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The Programme

For whom is AdvanceMent Freiburg?

AdvanceMent Freiburg offers structured further qualification for postdocs and advanced doctoral candidates in three programme lines and two programme languages:

Programmübersicht 2024-25 englisch

@academia
for researchers that aim for an academic career

and

@newpathways
for researchers that aim for a career in the non-academic job market in business, society and culture

  • duration 12 months from July
  • programme language German
  • one-to-one-mentoring with (professionally) experienced mentors
  • peer-mentoring with collegial advice
  • 7 workshops according to the needs of the line, 5 of which are to be chosen compulsorily

 

@flexAbility

for international and other English-speaking researchers that aim for an academic or a non-academic career

  • duration 12 months
  • entry at any time
  • programme language English
  • one-to-one-mentoring with (professionally) experienced mentors
  • 4 compulsory workshops on overarching career-related topics

 

Here are the time schedules for the fifth round 2024 - 2025 for the program lines @academia, @newpathways, and @flexAbility.

 

For help deciding which programme line is the best fit for you at this time, please see the Application section.

How is AdvanceMent Freiburg structured?

The mentoring programme consists of five main elements:

Mentoring

AdvanceMent Freiburg offers the classic one-to-one-mentoring between mentee and mentor (also called tandem) in all programme lines. We are jointly looking for (professionally) experienced mentors from various fields who will advise the mentees with their personal experience on professional steps to take.

The mentoring partnership begins after matching and is limited to the duration of the program. At the end of the programme period, the mentoring relationship is dissolved and can optionally be continued on a personal level upon personal agreement.

The programme lines @academia and @newpathways are further divided into smaller peer groups based on professional goals and areas of expertise. The peer group meets in a self-organized manner approximately every 4-6 weeks over the course of the programme to network and support each other. Each peer group determines its own working methods, topics, and goals.

The mentoring is supplemented by a mandatory supporting programme. In addition, the AdvanceMent Freiburg guidelines provide support in shaping the mentoring relationship.

Qualification

An integral part of all program lines is a specific offer on consulting and workshops. Depending on the target group and programme line, AdvanceMent offers workshops on career planning, (science) communication and (self-) presentation, conflict management and mental health. In the @academia and @newpathways programme lines, 5 of 7 workshops offered must be attended to earn a certificate. The @flexAbility programme line offers a fixed programme of 4 workshops per year, which must be attended over a period of 12 months. Optionally, missed workshops can be made up in this line. Furthermore, workshops from the FRS qualification programme for doctoral candidates and workshops from the GDaPE qualification programme for postdocs can be attended if personally relevant (on topics such as time, project or conflict management, communication, publishing, etc.). Workshops from the qualification programmes attended during the programme can be included in the mentoring certificate.

Process support

Mentoring is supported by events that accompany the process. These include the following events:

  • introductory workshop
  • ceremonial kick-off event
  • mid-term review workshop
  • final review workshop
  • ceremonial closing event with awarding of certificates

Counseling

Mentees benefit from a wide range of counseling services that are available in addition to mentoring to assist with orientation, decision-making, and skills development. These include:

  • accompanying advice from the programme management
  • peer counseling within the peer groups
  • individual consulting services with coaches in the context of career planning workshops
  • possibility to participate in coaching offers (postdocs) of GDaPE  as well as in coaching and consulting offers (doctoral candidates) of FRS.

Networking

The programme promotes networking between mentees and with other professionals within and outside the university through network meetings, informative events, and expert discussions with speakers from academia and business (e.g. career lounge, biography talk).

How long will the programme last?

All programme lines have a duration of 12 months. The programme lines @academia and @newpathways start with the introductory workshop and end with the certificate award. The @flexAbility program line offers flexible entry in the current year and ends after 12 months. The matching phase can last for different lengths of time, which also results in mentoring relationships of different lengths (on average about 10 months).

Participation in the events accompanying the process, in the qualification workshops and in the final evaluation for the further development of the programme is mandatory for mentees.