Beatrice V Vetter

Top scientist are leaving Germany due to unsecure working conditions.
Most of them go to US or Switzerland. Also working conditions in Austria, Belgium and Sweden seem to be better than in Germany.
http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/jobundberuf/spiegel-zu-braindrain-wissenschaftler-wandern-ab-a-955141.html# (article in German)

Free Thinkers – a new way to teach & learn:

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/10/free-thinkers/

Career conference in Dublin, Ireland http://www.careerzoo.ie/
This Saturday, 15th February

The Young Life Scientists of Ireland are organising a symposium in Trinity College Dublin on 1st March: http://www.ylsi.ie/

I will be there!

I will be attending the Innovation Leaders Conference in Cambridge, 27th-28th February. See http://www.inno-forum.org/#!conference/c1u75
They have an excellent programme about innovation & start-ups in the life sciences and biotechnology

Leaving academia? Here is an interesting article how to sell yourself to new employers:
http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/jan/10/researchers-developing-transferable-skills

I came across a very interesting article about the academic labour market:

http://alexandreafonso.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/how-academia-resembles-a-drug-gang/

Unfortunately, its final summary only includes the US, Germany and UK
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