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- Blog Post
- Posted 6 years ago
5 types of people you will meet at conferences
Ahh, conferences: the best chance to see the many diverse characters of academia in one room. And yet, you always seem to bump into the same sorts of people at these events. If you've attended a conference, you've surely met each of these people:
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- Blog Post
- Posted 6 years ago
4 Business Card Mistakes That Ruin Networking Opportunities
Most of us have a story about a first date that seemed to go well, yet the person never called us back. It's often a guessing game trying to figure out what you did wrong. Did you talk too much? Get food stuck in your teeth? Have bad breath? It's an uncomfortable experienceโand it isn't isolated to romantic relationships. Every researcher has met a potential collaborator or client at a conference, presented them with a business cardโฆ and never heard from them again. If your networking connections are ghosting you, it's easy to get stuck wondering what's wrong.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
When should I start attending conferences?
When you are working as an academic, attending conferences is an important part of your job. Attending a conference allows you to present your work to the academic community, to hear about the latest research by others in your field, and to network with fellow researchers to help expand your knowledge and promote your career.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
4 Reasons a Conference Binder Makes an Unforgettable Presentation
Your research is finished, and you can't wait to present your latest discovery at an upcoming conference. Unfortunately, organizing your findings has been a nightmare. It's tough deciding how to best present a project to people who know little about itโespecially when you know every single angle.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
What To Expect And How To Prepare For The Assessment Centre - A Guide For Economists
When you are applying for jobs as a graduate economist, as part of the application process you may be asked to attend an assessment centre. Assessment centres are a tool commonly used in recruitment for government jobs or for joining large companies with extensive graduate recruitment schemes. Typically, you will be invited to attend such a centre after a preliminary interview and before a final decision is made.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
5 biggest struggles when applying for conferences
Ahh, conferences. They can be deeply informative and a lot of fun โ but they can be a headache too! One point of pain in attending conferences is the application stage, where you send off an abstract of your work together with information about yourself and hope to be allotted a poster presentation or a coveted talk. If you're applying for conferences and finding this to be a stressful experience, don't worry, you're not alone! Here are five of the biggest struggles that academics face when applying for conferences.
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- Blog Post
- Posted 6 years ago
Meet the Winner of the ESD Conference Invitation
Conference Monkey is proud to introduce the winner of the ESD Conference Invitation. Conference Monkey invited one lucky participant to our partner conference, Economics and Social Development Conference, which took place in Prague. Meet Elmira Mirguseinova from Lithuania. 1. Could you introduce your academic background?
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 6 years ago
Everything You Need To Know About Summer Schools in the Czech Republic
Photo Credit: From the Archive of the Summer School of Slavonic Studies, Palackyฬ University, Olomouc
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- Ranking
- Posted 6 years ago
5 Best Cities for Conferences
Trying to choose a conference? Not sure where to go? Here are our tips for five of the best cities in which to attend a conference.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
5 reasons why your paper got rejected from a conference
When you want to present your work at a conference, either as a poster or as a presentation, then you need to first submit an abstract. A committee from the conference will go through all the abstracts and choose some of them to be presented at the conference. So there are times when you will be not be invited to present your work at the conference. But why is this? What leads to your paper being rejected from a conference? Here are five reasons that this might happen.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 6 years ago
How to properly cite your conference paper
One of the great things about attending conferences is getting to learn about the latest and most cutting-edge research before its published in journals or books. You can hear authors presenting their newest work, sometimes even before their experiments or data collection are complete. This information is very interesting to have, however, it is also more speculative than published work as it has not been peer-reviewed or edited. For this reason, it's important to be clear when you cite a conference paper, so that your audience can see that the work has not been peer-reviewed. To help with this, here's a guide on citing conference papers.
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 6 years ago
Meet Jana-Aletta: a Postgraduate Student of Medical Faculty in Pilsen at Charles University
The Czech Republic offers over 1,000 study programmes in English at all degree levels and across all fields. Over 42,000 foreign students are studying in the country in Czech, English or other foreign languages. Wondering how it is to be one of them? Read on to learn about the experiences of Jana-Aletta Thiele, a postgraduate student of Medical Faculty in Pilsen, Charles University. And find your study programme at www.studyin.cz!
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- Study Abroad Article, Ranking
- Posted 6 years ago
Top Interdisciplinary Summer Schools 2017: Social Sciences
When you're working on interdisciplinary topics, it's extremely helpful to have contact with other students and researchers in related fields. Getting to know people who are working in different academic disciplines to you gives you new perspectives on your research, as well as improving your communication skills and broadening your knowledge. So interdisciplinary summer schools are the ideal chance to interact with other students and get in practise at presenting your work to an interdisciplinary audience.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
5 Tips to improve your experience at conferences
1.Talk to people you don't know as well as those you do Conferences are, among other things, a great place to catch up with friends and fellow academics working in your field. If you've been in academia for a while then it's likely that you'll bump into some people you already know at a conference, or maybe you'll even arrange a meetup with friends beforehand. It's good to keep in touch and to have an excuse to get together socially with your colleagues. However, don't forget to make time for speaking to new people too. Not only will this help you hear new ideas and new perspectives, it will also help you to grow your professional network. So make an effort to talk to some new faces as well as catching up with friends.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Tips on attending an international conference
Maybe you've been to a few smaller national conferences, and now you're getting ready to head to your first international conference. Or perhaps your first conference will be a large international one. In either case, there are some tips that you should keep in mind when attending an international conference specifically. Here is our advice on preparing for and attending an international conference.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to write an abstract for conference paper
If you want to get your work out to the academic community before you publish it, then presenting at a conference is an excellent opportunity. When you give a talk or present a poster to a conference audience, you can share your work, gather feedback and new ideas from other attendees, and raise your own profile as a researcher.
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 7 years ago
10 Reasons To Study in Asia
As studying abroad is becoming more and more popular, we are taking a look at why one should go and study in Asia. Our partners at Asia Exchange are one of the worldโs leading companies organizing student exchange to Asian countries, so who would be better to ask for a Top-10 in Reasons to Study in Asia for!
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Should I Choose an MBA Concentration? - Pros & Cons
When you begin studying for an MBA, you may have the chance to choose a concentration โ that is, a specialisation in which you focus on a particular area of business to study in-depth. Students with an economics graduate degree who are starting an MBA program are especially likely to be tempted towards a concentration option, with the perspective gained from an economics program offering an advantage in career paths like consulting, finance or information systems. It is particularly common in the USA for MBA students to have the chance to choose a concentration before they begin their course, similar to how other students would choose a major. If you are given this chance, should you choose a concentration? Here are the pros and cons of specialising during your MBA.
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 7 years ago
Step-by-step Guide on Applying to Universities in the Czech Republic
Are you thinking about completing your degree abroad? Have you considered studying in a centrally located European country, with a rich history, beautiful architecture and nature, low cost of living and a long tradition of quality education? The Czech Republic offers all of this!
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 7 years ago
How to choose the right conference for me
With so many great conferences being held every year, it can be hard to decide which you should attend. Most researchers have a limited budget for conference travel, so it's important to pick your conferences wisely. But how do you know which conference is right for you and for your career? Here are five factors to consider when choosing a conference to attend.
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