Career and further Training

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Shaping Development at the University of Bremen

At our university, we promote the continuous development of all staff—from researchers to technical and administrative professionals. To this end, we offer a wide range of professional development programs tailored to different target groups and career levels. This page provides an overview of the topics and offerings and guides you to the respective pages for detailed information.

Our Programs are intended for:

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Administrative Unit 07 "Human Resources Development" offers a wide range of further training and support for technical and administrative staff. All offers are clearly listed here:

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Are you a researcher at the university and would like to find out more about the various opportunities available to further your academic career? Further down this page, you will find an overview of our wide range of services:

Skills Development and Career Support for Researchers:

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Administrative Unit 07 is the central department for human resources development for all employees at the University of Bremen. We offer qualification and continuing education programmes, counselling, coaching, organisational and team development, and target group-specific networking programmes.

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BYRD is the support center for early-career researchers at the University of Bremen. We are the central contact point for doctoral candidates, post-docs as well as established researchers seeking information and support for further training, networking, and consulting.

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We offer programs aimed at gender and diversity-oriented personnel development for women, trans-, inter- and non-binary researchers like doctoral candidates, postdocs and junior professors. On our website, you will find a variety of offers such as mentoring, workshops, ongoing groups and counseling.

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Funding Advisory Service offers counselling on all matters related to research proposals for national and EU funding programmes. Weather you look for information about funding for your own Postdoc position or are planning a collaborative research project we will support you in all phases of the application process.

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The Central Research Development Fund (CRDF) of the University of Bremen offers financial support for your research. We give advice on our eight funding lines with varied funding objectives and attend to approved project over their duration.

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SuUB supports academics in publishing their research results and offer a variety of resources and services to facilitate the publication process. Our services include workshops, training and advice on specific topics such as open access publishing, financing and archiving.

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Data Train is a central, multidisciplinary training program of the U Bremen Research Alliance to boost data literacy. Data Train offers a wide range of free learning and networking opportunities for early career researchers. Since November 2023, Data Train is part of DataNord, the interdisciplinary data competence center for the Bremen region.

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We offer comprehensive support to researchers of all disciplines and career stages on various data-related topics. From hands-on training and personalized consultation for proposals or research projects to bite-sized formats like our “Data Snacks” – we’re here to boost your data skills.

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The ZMML is the university's central e-learning center. We inform, advise and support all members of the university in the planning, design and implementation of digital teaching activities and offer target group-specific training in all aspects of e-learning.

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With the aim of promoting international skills, the International Office offers university employees the opportunity to take part in training measures via Erasmus-funded staff mobility in Europe. This can take place at an Erasmus partner university or another European educational institution.

The university alliance YUFE consists of 10 European universities and offers staff development opportunities for research and teaching staff and members of administration and management. International seminars and workshops (online and on-site) enable staff members to visit trainings across borders.

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The Language Centre of the Universities in the Land of Bremen has courses, workshops, language coaching and writing consultations for administrative, research and teaching staff at the university. There are 22 languages in our program as well as professional guidance for independent learning goals.

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The Office of Higher Education Didactics & Teaching Innovation develops and bundle the university's higher education didactics offerings. We provide the certification program for higher education didactics qualification, teaching coaching for newly appointed university instructors, individual consultation on didactic aspects and teaching innovation, as well as workshops for all instructors on the design of teaching and learning.

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BRIDGE, located in the UniTransfer department, is the central contact point for students, doctoral candidates, alumni and members of the University of Bremen on the topic of business start-ups. The BRIDGE university network has set itself the goal of improving the start-up climate at all participating universities and promoting promising ideas with start-up potential at an early stage.

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The University of Bremen supports professors with comprehensive structures, attractive conditions, and specific research promotion. Find out more about appointment procedures, tenure-track professorships, support for newly appointed professors, and the formal regulations for professorships at the University of Bremen.

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If internal offerings do not meet your training needs, subject-specific training can also be undertaken through external providers in consultation with your supervisor. The associated costs are generally covered by the respective organizational unit.

If you need advice, please feel free to contact Department 07 – Human Resource Development.

Additional Guidance on professional dDevelopment & Careers

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Annual appraisals are regular meetings between staff members and their supervisors. They serve to reflect on the past year, assess collaboration, and make new agreements for the year ahead. A key focus of the meeting is the personal and professional development of employees. It also offers an opportunity to exchange feedback and align expectations.

All further information about the tool, the discussion guide, as well as training sessions and workshops can be found here:

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To promote political, professional, and general continuing education, the Bremen Educational Leave Act (Bremisches Bildungszeitgesetz – “Bildungszeit”) entitles all employees in the state of Bremen to 10 days of educational leave within a two-year period (formerly known as “Bildungsurlaub”). This leave allows participation in recognized educational programs while continuing to receive pay from the employer. The course content does not need to be directly related to the employee’s job. Course fees are generally paid by the participant.

Further information and a list of key course providers can be found here.
The application form from the HR department is available here.

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The Workplace Health Management (WHM) program aims to create a work environment that promotes health. On the one hand, it focuses on analyzing working conditions in terms of health-related stress factors and resources. On the other hand, it seeks to empower employees to lead a healthy lifestyle. WHM offers health-promoting seminars for staff.

You can find the full range of WHM services on this Website:

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The University of Bremen offers reliable, transparent, and sustainable career paths for researchers at all stages of their careers.This page provides information about various job categories, appointment procedures, tenure-track options, and further training and support opportunities. Discover the diverse opportunities for your academic career at the University of Bremen.

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The University of Bremen provides targeted support to early-career researchers on their path to a successful career. On this page, you will find comprehensive information on funding opportunities and support services for researchers in the early stages of their careers. Learn more about doctoral programs, postdoctoral opportunities, and the wide range of interdisciplinary qualification offerings. Based on our competency framework for researchers, we offer a broad spectrum of programs for individual development.

Die Universit?t Bremen setzt auf die gezielte F?rderung und Vernetzung ihrer Mitarbeitenden und schafft durch klare strategische Leitlinien sowie verl?ssliche Strukturen die Grundlage für deren berufliche Entwicklung. Hier finden Sie zentrale Konzepte, Netzwerke und Programme, die Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit langfristig unterstützen.

In 2018, the University revised its concept for the development of academic staff at the University of Bremen, and it is available for download here.

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The University of Bremen is committed to offering its researchers excellent career prospects – both in academia and in business and society. To this end, a comprehensive qualification concept has been developed, covering the following key areas of competence:

Research
Teaching
Internationalization
Knowledge transfer and science communication
Profile and career development
Gender and diversity competence

These areas are supported through targeted advisory and training services.

Since September 2022, the University of Bremen has held the EU quality label "HR Excellence in Research Award," which stands for excellent working conditions in research.

With its Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R), the university is committed to continuous improvement in the areas of recruitment, working conditions, social security and career development.

Download: Recruitment Concept for Researchers at the University of Bremen (OTM-R-Strategy)

YUFE offers innovative and transnational development opportunities for researchers, teaching staff members, and administrative and management staff. The ten YUFE partner universities have agreed on common goals and principles to strengthen this collaboration.

In the following file, you will find the YUFE Development & Policy with detailed information about these agreements.

The Bremen Framework Code (2016) ensures good employment conditions for university staff in order to strengthen performance in research, teaching and transfer and to guarantee fair contracts and working conditions at public universities.

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