Welcome to the first TAU international Volunteers-managed blog! This blog has been created to give complementary information to the graduated students of TAU and to create a community where we can share thoughts and information. This blog is not affiliated to any of the TAU services or bureaucratic apparatus and it is meant to be an informal tool where people can be updated, alongside the Whatsapp group and the informal word-of-mouth. Each student or post-doc is more than welcome to approach and participate in the creation of this blog, acting as a volunteer (with a little basic commitment) but also as an user, where they can collect any sort of information. All of the content posted on this blog is under the responsibility of the person who wrote it and posted it. UPDATE 06.11.23 Guidelines for the WhatsApp group 1.Respect & Kindness: Treat all members with respect and kindness. Be mindful of your tone and language. 2. Stay On Topic: Keep discussions releva...
This post will be bittersweet. Things happened in these days, but we haven't had the time to discuss and to write them down. Now that I have some more information and time, I can give a picture of the current situation. Let's start from the Postdoc bonus: we tried a strategy to demand it from the PI with an official paperwork of the university, to give something to the ones who are really in need of help. Once SEGEL sent out the email encouraging people to ask, the secretaries of the various departments started checking on what's going on, and they eventually declined to proceed with the documents (the ones signed by the PIs). Not because the papers are not valid, but because this procedure is not meant for the postdocs. One secretary notified us that postdocs cannot receive the one-time payment, but they are in an easier position to receive a bonus directly from the PI, who can independently raise the scholarship for up to 200% (or 225% with special approval) for one mont...