Newsletter 049/2009
Heidelberg University
Doctoral Candidates Survey “ProFile”
In early July 2009, the Institute for Research Information and Quality Assurance
(iFQ) received the mandate from
At the beginning of the project, doctoral candidates from
seven University Faculties were invited to participate in the survey and the
remaining Faculties will become involved in the project within the next year.
The survey anonymously collects data regarding the following aspects of doctoral
training: the existing support network for doctoral candidates, doctoral
candidates’ support requirements, their financial situation and their long-term
career development. The results obtained in the surveys will be analyzed and
interpreted in the long-term iFQ study “ProFile”.
We would like to
encourage all doctoral candidates who have already received a participation code
to participate in the survey and thereby to assist in improving doctoral
training at
The seven Faculties participating in the pilot project
are:
- The Faculty of Law
- The Faculty of Modern
Languages
- The Faculty of Economics and
Social Sciences
- The Faculty of Behavioural and
Cultural Studies
- The Faculty of Chemistry and Earth
Sciences
- The Faculty of Physics and
Astronomy
- The Faculty of Biosciences
More information about the study “ProFile” is available
at:
http://www.research-information.de/Projekte/ProFile/projekte_profile.asp
You
can obtain information about the project’s data privacy policies
at:
datenschutz@forschungsinfo.de
Contact:
profile@forschungsinfo.de