ERIM PhD Reference Guide
ERIM PhD Reference Guide
ERIM PhD Reference Guide
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the sports building ('sportgebouw', S‐building). The price for this sports card is the<br />
same as for students. You pay the price for an employee of the university and you<br />
then receive a refund of the difference with the student price from the university.<br />
See http://www.eur.nl/english/campus_facilities/sport/<br />
Culture<br />
‘Erasmus Cultuur’ offers you all kinds of courses and cultural activities.<br />
See the website: http://www.eur.nl/english/campus_facilities/culture/<br />
Full information about employment conditions, HR policy and other regulations<br />
can be found online: http://www.eur.nl/english/staff/<br />
5.2 Getting Started<br />
Once you have signed your contract you can get to work. This section discusses<br />
issues concerning your work at the university.<br />
Office<br />
As a <strong>PhD</strong> candidate you are entitled to your own desk and computer. In most cases,<br />
you will share a room. Office space is arranged by the secretary of your department<br />
at RSM or by the secretariat of the Tinbergen Institute at ESE.<br />
Travel Costs<br />
<strong>PhD</strong> candidates are entitled to a contribution to daily travel costs. This arrangement<br />
is valid for the four years of employment of the <strong>PhD</strong> candidate, and can also be<br />
requested from your HR department.<br />
Working at Home<br />
In general it is possible to work on your research at home. There are no general rules<br />
that determine how much time per week you may work at home; each department<br />
is free to establish rules on this matter. However, although there are no fixed rules, it<br />
is generally expected of <strong>PhD</strong> candidates to be present at the university most of the<br />
time. You should discuss the possibilities of working at home with your supervisor or<br />
daily supervisor. When working at home it is possible to use facilities from the<br />
university, such as e‐mail and online data and literature sources. To use these<br />
facilities you have to establish a VPN connection via the university. You will need an<br />
ERNA account, which you can request from the helpdesk of your faculty. If you have<br />
an ERNA account, you need to configure the Internet connection with the university.<br />
The site<br />
http://www.eur.nl/english/erna/information/users_information/employees/<br />
provides guidance on how to do this. On the site www.erna.nl/adsl you can find<br />
information about the possibility of having a cheap ADSL connection at home.<br />
If you are an RSM <strong>PhD</strong> candidate you can use the Internet to access your mailbox<br />
worldwide. Simply go to the site https://exchange.eur.nl/owa/ and type in your<br />
username and password for your inbox. ESE <strong>PhD</strong> candidates can access their ESE<br />
mailbox at https://webmail.eur.nl/mailhostfew/src/login.php. More detailed<br />
information about this service is available from your helpdesk.<br />
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