Hei,
Please find attached the slides I presented yesterday about the Biology doctoral studies and some changes to come.
In relation to the topics presented on the slides, we discussed some additional things:
- Publication targets and costs:
- We of course aim to as high-class journals as possible with the publications included in the thesis. For choosing the journals, you may find the JUFO classification helpful in addition to impact factors: https://www.tsv.fi/julkaisufoorumi/haku.php?lang=en
- Our university is a part of FinELib, which has agreements with several publishers that allow for discounts and free-of-charge open publishing: https://libguides.oulu.fi/openpublishing/discounts
- Kaamos preparations are about to get started; a kick-off meeting will happen soon. This year, the Kaamos symposium will take place on 4.-5.12.
- A peer support group among PhD students will be formed: regular informal meetings to socialize and help each other with various topics related to life as a PhD researcher
Cheers,
Laura
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Dr. Laura Kvist
Docent in Molecular ecology and evolution
Ecology and Genetics Research Unit
University of Oulu