Newsletter for NWO-I employees
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News on the CAO-OI and NWO Implementing Regulations
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* Final agreement Collective Labour Agreement Research Institutes (CAO-OI) 2024-2025
* Agreement on adaptation of NWO Implementing Regulations (IR)
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On 17 July 2024, the WVOI and employee organisations FNV, CNV and AOb converted the previously achieved negotiation outcome on a new Collective Labour Agreement Research Institutes (CAO-OI) into a final collective labour agreement. Agreements were made on salary increase, a one-off payment, compensation for accessibility and availability services and a reimbursement for trade union membership fees. Then, in early September 2024, an agreement was reached on the adaptation of the NWO Implementing Regulations (also applicable to NWO-I). These include the modernisation of the employee interview scheme (the R&O interviews) and making it uniform at NWO-D and NWO-I. And the amounts you can use in AVOM (tailor-made terms of employment) for a bicycle commuting to work will be increased.
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Credits: Shutterstock.com
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Jorgen D’Hondt appointed director Nikhef
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At the start of July, Prof. dr. Jorgen D’Hondt was appointed director of the National Institute for Subatomic Physics Nikhef. He succeeds current director Prof. dr. Stan Bentvelsen, whose second term expires at the end of this year. In his scientific career, D’Hondt obtained international recognition with research into various fields of particle physics and is currently professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. “We see in him an inspiring leader who, together with his colleagues at Nikhef, will further develop the long-term strategy for Nikhef to pave the way for excellent science now and in the future”, said Marcel Levi, president of the Foundation Board of NWO-I.
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NWO-I joins PhD Netwerk Netherlands (PNN)
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Since this year, NWO-I has its own PhD network. This network brings the almost five hundred PhD students from the NWO Institutes in contact with one another to network and share experiences. The setting up of this NWO-I PhD network also makes it possible to join the national network for PhD students, the PhD Netwerk Netherlands (PNN). Therefore, on 13 September, NWO-I became an official member of this interest group for and by PhD students.
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Credits: Shutterstock.com
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ARCNL celebrates first decade and is solid as a rock
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A celebration year with champagne breakfast, retreat, alumni barbeque, wall of fame, film and book
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Wim van der Zande (director ARCNL), Marjan Fretz (institute manager ARCNL) and Bartjan Spaanderman (technician ARCNL) at the artwork created on the occasion of ARCNL's 10th anniversary.
Credits: Petra Klerkx
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2024 marks the 10th anniversary of ARCNL, the youngest NWO Institute. In addition to a retreat in May with all its employees (including party with DJ) and a dinner with all the stakeholders, there will be a film and book about the recent history of the institute. On 14 June a barbecue was held for alumni and a wall of fame by ARCNL technician Bartjan Spaanderman and graphic designer Petra Klerkx was revealed in the hall of the Matrix building at the Amsterdam Science Park. All thesis covers of PhD students at ARCNL will be displayed on this wall.
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NWO-I and ILO network take part in EU project INPROCAP
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Stimulating innovation procurement by Big Science organisations
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A new European project started in June, INPROCAP: INnovation PROcurement CAPabilities. It is funded by the European Commission. NWO-I and the network of industrial liaison officers in Big Science organisations (ILO network BigScience.NL) are part of the consortium. What does INPROCAP stand for and why is it important for NWO-I as well? Robbelien Kooistra, strategic advisor Innovation & Valorisation at the NWO-I office, and Jan Visser, ILO at Nikhef and coordinator of BigScience.NL, explain.
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Organisations from the ILO-net BigScience.NL: ESA, CERN and ITER.
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Annual Report 2023 online
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The NWO-I Annual Report 2023 was published at the end of June. 2023 was a peak year for the NWO Institutes. The broad institute evaluations by independent committees that took place in 2023 confirmed that our institutes are among the absolute world leaders and have a high degree of scientific and social relevance. In the report you can also read about the developments in the area of research infrastructure, scientific policy and the wealth of scientific successes achieved by the NWO Institutes as documented by over two thousand publications in 2023. The annual report 2023 is now only available in Dutch. The English version will be online soon.
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CALENDAR
Online lunch lecture "No more excuses - inclusive hiring and gender equity in Dutch academia": 1 October 2024
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On 1 October you are welcome to attend the special online lunch lecture celebrating Diversity Day, where we will delve into the crucial topic of inclusive hiring and gender equity in Dutch academia. During this lecture, we will take a closer look at the crucial topic of inclusive hiring and gender equity in Dutch academia. Two distinguished speakers will share their insights. Lidwien Poorthuis (director at the Dutch Network of Women Professors) will provide insights into the man-women ratio in academia, the gender pay gap and the composition of international scientific staff. Janna Heynen-Behnke (TU/e) gives insights into impressive strides in achieving gender balance among new scientific staff at TU/e.
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Special Interest Group (SIG) event "Working Agile": 3 October 2024
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On 3 October, the first Special Interest Group (SIG) event on “Working Agile” will take place at NWO Institute Nikhef. With working agile we mean working in a way that allows us to quickly adapt to changes in our environment, taking into account the wellbeing of the organisation and its people. Colleagues from all nine NWO Institutes and the NWO-I office are welcome to share knowledge and experience on their agile journey.
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Weekend of Science: 5 and 6 October 2024
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On 5 and 6 October 2024 the Weekend of Science will take place. Then you can take a look behind the scenes of science and technology all over the Netherlands. The NWO Institutes AMOLF, ARCNL, CWI and Nikhef are participating in the Science Day Amsterdam Science Park on Saturday 5 October. DIFFER will open its doors on Saturday 5 October, ASTRON on Sunday 6 October, and SRON will be open to the public on both Saturday 5 October (Leiden location) and Sunday 6 October (Groningen location).
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Event "Embracing diverse minds – neurodiversity and mental health": 24 October 2024
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Mental health is crucial for the wellbeing of individuals, both in the workplace and in educational settings. Unfortunately, stigma surrounding psychological issues often prevents many people from receiving the help and support they need. During this event for NWO-I employees, that takes place on Thursday 24 October on the Amsterdam Science Park, we aim to break down these barriers and foster an open dialogue about mental health and neurodiversity. This event is organised as part of Diversity Month at NWO-I.
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As an NWO-I employee, you receive the personnel newsletter Inside NWO-I. The newsletter publishes important news and announcements for you as an employee. Do you disagree with NWO-I using your email address to send Inside NWO-I, and would you like to stop receiving the newsletter? Then please let us know this by sending an email to info@nwo-i.nl.
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NWO-I, the Institutes Organisation of NWO, is an independent foundation belonging to NWO. The following nine institutes are part of NWO-I: AMOLF, ARCNL, ASTRON, CWI, DIFFER, Nikhef, NIOZ, NSCR and SRON. The workgroups in which physics research takes place at Dutch universities and knowledge institutes are also part of NWO-I.
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