Networking

With the peer program, the Center for Graduate Support and Academic Staff Development would like to make it easier for new academic staff to arrive in Landau and at RPTU and help them get started in their new job. The peer program is primarily aimed at doctoral candidates and post-docs. After you register, we create matches between employees who have been in Landau for some time (peers) and those who are completely new. A mentoring relationship is agreed between the two parties on an individual basis. In addition, we organize central exchange and networking meetings, which take place four times a year and are open to all program participants.

Are you new to Campus Landau?

Have you been here for a while and would like to get involved and make it easier for others to get started?

Then please send us an email to zgapl[at]rptu.de, stating who you are, which department you belong to and whether you would like to accompany new employees as a peer or whether you are a new employee looking for a peer.

As an incentive for your participation in the peer program, we offer you preferential registration for our workshop program.

The next Zoom Regulars' table for PhD candidates will take place on 28.10. at 18:00.

If you would like to take part in the doctoral student get-together, please send an e-mail to zgapl[at]rptu.de. We will be happy to forward your enquiry.

In addition to the open questions and therapy session, the regulars' table will be supplemented by another item on the agenda: a mini colloquium. Each session, one member will present their dissertation topic to the group in around 15 to 20 minutes and ‘answer questions’. Last Monday, Verena Riffel was given this honour. She presented her topic: ‘Intrigues in German literature around 1800 and their didactic potential’. In the follow-up discussion, Verena reflected the following: 'For her, it was a great and, above all, conceptually profitable experience. The audience emphasised good points and discovered weaknesses in the argumentation or concept, but also potential that she herself had previously overlooked or left untapped. This was also very special for her, as this was her first opportunity to present her dissertation in its entirety, even though she has already been working on this topic for two years. Andy Sudermann will be presenting a paper at the next meeting on 28.10.. Andy is still at the beginning of his doctorate and is still in the topic-finding phase. He will either present your preliminary PhD topic or a conference contribution.