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« on: May 16, 2010, 10:38:19 AM » |
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Anyone have tips on where to start looking for work in Belgian universities?
Also wondering if the system is more like France's (with a qualifying certification to apply for jobs) or like Holland and Germany's (with none).
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« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2010, 11:12:57 AM » |
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French or Flemish speaking universities? And roughly what subject area?
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stapas
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« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2010, 12:53:30 PM » |
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depends. What level of job? postdoc, AP, full? What kind of disicpline?
Jobs are normally advertised on the universities' websites, but the process through which vacancies emerge are less clear. Some unversities, some fields, some department are much more open to 'outsiders' than others.
Recently, a couple of new schemes emerged to facilitate recruitment from abroad.
There is only one basic qualification, and that's havinga PhD. The system is not like the French, but really a bit of a mix between the German and the Ducth (similarity with the German system means that there are relatively few permanent posts)
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« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2010, 07:58:34 AM » |
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Thanks.
Flemish or French, humanities or languages, postdoc, lecturer, or prof.
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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2010, 09:00:45 AM » |
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With that subject area, it's not good news. There are next to no fulltime jobs available and unless you are an EU citizen, I rather doubt you'd get a work permit for anything parttime. Unless you're in the system, it's hard to find out about upcoming opportunities, so I'd suggest looking into the EU Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship scheme to get a foot in the door. Otherwise the only thing to do is check all of the universities' job sites (luckily a doable task for Belgium) on a weekly basis.
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stapas
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« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2010, 09:47:57 AM » |
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It will be tough in the humanities - not many posts. Good suggestions above. Also try www.fwo.be - postdoctoral mandates and Junior visiting postdoctoral fellowship (if you did your PhD<5 years ago); or http://www1.frs-fnrs.be/ for the Wallonian counterparts. You might also consider submitting a project through these organisations using a faculty member as PI, and creating a postdoc for yourself. If you are American, there might be some opportunities through www.baef.be |
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« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2010, 07:25:13 PM » |
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There's very little funding for the humanities in Belgium. As few as one fifth of all who acquire a doctorate manage to obtain a postdoctoral position in Belgium. I suspect your best shot is the FWO (or the Walloon equivalent), but I'd strongly, strongly recommend sitting down with a senior professor to advise you how the FWO grants are to be written. The reviewing committees have expectations about how grants are to be written which aren't thoroughly described on the FWO site and differ significantly from U.S. expectations.
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« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2010, 02:26:21 AM » |
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In Belgium I think most of job advertisement are done on newspaper and magazines. You can try out reading these newspaper, Le Soir, De Standaard, He laatste Nieuws and De Gazet van Antwerpen. You will definitely find this useful.
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« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2010, 02:08:05 PM » |
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Thank you all so much for all that.
University websites keep referring me to the "Moniteur Belge," which seems to be a website listing every single edict passed by the federal government... maybe there are some job announcements listed in there somewhere, but it's worse that ANTARES to navigate.
I think I'll stick with newspapers and uni websites. Thanks again.
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« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2010, 06:33:53 PM » |
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University websites keep referring me to the "Moniteur Belge," which seems to be a website listing every single edict passed by the federal government... maybe there are some job announcements listed in there somewhere, but it's worse that ANTARES to navigate.
I think I'll stick with newspapers and uni websites. Thanks again.
I'm skeptical about finding a great deal of information in newspapers about academic positions, but you're probably justified in staying away from the Moniteur. (Federal law must be published in the Moniteur before it truly becomes law; likewise, I suspect that the reason university positions are published in the Moniteur is not advertisement, but officially opening up the position.) University websites and the websites of foundations such as the FWO are probably your best options. |
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