Postdoc. Who is actually that?
The question struck me once more while attending the Postdoc Forum Austria 2016 event in Vienna, Austria. And once more while listening Episode 14: Are you still a scientist? of the Recovering Academic podcast. Continue reading “The many names of a postdoc researcher”
The “postgraduate factory” produces highly-trained scientists of all sorts. In the process, education degrees are offered, such as Master in Science (M.Sc.), MBA, Professional Doctorate in Engineering (PDEng, popular in the Netherlands), Ph.D., postdoctoral training (informal), or habilitation (particularly in German, Austrian, and Swiss universities).
Not only the number of study programs is expanding (e.g., there are more than 900 M.Sc.-awarding programs in Greece) but the number of Ph.D. holders is globally expanding. Continue reading “The postgraduate factory”
My very first post on this blog is about coaching itself. There seems to be some confusion on the term, often used interchangeably with other terms.
Coaching is a future-oriented co-creative process involving two roles: the coach and the coachee. The coach is offering the listening ear for the coachee to develop their own solutions. Coaching roots back to the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates and his Socratic Method (also referred to as “maieutics”).
Continue reading “Coaching, mentoring, counselling, consulting – what’s the difference?”
