10 Years Doctoral Schools

Ladders vs Lily Pads

Marlies Kimpe, PhD

Growth Manager at Chuffed.org

19 October 2017

My PhD Experience

a real job

a PhD

TRAINING (KU Leuven / VIB / LRD)

• Time and self management

• Academic Writing, Presentation and

communication skills

• Exploitation of Research / Technology

& Knowledge Transfer

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

My PhD Experience

Training and opportunities

Training and opportunities - External

Novartis

Training and opportunities - External

Training and opportunities - External

Own initiatives

PhD Job Fair 2011

Own initiatives

1st Job Fair

50 Companies

1000 Attendees

30,000 Euro

The result

• Data analysis• Project management• Time management• Grant writing• Line management• Presentation • Resilience

• Entrepreneurship• Event Management• Business development• Partnership management• Team management• PR and Marketing• Stakeholder engagement

What happened since

PhD

Dipl. Carbon ManagementMini MBA

Global Development

2008 2013 2014 2015 2016 20172012

Ladders vs Lily Pads

Ladders vs Lily Pads