At the party on friday some of our collegues took a jacket by accident. However, he left his own.
The missing jacket is from the Brand „Vaude“, size XL. Please, have a look if you may have took it by accident.
Here is a picture of the jacket which was left:
If you reccognice this jacket, or if you find a jacket which is not yours at home, please write us an email to fsdr@fsdr.at
You can find de presentation slides here.
Orientation Programme
We cordially invite you to our orientation programme for all doctoral candidates commencing their PhD studies in the winter term 2019.
Especially for beginners we offer a orientation programme to guide you through the first months and inform you about some peculiarities here at TU Wien.
Topics include the curriculum, guidelines for your PhD studies, funding possibilities and getting employed at TU Wien. And of course there will be plenty of time for your questions.
When: Friday, 29th of November 2019, 05:00 p.m. (open end)
Where: CF0229, Campus Gußhaus, Gußhausstraße 25, second floor
Winter Festl
Party time... ;) Our next party for all doctoral candidates, and those aspiring so to be, takes place on 29. November 2019, starting at 6 p.m. in the CHEG34, Campus Gußhaus, right after the orientation program (CHEG34, Campus Gußhaus, Gußhausstraße 25-25a, ground floor). Have some hot and/or cold drinks and some chat with your colleagues.
When: Friday, 29th of November 2019, 06:00 p.m. (open end)
Where: CHEG34, Campus Gußhaus, Gußhausstraße 25-25a, ground floor.
Building "Zentrum für Mikro- und Nanostrukturen"
We are looking forward to seeing you there.
In April 2019 a survey about the PE was conducted. Doctoral students were asked to give feedback on the PE by e-mail. Some data tables are presented in the upcoming section, followed by summarized full text answers.
Data Tables
How students reported if they felt the PE was helpful
|
|
helpful |
not helpful |
|
passed |
17 |
11 |
|
not attempted |
22 |
17 |
How students, who already did the PE, reported the effort required to pass the PE
|
|
0-3 weeks |
3-6 weeks |
6-9 weeks |
9-12 weeks |
12+ weeks |
|
research proposal |
11 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
|
presentation |
24 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
finding a national expert |
21 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
finding a chair person |
22 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
finding a date |
17 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
How students, who have not attended the PE; reported their expected effort required to pass the PE
|
|
0-3 weeks |
3-6 weeks |
6-9 weeks |
9-12 weeks |
12+ weeks |
|
research proposal |
5 |
12 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
|
presentation |
27 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
finding a national expert |
13 |
9 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
|
finding a chair person |
16 |
9 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
|
finding a date |
17 |
13 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
How students reported how well they felt informed
|
|
passed |
expectations |
|
not well informed |
10 |
17 |
|
quite ok informed |
10 |
17 |
|
very well informed |
6 |
5 |
How students reported the time between enrollment and submission
|
before 0.5 years |
4 |
|
between 0.5 and 1 year |
6 |
|
between 1 and 1.5 years |
7 |
|
between 1.5 and 2 years |
7 |
|
between 2 and 3 years |
2 |
|
more than 3 years |
0 |
How students reported their expected submission time from now (survey was conducted in april 2019)
|
before 0.5 years |
8 |
|
between 0.5 and 1 year |
15 |
|
between 1 and 1.5 years |
3 |
|
between 1.5 and 2 years |
1 |
|
between 2 and 3 years |
0 |
|
more than 3 years |
0 |
Who supported the students, according to their reports:
|
|
who supported |
who does not support |
|
peers |
11 |
17 |
|
PostDocs |
2 |
26 |
|
supervisor/instructor/mentor |
23 |
5 |
|
administrative staff |
2 |
26 |
|
2 |
26 |
|
|
others |
0 |
0 |
The following paragraph summarizes common answers in the full-text answers.
What was helpful?
The research proposal for the PE helps students to focus the topic and to set up a research plan. Valuable feedback and ideas about potential pitfalls are gained from all stakeholders: the dean, a national expert and co-supervisor.
What was in the way?
Students criticize that in the early times of the PhD studies, the research plan is not totally clear. If the research afterwards is only slightly changed, PhD students are forced to repeat the evaluation. The time students need for preparing the presentation and dealing with all the administrative stuff is too much in relation to the amount and usefulness of the feedback they got. Finding a national expert with the expertise on special research fields is difficult.
For whom was the PE a negative experience?
Students, who see the PE as an unnecessary workload are mostly doing a structured study. There are doctoral schools or projects, that are fund by a research project like an EU research project, that have already defined research plans and formulated research questions. In those cases, students do not see a lot of additional benefits in the PE, on the contrary they report additional administrative workload.
For whom was the PE a positive experience?
Students, who see the PE positive have mostly no research goal defined by a doctoral school or a funding body and use the PE to get feedback. Hence, they are describing the PE as a positive experience.
What students advise colleagues to do about PE
Two pieces of advice dominated. On the one hand, respondents recommend doing PE at an early stage in their studies. On the other hand, there are opinions that PE should be done at the end of studies.
Further inputs:
Students are not sure, when they should do their PE.
Most students do not feel sufficiently informed.
Students are worried that the PE has a deterrent effect on applicants for studies at the TU Wien.
Summerschool on scientific writing:
(deadline, extended until June 18th)
Costs will be paid by the univeristy.
(pdf for more infos deleted)
Sorry, this workshop is held in german!
Am Samstag 25.05.19 um 10:00 findet ein ca. 2stündiger deutschsprachiger Grafikworkshop von der Fachschaft Doktorat statt im Campus Gußhaus TU Wien (Gußhaustraße 27-29 im Raum CA0426). Erklärt werden Grafikbearbeitungen in Gimp und in Inkscape, im Anschluss können auch gerne konkrete Fragen gestellt werden. Es gibt ausreichend PCs, alternativ können auch eigene Laptops mitgenommen werden. Da ausreichend Plätze zur Verfügung stehen, können Studierende aller Studienrichtung daran teilnehmen.
Inhalte des Workshops ist Grafikbearbeitung auf Anfänger-Niveaus
