EUA Council for Doctoral Education Reform of doctoral education – the issue of mentoring

…2… What is the CDE? New membership service for higher education institutions offering doctoral education within the EUA Improve quality of doctoral education Monitor trends and make data available Contribute to the international dimension Represent European university and form a link between education and research policies Promote career development

Ambitions for reform The political background The Bologna process – inclusion of the third cycle from 2003 – Bologna meets Lisbon The Salzburg declaration (2005) Basis on original research Institutional embedding with a societal as well as an individual aspect Diversity Political backing by declaration of ministers Followed by a mini revolution of reforms by the universities …3…

Birth of the CDE 2008 saw the birth of the CDE in order to facilitate the reforms that are taking place at a fast pace all over Europe Lausanne launch conference – over 200 institutions represented A membership service with a bottom-up perspective: What do the members want, and how do we provide it? Questionnaire as the first step: What do HEIs need from an organisation like the CDE? …4…

Priorities …5…

Mentoring Consensus institutions need to assume the responsibility for ensuring that the doctoral programmes and research training they offer are designed to meet new challenges and include appropriate professional career development opportunities (Salzburg Principles) the duty of the researchers (at all stages) to improve themselves employers and funders should ensure career advice and job placement assistance (Charter and Code) Individual researchers share the responsibility for and need to pro-actively engage in their own personal career development Research managers and employers also have the responsibility to provide honest advice and appropriate structures, and to equip researchers with the tools to manage their own careers (Concordat) …6…

Imperial College London – Mentor role ManagerMentor Sets objectivesAgrees goals Identifies performance problems Identifies development opportunities Achieves tasks results todayAims to get job done better Concerned with standards, deadlines, budgets etcConcerned with career aspirations and needs Monitors for control Monitors for progress Grabs opportunities Creates opportunities …7… Concerned with integrating individuals at ICL

Karolinska Institutet – Junior Faculty Network The members, ambassadors and steering group consults with National Organisation of Young Researchers and the local careers office …8…

Mentoring and supervision Mentoring as part of a supervision scheme beyond the individual supervisor-supervisee relationship Bringing in partners from industry as an example Back to the Salzburg Principles institutional imbedding: Supervisory schemes that are structured to meet the needs of doctoral candidates beyond the day of the thesis defence …9…