Evaluation of applications: Phase II
Top-ranked pre-selected applicants with a minimum score of 80% will be invited for an online selection interview. Each applicant will have to complete a short assignment in advance of the interview.
The Coordinator of the ReD Global programme, the University of Groningen, will coordinate the interviews with individual pre-selected applicants. The interviews will take place with the Programme Examination Committee, represented by the University of Groningen, the University of Córdoba (Spain) and the University of Coimbra (Portugal).
The interviews will be evaluated on the basis the following jointly agreed upon criteria and their respective weighting:
- Overall quality of the interview (expectations, attitude, ability to discuss knowledge relevant to ReD Global): 30%
- Quality of presentation of previous undergraduate/graduate research project (academic knowledge, ability to discuss academic research, critically discuss own work): 30%
- Quality of presentation of assignment (ability to assimilate and critically analyse new knowledge, judge its significance, and convey this to others in a structuReD and clear manner): 15%
- Communication and presentation skills: 10%
- Motivation, including affinity with societal relevance of academia and the historic-contemporary perspectives offered by ReD Global: 10%
- Compliance with assignment guidelines: 5%
