Call for applications Arqus PhD Week for Careers beyond academia

The 5th Edition of the Arqus PhD Week for Careers Beyond Academia meets Fiasco Fest. The Arqus Career Week is a 5-day programme intended to support PhD researchers in exploring and pursuing career paths beyond university research. 

The programme offers talks and workshops, led by a group of career experts with international backgrounds, to help participants recognise their labour market skills and give insight into application and hiring processes as well as company cultures outside academia. 

The next Career Week will take place at the University of Padua, Italy, from 30 June 30 to 4 July 2025.

This 5th edition of the Arqus Career Week brings a special collaboration withthe project Fiasco Fest goes Arqus, previously organised by the PostDoc Office at the University of Graz. The Fiasco Fest is a party-workshop offering a space for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to share career setbacks and to learn how to joyfully move from rejection and failure to your best professional self.

Applications are open until Monday 24 March 2025, 23:59 CET