Mary Ngigi, currently mentee of the SelmaMeyerWISS-XV group, has been participating in the last 2 years either as a Speaker or in the organizing team in the Soapbox Science Rheinland event. We would like to present you her engagement in promoting the visibility of female scientists!
Find out more about Soapbox Science and our participating mentees HERE!
Jennifer Kremper is passionately committed to increasing female representation in the natural sciences. She has already campaigned vehemently for equal opportunities and tolerance as Chair of the Chemistry Student Council and has also extended her commitment to committees such as the Examination Board and the Student Advisory Council. She is always concerned with overcoming stereotypical thinking and creating a more inclusive environment. She would like to see HHU implement even more measures that promote a more supportive university community. "It is important that students' achievements are recognized and valued regardless of gender or appearance. To create a more diverse and inclusive environment, the appointment of more women and young men to academic positions should be encouraged." We as SelmaMayerMentoring are very pleased about Jennifer Kremper's strong commitment and congratulate her on her Diversity Award!
The first "Sustainability Day" took place on June 6. Organized by HCSD, the day was dedicated to sustainable development not only at Heinrich Heine University, but as a project for society as a whole. In the words of initiator Dr. Krümpelbeck: "All efforts and projects that contribute to making the campus more barrier-free and more equal in terms of opportunities ultimately lead to a more pleasant environment for everyone at HHU." The Diversity Award as an award for passionately committed people at HHU helps to put the spotlight on people who go above and beyond the call of duty to make their own personal contribution to better coexistence.
In addition to Jennifer Kremper's award, another SelmaMeyerMentoring mentee took part in SoapboxScience, in which researchers present their research briefly and comprehensibly in a few sentences. Congratulations to Laia Segura Broncano for her talk on sustainability!
The SelmaMeyerMentoring programme warmly invites female early career researchers from all faculties at HHU to apply for two new mentoring groups – a German-speaking group and an international English-speaking group. Early career researchers are advanced doctoral researchers and early postdocs.
The SelmaMeyerWISS Mentoring programme supports and empowers female early career researchers throughout their career with:
a whole series of accompanying events
workshops on honing key skills and planning an academic career
networking events to foster interdisciplinary contact
one-to-one mentoring with an experienced mentor
a peer group to get additional support
A high degree of motivation and a variety of skills are required to assume and professionalise the roles of researcher, lecturer and employee. Exploring the didactics of higher education, managing work processes and supervising students present new challenges. What’s more, you now work in a unique professional world in which you perceive and experience the standard practices, regulations and routines from a different perspective. You may already find yourself facing specific hurdles: unspoken structural barriers to accessing important positions and resentment that can lead to exclusion and disparagements. At the latest when you have completed your doctorate, you must decide whether you wish to pursue a career in science or venture down a different professional route.
The SelmaMeyerWISS mentoring programme enables you to address these topics and questions together with competent and experienced academics, experts and managers.
The programme is designed to run for 12 months. To draw the maximum benefits for your professional issues, you’ll need to keep sufficient time free and to block the dates for the three compulsory workshops in your diary.
We look forward to receiving your application should you wish to participate in the SelmaMeyerWISS mentoring programme as a mentee. You’ll need to upload a profile to the SelmaMeyerMentoring portal and to provide a compelling letter of motivation, along with an up-to-date CV. You must also be a member of HHU or an affiliated institution (advanced doctoral student or research associate). Thanks to an equal opportunity cooperation agreement, up to three female doctoral researchers from the University of Wuppertal are able to participate in the mentoring programme. Female scientists with family obligations will be accorded special consideration.
The deadline for applications was November, 1 2023.
You can apply as an interested person for the next Mentoring group 2025 here.
