Newsletter September 2019

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LAP Newsletter September 2019 Hi fellow PhD candidates, Can you hear the summer saying goodbye? The canteen and bike sheds are full again and everyone is back from holidays, even you! The new academic year is here. To help you get in the mood, we have prepared a short newsletter. You will read about our upcoming workshop, some events, a vacancy call from PNN and some suggestions. Also, thanks for reaching out, we have added the answers to your questions/requests below. Let us know if you have more question by emailing us at lap@lumc.nl.  Enjoy reading! Best, the LAP board. Events InDesign Workshop Learn your way around InDesign and design your own thesis. The workshop is interactive. There will be computers in the room where you can install InDesign, but you can also bring your own laptop. Note that the workshop is limited to 30 participants. Register for free here or download the poster. Date: October 23rd 2019 Time: 13:45 - 15:45  Location: LUMC building 1, room J-01-082 Thesis Design Workshop: Discount At our latest workshop in collaboration with Gildeprint, they offered a group discount (up to 25%) on the costs of printing your theses. Many of you reached us and asked to organize this, so here it goes: If you are interested in joining other PhDs and benefiting from the printing discount, drop an email at lap@lumc.nl with the title GildePrint discount by Sep. 20th. We will then bring you all in contact and you can arrange the rest. Disclaimer: Your email address will be shared by other participants. Suggestion Corner Suggested Read Academic success while enjoying a social life Academia is strenuous, overwhelming and highly competitive. Those of us who are in postgraduate programmes need high marks in our classes and a lot of publications...Keep Reading FYI, Nature has a great collection of articles with tips and tricks for work-life balance, check them out here. Suggested Watch Just an atom Wanna get a deeper look at the world, watch this video. Internal Information Courses offered by Leiden University for PhD candidates The list of free spots at some courses did interest some of you and also created some questions. For the complete list and information of courses click on THIS link and then choose View courses button at the end of the page. Remember that this list is regularly updated. Registration •    If you are a PhD candidate with employee status, you need a budget (SAP) number when you register (choose the “Register (staff)” button). Please consult your supervisor or graduate school to find out which budget number to use.  •    If you hold a self-funded position (you are here on a scholarship), you should register using the button “Register (guest/LUMC)”. Please select “PhD without a funded place”, then select “Third-party payment” and fill out your faculty’s address, including SAP number. Please consult your supervisor or graduate school to find out which budget number to use. •    If you are an external PhD candidate (without funds), you will need to discuss with your supervisor whether there is a budget for you to participate in courses.  More Information  •    If you have registered for a course, but you don’t show up because it turns out that you can’t make it, the graduate school or institute will be charged with the costs for the course.  •    Please check the website for more information, more start dates, and even more courses. PhD Introductory meeting The next introductory meeting is taking place on 9 September. This is a part of your compulsory tasks to finish your PhD and it is a lot of fun, too. If you have not participated yet, take a look here for more information and registration. This meeting is held several times each year, in case you can not make it this time. A list of upcoming meetings can be viewed on the website. External Information Leiden Bio Science Park Indoor Bootcamp   Join the LBSP Indoor Bootcamp lessons on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (17.00 – 18.00) at the University Sports Centre, starting September 3rd. Please note that there are no longer lessons on Thursday morning.  The training is suitable for beginners as well as advanced athletes. You will train with dumbbells, barbells, kettlebells, medicine balls and your own bodyweight! Your abs and lower back muscles will be strengthened through core stability exercises. Alternative exercises are offered in case of injuries. Join this varied training with energetic music, sufficient challenge and personal attention. The training is free of charge for employees working at Leiden Bio Science Park. Note:  No lesson on October 3rd   To join: If you want to join the LBSP Indoor Bootcamp, take sportswear, indoor shoes and a towel with you and come to the Leiden University Sports Centre, hall A. Shower facilities and lockers are available.  PNN is looking for new board members  As of September 20, we are looking for a new board member: Diversity & External PhD candidates. Read (in dutch) about the vacancy here. Contact:  Kimberley Anneveldt via secretaris@hetpnn.nl.  Contact LAP Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have a question to ask, an idea to discuss, or just want to say hi. You can always send us an email at LAP@lumc.nl. You can also follow us on various social media and of course on the LUMC Albinusnet. Use the buttons below to check out our Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. To follow LAP on Albinusnet, go to Albinusnet and go to 'My preferences / Mijn instellingen'. Click on 'my departments/mijn afdelingen' and then 'edit departments/afdelingen bewerken'. Look for LUMC Association for PhD Candidates in the list under 'add a department/voeg een afdeling toe'.  Hidde Zittersteijn  Natacha Ogando Max van Hout  Niels Harlaar Tom Metz Nanda Boon  Francesca Tasca Mitra Ebrahimpoor Margherita Botto Nienke Blomberg Contact the Graduate School Office If you have any additional questions regarding the administrative aspects of your PhD studies in the LUMC, you can always contact the Graduate School Office at GraduateSchool@lumc.nl or visit the website Email Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Instagram

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