Münster Centre for Emerging Researchers (CERes) Event Participation Terms & Conditions

These Participation Terms & Conditions apply only to events that are hosted by Münster Centre for Emerging Researchers (CERes).

• Target group

  Events at Münster Centre for Emerging Researchers (CERes) are generally open to all doctoral and postdoctoral researchers that conduct research at the University of Münster:

  • Doctoral researchers that pursue a doctoral degree at the University of Münster, regardless of their enrolment status,
  • Visiting doctoral researchers that carry out research work,
  • Postdocs.

• Registration

  Most events require advance and binding registration using the Indico registration tool. Registrations are usually open until seven days before the beginning of the event. Please refer to individual event to see whether registration is required and to learn about the registration window. You will receive an automatic email upon registration, stating that your registration awaits our manual approval. Your place is only secured once we have approved your registration, in which case you receive an automatic participation confirmation. Registrations are approved in the order that people registered.

• Waiting list

  You can register for events even when the number of registrations has already reached or exceeded the number of available places. Your registration awaits our manual approval, which corresponds to being placed on a waiting list. If a place becomes available for you, we will approve your registration and inform you immediately. If places become available within seven working days prior to an event, we contact several registrants in the order that they registered and allocate places on a “first come, first served” basis.

• Cancellation

  Our facilitators invest great effort in ensuring that events are prepared and delivered in a participant-oriented manner. There is also a great demand for our events and the waiting lists are long. Please register only for those events that you can really attend. If something prevents you from attending, please cancel your registration as soon as possible, no later than three working days before the beginning of the event, to allow someone else on the waiting list to take your place. You can withdraw your registration by following the hint in the automatic email: “To manage your registration follow this link: Manage my registration.”

• Attendance

  Participants are obliged to be present throughout the entire event. If you cannot attend the entire event, please let us know at least three working days before the beginning of the event at ceres.events@uni-muenster.de. CERes will examine on a case-by-case basis if partial attendance is possible, taking factors such as organisation of the event, contents and group dynamics into account. Exceptions are of course compelling reasons such as illnesses: Please send us a short note on the day of the event at the latest at ceres.events@uni-muenster.de.

• Late cancellation, not showing up

  If you do not cancel your registration on time (i.e., later than three working days before the beginning of the event) and are absent without excuse for any reason within your control, you must expect that your name will be removed from all lists of participants in the current and next semester. Exceptions are of course compelling reasons such as illnesses: Please send us a short note on the day of the event at the latest at ceres.events@uni-muenster.de.

• Event materials

  Event materials that participants receive throughout the course of the event are for the participants’ personal use only and may not be reproduced, distributed to third parties or used in any other way that goes beyond the participants’ own learning.

• Certificates of attendance

  We issue certificates of attendance for events at CERes upon request. A prerequisite for obtaining the certificate of attendance is successful and full attendance, coming prepared and being present throughout the entire event. Certificates are usually sent at the end of each respective semester. If you would like to receive a certificate of attendance, email us at ceres.events@uni-muenster.de, mentioning your full name, the date and the titles of the events that you attended. If you attended several events, please provide a specific list.

  Is participation in our events mandatory for you? To speed up the process of issuing certificates of attendance for (optional) mandatory events, please email us at the end of the semester at ceres.events@uni-muenster.de with the subject „TN-Bescheinigung // Pflichtveranstaltungen“.