Beyond Academia

Building the Blue Doctoral Community of Tomorrow On the 6 December 2021, various University of Malta staff members met to share thoughts on effective and beneficial elements of an alumni network.  In alliance with the Universities of Western Brittany (France), Gdansk (Poland), Cadiz (Spain), Kiel (Germany) and Split (Croatia), the University of Malta is participating […]

Fostering the Career Development of Doctoral Students A number of doctoral students conducting research at the University of Malta in different fields of maritime studies participated in a five-day online training event addressing career development outside the world of academia. The event formed part of the Erasmus+ Strategic partnership SEA-EU DOC project set up by the consortium […]

Is there Life After my PhD Thesis? Are you reading for a PhD with a maritime theme? Do you stop to think what you intend to do after you complete your PhD? Do you ever think about the career paths that exist beyond research and academia?  If the answer to any of these questions is […]

Calls with PhD ‘Blue’ Graduates The University of Malta has formed an alliance with the Universities of Split (Croatia), Western Brittany (France), Kiel (Germany), Gdansk (Poland), and Cádiz (Spain), under the Erasmus+ project, European Universities of the Seas (SEA-EU), to establish a distinctly international, pluri-ethnic, multilingual, and interdisciplinary European University. The strategic alliance aims to […]

Kick-Off Meeting Takes Place A kick-off meeting for the SEA-EU DOC was held virtually on 12 November 2020, where key individuals from the six participating universities convened to discuss the next steps for the 3-year project funded by the European Commission (Erasmus+) and led by the University of Western Brittany. The meeting looked at the suitability of […]