Coronavirus: offers for students and employees

It is easier to write together than alone. And if the analog doesn't work, then we'll make it digital!

The rules are simple:

• We meet every day from 10 to 5 online on Discord. This is - as they say themselves - a "free, secure and extensive voice and text chat for gamers - for your computer and your smartphone".
• You write as usual on your own device and in your usual word processing program
• In the Discord writing group there are different channels where different things happen. The first and most important rule is that everyone in a channel only does what it is meant for
• At the beginning of the writing day, all of them post their goals for the day
• You will regularly receive new challenges - small tasks that make writing more exciting, easier and maybe even better. Whether you accept the challenges or prefer to concentrate on writing through them is up to you
• At the end of the day, all participants will be awarded stars for their achieved writing goals in the corresponding channel
• In a question memory you can ask all your questions about academic writing, answer each other's questions and give each other tips.

Date: Next week! From Tuesday, 24.03.2020 to Friday, 27.03.2020, from 10 to 17 o'clock

There are 20 seats. Registration is possible from now until next Monday, 23.03.2020 at 12 noon at  uni-paderborn.de/schreiben/veranstaltungen/daheimgeschrieben.

We are looking forward to your participation!

Those who do not have the ideal workplace at home now may suffer from back pain more quickly or need more mobilisation. The Hochschulsport and TK offer a "Mobility Challenge" for us:
https://www.tk.de/techniker/magazin/sport/basics/mobility-challenge-fuer-das-buero-2031568

In case you are looking for a job during the semester and we cannot offer it to you due to the current situation at the university, we have an offer from the Chamber of Agriculture. Due to the travel bans there is a lack of auxiliary staff, especially in agriculture. Please have a look at the website of the Chamber of Agriculture under harvest assistance for the possibilities of working as a seasonal worker: https://www.landwirtschaftskammer.de/corona.htm

Dear doctoral students,

The Writing Competence Center is organizing two online workshops for doctoral students in the summer semester, to which we cordially invite you:

Workshop for exposés on April 30, 2020
The workshop is aimed at doctoral students at the beginning of their doctorate who are currently preparing an exposé of their work - whether for their own topic clarification, for their supervisors or for applying for a scholarship.
Information and registration: www.uni-paderborn.de/schreiben/veranstaltungsuebersicht/workshop-fuer-exposes/

Workshop for dissertations from 13 to 14 May 2020
The workshop is aimed both at doctoral students who are still in the phase of clarifying the topic and at those who are already writing their dissertation.
Information and registration: www.uni-paderborn.de/schreiben/veranstaltungsuebersicht/workshop-fuer-dissertationen/

The workshops will take place synchronously on Discord. This is - as they say about themselves - "free, secure and extensive voice and text chat for gamers - for your computer and your smartphone". More information will follow once you have successfully earned a place. Please note that participation in the online workshop and use of Discord is on a voluntary basis!

Best regards,
Andrea (Karsten)