[Prorat] Newsletter September/October

["Christian P. Jaeh" <christian.jaeh AT prorat.tu-freiberg.de>]

Dear recipients of the ProRat newsletter,

this month most important information is our call for candidates for the
elections for the doctoral candidates’ council ProRat.


+++ ProRat elections – Call for candidates +++

We are looking for candidates who are willing to become members of the
next ProRat. The council term is two years and everybody who handed in
an “Absichtserklärung” can run.

If you are interested or have any questions, mail us at
info AT prorat.tu-freiberg.de

We would appreciate, if you also talk to people who might be well suited
to serve a term in ProRat.


+++ Current issues discussed at last meeting +++

The last ProRat meeting took place on September 17. At the meeting we
talked about the following topics:

+++ Enrolment requirements for PhD candidates +++

There are some very different requirements for the enrolment of PhD
candidates. Some candidates have to meet relatively high demands just to
be allowed to hand in their thesis. If you are one of them, please let
us now, what was imposed on you and why. We could either try to help you
with your case or use it anonymously to demand a more equal treatment
for all of us. In general, ProRat rejects extreme conditions that are
put upon PhD candidates.


+++ Foreigner friendly Freiberg +++

We will have a meeting with the "Ausländerbeauftragte" Anett Schrenk to
talk about various problems and look for solutions of long standing
problems with the "Ausländerbehörde" such as different treatments for
different people on the same subject. If you have questions or
suggestion please contact Tatsiana Piliptsevich at
Tatsiana.Piliptsevich AT prorat.tu-freiberg.de.


+++ Working time for PhD +++

The situation about the use of one third of ones working time for own
scientific work, regardless whether the contract is on household or
third-party, is not yet clear and still on the table of ProRat. We will
meet with the Chancellor Dr. Handschuh and discuss the issue.

If you cannot use a third of your working time for your PhD research,
please let us know to have some numbers to work with:
info AT prorat.tu-freiberg.de.

Best wishes,
ProRat

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