Coaching Groups

by | Sep 14, 2021

Aims of Coaching Groups

  • To support scientists in their career planning process and to allow participants interchanging and improving personal networking
  • To make participants aware of possible alternatives to academic careers
  • To support them in decision reframing, in creativity processes, in getting over past conflicts, help them reflecting their own situation
  • To support them in applying for new jobs (how to improve application documents, preparation for interviews)

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Offers in 2024

Coaching Group @ ETHZ

Dr. Lille Springall

Target audience: Doctoral students and postdocs

Dates:
Tue, August 27, 9-13h
Tue, September 24, 9-13h
Tue, October 29, 9-13h
Tue, November 26, 9-13h
Tue, December 10, 9-13h

Price: CHF 250

Location: ETHZ

 

Coaching Group @ EPFL

Dr. Ingrid Le Duc

Target audience: Doctoral students & postdocs Focused on skills transfer for PhD and Post-Docs in STEM disciplines

Dates:
Fri, September 13, 9-13h
Fri, September 27, 9-13h
(joint session with Dr. Verity Elston)
Fri, October 4, 9-13h
Fri, October 11, 9-13h
Fri, November 1, 9-13h

Price: CHF 250

Location: EPFL

Coaching Group @ ETHZ

Dr. Beatrice Sigrist

Target audience: Doctoral students and postdocs

Dates: Tues, April 23, 13-17h 
(Other dates will be defined with the participants)

Price: CHF 250

Location: ETHZ

Coaching Group @ EPFL

Dr. Verity Elston

Target audience: Doctoral students and postdocs Focused on career choices within or beyond academia

Dates:
Wed, May 1, 13-17h
Wed May 15, 13-17h
Thurs, June 06, 13-17h
Fri, August 23, 13-17h
Fri, September 27, 9-13h
(joint session with Dr. Ingrid Le Duc)

Price: CHF 250

Location: EPFL

 

Coaching Group @ ETHZ / Online

Sibyl Schaedeli

Target audience: Doctoral students and postdocs

Dates:
Mon, May 6 (ETHZ)
Wed, June 5 (online)
Thu, August 29 (ETHZ)
Mon, October 28 (online)
Mon, November 18 (ETHZ)

Price: CHF 250

Location: ETHZ or ONLINE

Coaching Group @ ETHZ

Dr. Sarah Shephard

Target audience: Advanced Postdocs

Dates:
Mon, May 6, 13-17h
Wed, June 5, 13-17h
(Other three dates will be defined with the participants)

Price: CHF 250

Location: ETHZ

 

What participants say
"I feel a renewed interest to stay in academia, but I also feel more confident that I can succeed elsewhere."
"It has made me be aware of that if I don't make an active choice in my planning, life will make the decisions for me."
"lt really worked for me: I wanted to have more open discussions in my research unit and it worked. I take things less Personal. I see other people have the same issues. I feel better."
"The majority of the issues raised during the sessions were common across all participants, regardless of their academic background. Being in such a group means discussion flows more easily. It is also common for us as academics to be the only woman in the room in meetings or discussions. An opportunity to discuss in an women only environment is a novelty (and a nice one!). I also felt it was acceptable to bring up for example, the effect of an academic career on one’s family life, something I would not do in other workplace environments. Being in a group made up exclusively of women made this possible."