– Annual General meeting –
The AGM of the federal association took place on November 30th in Göttingen, both in person and online. Despite initial connection problems, it was a productive meeting. Working groups and the Executive Council discussed future strategies. New doctoral representatives were confirmed, increasing representation to almost half of all German doctoral students. A new Executive Board was elected, with Benita Schmitz and Luisa Weyers in the lead. The position of treasurer is still vacant.
With the admission of the new members, we have passed an important milestone: We now represent over 50% of all doctoral students with a local doctoral council.
To our longer report about the AGM.
– Survey on your working conditions –
We are currently running a short survey on the differences in doctoral researchers‘ working conditions depending on their funding model. To take part, ask your local representation for the survey link or just click on the link below. As soon as we have more detailed results from the survey, you will be able to read them here on our website.
To the survey.
– Autumn meeting of PhDs with scholarship –
Our scholarship working group arranged a meeting with PromoStip at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin, which was a hybrid event held in German. The Promovierendeninitiative (PI) is made up of representatives from the 13 largest German scholarship foundations, who work in different groups and advise the BMBF through a working group. At the meeting, scholarship conditions were discussed and, although no direct cooperation was agreed, both groups agreed to keep each other informed.
More information on PI
– Higher amount of female professorships! –
The proportion of women among the 51,900 full-time professors at universities in Germany was 29% at the end of 2023. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the proportion of women was slightly higher than in the previous year (28%). In the winter semester 2023/2024, women were again in the majority among the first-year students. At 53%, women are also in the majority among those who successfully completed a degree programme (excluding doctorates) in the 2023 examination year. The proportion of women decreases with higher graduation levels: Among doctorate graduates, the proportion of women was 46% in the 2023 examination year and even lower for full-time professors.
To the detailed article
