implementation of ‘Hora Finita’ database

• Monitoring of progress • Monitoring supervisors

› Training supervisors › UMCG PhD survey 2013› UMCG PhD conference 2013


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› Goals:

• reducing the length of time it takes to complete a PhD: 50% completed in the nominal period of 4 years, 75% within 5 years, 85% within 6 years


Points for improvement:October 8th , 2012 | 26

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Numbers of PhD graduations and international environment

Country/LA Partners

Argentina Universidad Nacional del Sur

Brazil Universidade de São PauloUniversidade Federal de São PauloUniversidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul

Chile Universidad de ChilePontificia Universidad Católica de ChileUniversidad Andrés Bello

Colombia Universidad de AntioquiaUniversidad de Los Andes (to be developed)

Mexico Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoUniversidad de Las Américas Puebla

Preferred partners

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Country/China Partner

China Peking University

China Chinese Scholarship Council

China Tianjin Medical University

China Shantou Medical University Center

China Fudan University Shanghai

Preferred partners

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Healthy Ageing

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Chronic disorder 1

Chronic disorder 2

Complication…

AgeBirth

HealthQoLWellbeingetc.

Well-being perspective

Preconception“Obstetrics””

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Intervention

Ageing is on-going process“Ageing starts at fertilization”

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Prevention

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Campus Netherlands

Knowledge Valorization

Mei / Juni 2013

Fundamental Research IP Protection Development & Marketing

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