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The session "What can I do after my PhD?" will be held next Wednesday 18^th June in the Doctoral School (Sala Carles Perelló). This session is aimed at enlightening doctoral students in their last years about the next steps they can take to foster their careers.

Last Friday 16 May the 15th PhD degrees and extraordinary PhD awards ceremony was held.

The final of the "Thesis in 4 Minutes" competition, in which PhD students present their thesis during a maximum of four minutes, will take place on 8 May at 12 noon at the Doctoral School. The event will be streamed live on the UAB's YouTube channel.

Beatriz Ferrús, professor in the Department of Spanish Studies, was recently appointed new director of the UAB Doctoral School.

This new session will be held on the 26th February from 11 to 12 h and will be delivered in hybrid format.

The welcome session was held last 27th November.

This year, The UAB Doctoral School will host the annual meeting of the Catalan Association of Doctoral Schools (ACED).

Student of the PhD programme in Geography at the UAB María Paola Ayala Godoy has won the #HiloTesis contest and will receive a cash prize of 500 euros. Crue Universidades Españolas has awarded 5 other prizes to students.

This review and evaluation mechanism guarantees the academic quality of the university centres.

Gala Pujol Infantes, student of the PhD programme in Cell Biology, won first prize in this year's UAB "Thesis in 4 Minutes" competition. The award comes with a cash prize of 800 euros and the chance to represent the UAB at the final competition, organised by the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation, which will be held on 27 June in Tarragona. She explained her thesis with a presentation entitled "How to change the world with a paper straw".