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Most PhD students are employed at the Faculty of Arts simultaneously with their enrolment as PhD students, but there are also many PhD students who are employed by public or private employers during their PhD study.

Apart from working on the PhD project and taking part in PhD courses the PhD degree programme normally requires that the PhD student places a certain number of working hours at the department at which he or she is associated. The PhD student and the department agree on the tasks. This might for instance be teaching, instructor lessons or assistance to project applications, conferences or other research activities at the department.  

The Guidelines on PhD students' paid work for the departments (840 hours total) is the Faculty regulations on work hours for PhD students: English version - Danish version

PhD fellowship

As a PhD student (5+3 programme or 4+4 programme, part B) you are salaried in accordance with the collective agreement between the state and the academic unions. This means that you will have a monthly income at approximately 28,900-35,000 Danish Kroner before tax (depending on seniority).

The majority of PhDs are employed within higher education and work within research and teaching. However, an increasing number of PhDs are also employed within other public institutions or private companies.

Further information

• Salary agreement:  English version  -  Danish version
• Salary levels (5+3 programme and part B of the 4+4-programme): English version
• Seniority of a PhD fellow (5+3): English version

SU PhD scholarship

PhD students on part A of the 4+4 programme receive a payment corresponding to two SU vouchers per month (maximum 48 points). One SU vouchers corresponds to DKK 6,820.00 (2024).

Any remaining SU vouchers from your Master's degree programme will also be paid according to article 1 of the law regarding the State Educational Grant and Loan Scheme (SU).

The SU vouchers from your Master's degree programme and the PhD SU vouchers are thus paid independently of each other.

Additionally, PhD students on part A are offered employment simultaneously with the SU PhD scholarship which takes place in accordance with the agreement regarding payment of PhD students for work carried out in connection with the PhD programme (enclosure 5b: Danish version - English version ).

The salaried work is 280 working hours in total during part A of the PhD degree programme (two years), corresponding to one-third of the workload on a three-year PhD fellowship. If the 4+4 PhD student is enrolled for less than two years on part A, the departmental work will be reduced in accordance with the duration of the enrolment period (enrolment for 1½ year on part A = 210 working hours).

The hourly salary is DKK 230.95 (October 2023 level).      As of 1 January 2024 new PhD students are paid monthly in arrears at a rate of 2.68 hours per week.    PhD students employed before 1 January 2024: The salary is based on 17.5 hours per month, and is disbursed on the last weekday of each month during February-May and September-December.

From part A to part B

After obtaining a Master's degree and the successful completion of the qualifying exam the PhD student will be employed on the 4+4 programme's part B under the same conditions as a PhD fellow on the 5+3 programme .

Please be aware that the SU PhD scholarship on part A of the 4+4 programme is paid monthly in advance while the monthly salary on part B will be at your disposal on the last weekday of the month. This means that there be a “gap” between your payments.

Example: Part A ends on 31 August 2023 and part B starts on 1 September 2023. The last SU payment on part A (payment for August) will be at your disposal at the beginning of August 2023 while your first salary on part B (payment for September) will be at your disposal on the last weekday of September 2023. 

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Employment in the Danish State Sector

Learn more about employment in the Danish State Sector in the publication " Employment in the Danish State Sector " made by The Agency for the Modernisation of Public Administration.

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The Department of Digital Design and Information Studies within the School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University invites applications for a postdoctoral position and a research assistant position in science and technology studies (STS) with a focus on information infrastructures. The postdoc position is affiliated with the research project Governance by Infrastructures funded by the Aarhus University Research Foundation and led by Prof. Annalisa Pelizza.

Postdoc position https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/postdoc-in-science-and-technology-studies-at-the-department-of-digital-design-information-studies-at-the-school-of-communication-and-culture The postdoc position is a full-time (37 hours/week) and 30-month fixed-term position. The position begins on 01 June 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. Deadline: 18. apr 23:59 CEST The project’s working language is English. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to the part of the Governance by Infrastructures project that concerns the informational management of territory, with a preference for coastal territories.

Research assistant position https://www.au.dk/om/stillinger/job/research-assistant-for-auff-recruitment-grant-at-the-department-of-digital-design-information-studies-at-the-school-of-communication-and-culture The position of research assistant is a part-time (30 hours a week), fixed-term (23 month) academic position. The position begins on 01 June 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Deadline: 18. apr 23:59 CEST The project’s working language is English. The main responsibilities involve research (more details on the webpage above).

International applicants are encouraged to read about the attractive working conditions< https://international.au.dk/research/researcher-positions/workingconditions/ > and other benefits of working at Aarhus University and in Denmark. Aarhus University offers various services for international researchers and accompanying families, including a relocation service< https://internationalstaff.au.dk/for-postdocs/ > and an AU Expat Partner Programme< https://internationalstaff.au.dk/expatpartnerprogramme/ >. The Department of Digital Design and Information Studies offers a broad range of humanistic approaches to studying the relationship between humans and information technology, from the granular study of the agency of code to how information technology challenges and transforms modern society’s social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions. Diverse and innovative methodologies are represented and encouraged in the department. Prospective applicants are invited to view the department’s website< https://cc.au.dk/en/about-the-school/departments/digital-design-and-information-studies >.

For further information about the position, please contact the principal investigator (PI), Professor Annalisa Pelizza, by e-mail: [email protected] < mailto:[email protected] >

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Research assistant in Construction Management

• On-site data collection through work sampling, location tracking, observations, interviews, etc.
• Communicating with project stakeholders
• Preparing data sets for analysis and also do data analytics
• Assisting in writing scientific papers
• Documentation in form of research protocols, white papers, and reports.
• Experience in carrying out work sampling studies
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• For personal skills you are self-working, detailed, and can communicate with construction workers
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• an exciting interdisciplinary environment with many national, international and industrial collaborators
• a research climate encouraging lively, open and critical discussion within and across different fields of research
• a work environment with close working relationships, networking and social activities
• a workplace characterised by professionalism, equality and a healthy work-life balance.

Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/

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• Salary, Tax and Pension

As a researcher employed at the University of Copenhagen, you automatically fall under the Collective Agreement for Academics in the State  (Danish). Your basic salary, number of holidays, pension and much more is determined by this agreement. The Danish labour market is characterised by strong trade unions and collective agreements, termed the Danish Model. It means that the general terms of employment are not regulated by the Government but by collective agreements made by the trade unions and employer associations.

Please make sure to inform the HR Center (who issues your contract) about your CPR number in order to get paid.

Salary components

Your salary consists of a basic pay rate based on your seniority.

When employed as a member of scientific staff (i.e. research assistant, PhD fellow, postdoc, associate professor, professor, professor with special responsibilities) you will receive a centrally agreed supplement (tillæg) attached to the specific job category.

If you hold a professorship your salary is not based on seniority, but placed in a separate and higher wage bracket.

Wage negotiations

In addition to the basic payment and supplements attached to the job category, the collective agreement and the university wage policy allow for further supplements by local agreement and negotiation. The most commonly supplements are:

• Qualification supplements (based on professional and personal qualifications, quality of performance), which are usually granted as a permanent supplement.
• Special-duty supplements, are usually granted in connection with special functions linked to particular tasks.
• One-off payments, as a matter of remuneration following a particular effort.

You are entitled to a wage negotiation, when taking up employment with the University. Furthermore, all employees are entitled to negotiate their salary once a year or when taking up a new position/function within the University.

The wage being settled as part of the collective agreement implicates that it is the trade union representative who negotiates the wage on behalf of the staff. This is also the case for the yearly negotiations on any supplement.

The outcome will, however, depend on local conditions, budgets and policies. Your trade union representative is mentioned in your employment offer by the University.

Working hours

Working hours are generally fixed by collective agreement. Working hours are presently 37 hours a week at full-time employment.

Part-time It is possible to obtain an agreement on part-time employment, but this will depend on the local planning and organisation of work, and the decision lies with your head of department/executive head.

Overtime Employees who plan their own work, or whose working time cannot be checked are not entitled to overtime pay. However, the employer may grant overtime remuneration by specific assessment if the scope of the additional work has been considerable.

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Clinical Research Coordinator

• Ophthalmology
• Columbia University Medical Center
• Opening on: Apr 23 2024
• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range: $62,400 - $65,000

Position Summary

Under the direction of the Director of the Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) and Principal Investigators, the Clinical Research Coordinator will conduct clinical research studies (industry-sponsored and investigator-initiated) within the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) Department of Ophthalmology in adherence with assigned study protocols and manuals of operation and in accordance with clinical research principles.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the contact person for those interested in study participation and assist with recruitment activities including pre-screening electronic medical records for eligibility, contacting potential subjects, explaining all study procedures, and consenting eligible subjects or assenting parents or guardians for children enrolled in research studies.
• Coordinate day-to-day aspects of study related procedures, including, but not limited to scheduling visits and procedures, data entry, preparing for research visits, research visit documentation, maintenance of regulatory binders and study files, creation and/or maintenance of source documentation, preparation for monitoring visits, site initiation/closeout visits and audits as needed.
• Be able to coordinate and perform research testing and imaging for clinical research studies including but not limited to visual acuity, refraction, dark adaptation, visual field, microperimetry, fluorescein angiography, fundus photography, optical coherence tomography (OCT), ICG angiography, slit lamp photography, MP1, corneal mapping, specular biomicroscopy including confocal imaging, HRT Analyzer (glaucoma), and ERGs.
• Be able to administer surveys, such as the National Eye Institute Vision Function Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ-25), EuroQOL-5 Dimension, Reading speed, Health Utilities Index.
• Work with the research team and ocular photography department to ensure that all required eye exams and ocular testing are scheduled and completed according to protocol.
• Obtain and maintain study certifications for ETDRS, OCT, and photography for clinical trials.
• Obtain access to sponsors’ electronic data capture (EDC) systems, complete EDC trainings, and enter data into the EDC within 5 days of seeing the study patient.
• Maintain and organize study-related documentation and records using the EDC platforms, including capturing adverse events and serious adverse events and preparing for monitoring visits.
• Respond to all sponsor-related queries in a timely manner.
• Ensure that all aspects of Good Clinical Practice are followed at all times by developing and ensuring adherence with Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for clinical studies being conducted in the Ophthalmology Clinical Trials Unit.
• Work with the Regulatory Manager to gain CUIMC Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval in a timely manner by creating informed consent forms using sponsors’ templates, responding to IRB correspondents, submitting amendments, renewals, modifications, and other regulatory documents required by the sponsor and FDA, including progress reports.
• Ensure that all appropriate Institutional, State, and Federal regulations are followed throughout the course of the study according to study-related protocols and manuals.
• Work directly with sponsors’ designated Clinical Research Organizations (CRO) to complete all required study start-up documents including FDA 1572 forms, investigator signatures, CVs, medical licenses, Conflict of Interest, HIPAA, and Human Subjects Trainings in a timely manner.
• Complete feasibility forms requested by sponsors in a timely manner to assess ophthalmic equipment and examination rooms to conduct the studies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus minimum of 1 to 2 years of related experience.
• Conform to all applicable HIPAA, billing compliance and safety requirements.
• Must be able to work effectively with minimal supervision.
• Prior research experience to include recruiting study participants, conducting standardized protocol visits and data entry.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail required.
• Computer skills (Word, Excel) required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to travel to different sites.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Spanish
• Phlebotomy license
• Prior experience in ophthalmology

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