Transcript The Doctoral Students’ Association – DSA

The Doctoral Students’ Association – DSA
 11 members of the board
 Board meetings every month 17:30-19:30 at
Nobelsväg 10, Kårexpeditionen in Solna
Meetings
 Open meetings in English
Annual General meeting in November
- Election of new board members and doctoral student
representatives!
- Wednesday 23th October 17:30
DSA Board of 2013
 Arash Hellysaz (chairperson), Neuro
 Hugo Zeberg (vice chairperson) , Neuro
 Ranjita Dutta-Roy (secretary), MedS
 Yuan Xu (treasurer), CLINTEC
 Jayesh Pandya, MedS
 Sonal Pendharkar, LABMED
 Yulan Lin, MMK
 Agata Korecka, MTC
 Håkan Nero, NVS
 Emma Ahlen Bergman, MedS
 Arnika Wagner, MTC
The Medical Students' Association in Stockholm
Sections
– Undergraduate study
programs
PhD
Nursing
MD
Biomedicine
MF
195 SEK/semester
Biomedical
analysis
Psychology
Public Health
Logotherapy
Physiotherapy
DSA – doktorandsektionen
– approx 1/3 of MF’s members
Select Membership Benefits
- SSSB – Student housing in Stockholm.
- Studentinflytande – Affect policy making at KI
- SL – Student discount for public transportation
- Participate - the activities arranged by DSA
and MF (Friday pub, PhD party, PhD Forum
and seminars.
- Rent MF facilities at discounted rates.
Solvik
Weekday, Sunday
— 1000 kr/24 hours
Friday, Saturday, day before holiday
— 2000 kr/24 hours
Summer (week 24-34)
Weekly Sunday-Sunday
— 7500 kr/week
Our mission
DSA activity plan 2013
1. Working group for Intellectual and scientific environment
(Hugo)
2. Working group for Information (Yuan)
3. Working group for International affairs (Jayesh)
4. Working group for Social activities (Sonal)
5. Working group for Future careers (Agata)
6. Working group for Coordinating doctoral students
representatives (Emma)
7. Discussion groups (Ranjita)
http://mf.ki.se/
http://www.medicinskaforeningen.se/phd/
DSA Representation within KI
 The Senate
 Management group
 Board of Doctoral Education (FUS)
 Board of Research (FS)
 Strategic Research Committee (KI-SLL)
 Recruitment board
 Docent board
 Dissertation committee
 Post-graduate research schools
 Departments and so on …
 SFS (Sveriges förenade studentkårer) Doctoral committee
 (national organization)
 EURODOC (European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers)
Different ways to finance your PhD
Scholarship
(stipend)
UBB
(utbildningsbidrag)
Fixed working
hours
No
Paid vacation
Vacation but no extra
payment
Insurance for work
injuries
No
Reimbursement
when unemployed
(A-kassa)
No
NO
Paid sick leave
Prolongation
Paid parental leave
Prolongation
Oldage pension
(governmental)
No
General Pension
Yes
PhD salary
(doktorandstjänst)
YES
Your top 10 rights as a Doctoral student
1. Supervision and guidance.
2. At least UBB (15 500 SEK/month) and insurance!
Internal scholarships/stipends are not allowed after
registration!
3. PhD-position (”doktorandtjänst”) after UBB.
4. Prolongation of your research education if
particular reasons exist.
5. Change supervisor if necessary.
Your top 10 rights as a Doctoral student
6.
An individual study plan that is well-organised and updated
with regards to current projects, courses and additional
elements.
7.
Be first author on publications if you have done the main part
of the work.
8.
Do half-time control after 2 years (or equivalent) of study.
9.
A good study and working environment without
discrimination or harassment.
10. To turn to the Doctoral Students’ Ombudsman if you need
any kind of support or help with problems concerning your
PhD education.
Other people that you can contact:
 Study director (studierektor) at your department
 Central study director (Robert Harris)
 PhD representative at your department or DSA
You can ”like” our facebook page!
Questions?
PS. Don’t forget Annual meeting Wednesday
23th October 17:30!