EUROPEAN COMMISSION
PRESS RELEASE
Brussels, 3 March 2014
EU takes to road to help researchers find jobs and advice
The European Commission today launches a pan-European information campaign to help
researchers find career advice and work through the EURAXESS gateway. The “EURAXESS
– Researchers in Motion” roadshow will visit 29 European cities in 22 countries
(MEMO/14/145) to offer researchers and those interested in scientific careers advice on
jobs, CV building and employment rights. The two month campaign, with a strong social
media presence, is expected to reach out to around 100,000 students and young
researchers.
Unveiling the campaign bus in Brussels, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation
and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn said: "EURAXESS has become the go-to place for
researchers seeking jobs in Europe. From finding work to funding opportunities,
EURAXESS offers researchers concrete information and advice. With more than 40,000
advertised jobs per year and more than one million mobility-related queries tackled within
the last four years, EURAXESS is an essential resource at a time unemployment is our
greatest economic challenge."
EURAXESS is supported by 40 participating countries across Europe. Through its portal it
provides a single access point to information across countries and personalised assistance
by more than 530 staff working in over 260 Service Centres.
In 2013, there were nearly 950,000 unique visitors to the EURAXESS website, three times
more than in 2010, and nearly 9.6 million page views. More than 7,700 research
organisations (companies, universities and SMEs, etc.) are currently registered on
EURAXESS Jobs. The aim of the tour is to encourage even wider participation.
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Background
The tour has been organised in close collaboration with national EURAXESS centres in each
country being visited. There will be interactive sessions, such as workshops with experts,
discussion sessions and science slams, at each stop. There will also be sessions on careers
that will take place in cooperation with university human resources departments.
For further information
EURAXESS: www.euraxess.org
EURAXESS On Tour: www.facebook.com/EURAXESS.OnTour
European Research Area (ERA): http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/index_en.htm
Contacts :
Michael Jennings (+32 2 296 33 88)
Inmaculada Martinez Garcia (+32 2 298 73 03)
For the public: Europe Direct by phone 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 or by e-mail
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Tour dates
Tuesday, 4th March
Brussels/BE
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Wednesday, 5th March
London/UK
Queen Mary University London
Tuesday, 11th March
Copenhagen/DK
University of Copenhagen
Wednesday, 12th March
Lund/SE
Lund University
Friday, 14th March
Poznan/PL
Adam Mickiewicz University
Monday, 17th March
Warsaw/PL
University of Warsaw
Tuesday, 18th March
Wroclaw/PL
Wroclaw University of Technology
Wednesday, 19th March
Prague /CZ
National Library of Technology
Thursday, 20th March
Vienna/AT
University of Vienna
Friday, 21st March
Bratislava/SK
Comenius-University
Monday, 24th March
Budapest/HU
Corvinus University of Budapest
Wednesday, 26th March
Bucharest/RO
University of Bucharest
Thursday, 27th March
Plovdiv/BG
University "Paisii Hilendarski“
Friday, 28th March
Sofia/BG
University St. Kl. Ohridski
Monday, 31st March
Thessaloniki/GR
Aristoteles-University
Tuesday, 1st April
Niš/SR
University Niš
Wednesday, 2nd April
Thursday, 3rd April
Banja Luka/BIH
Zagreb/HR
University
University Zagreb
Friday, 4th April
Ljubljana/SL
University Ljubljana
Monday, 7th April
Trieste/IT
AREA Science Park
Tuesday, 8th April
Milan/IT
University of Milan
Wednesday, 9th April
Zurich/CH
ETH Zurich/University of Zurich
Thursday, 10th April
Strasbourg/FR Université de Strasbourg
Tuesday 15th April
Maastricht/NL University of Maastricht
Banja
Luka
EASTER HOLIDAYS
Tuesday 22nd April
Luxembourg/LU
University of Luxembourg
Wednesday, 23rd April
Bremen/DE
University of Bremen
Thursday, 24th April
Hamburg/DE
Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron
Monday, 28th April
Cologne/DE
University of Cologne
Tuesday, 29th April
Liège/BE
Université de Liège
Wednesday, 30th April Brussels/BE
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Bruxelles
Closing event Université libre
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