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How to increase the employability of doctorate holders? University-Industry collaborative programmes Luciano Saso Deputy Rector for International Mobility Member of the UNICA Steering Committee

2. Bologna Process (1999-)

3. Employability: 1st and 3rd cycle!

4. EU's response to the economic crisis?

5. From the Lisbon Strategy to "Europe 2020"
The Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs, launched in 2000 by the European Council, was the EU's joint response to facing the challenges of globalisation, demographic change and the knowledge society. It aimed at making Europe more dynamic and competitive to secure a prosperous, fair and environmentally sustainable future for all citizens

6. Doctoral programmes in Europe (PhD)
Doctoral Candidates should not be defined as “students”
A Doctoral Candidate is recruited for elaborating a research project and is expected to provide new knowledge and/or understanding of a specific issue.
Doctoral Candidate is more than a student; she/he is a researcher at an early stage of her/his career.
Doctoral candidates as early stage researchers should be recognised as professionals – with commensurate rights

7. Caution: double-edged sword!
academic and non academic careers!

8. Research careers

9. Researcher Development Framework
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10. Researcher Development Framework
The professional development framework to realise the potential of researchers

11. 4 domains
12 sub-domains
63 descriptors 11 11

12. Researchers are critical to economic success Researchers’ careers span a wider variety of employment sectors
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13. Excellent non academic careeer for doctorate holders
Research careers

14. Highly developed transferable skills
Problem solving
Creativity and originality
Team playing
Leadership
Supervision and teaching
Communication
Autonomy
Project management
Fund raising
Patience
etc

15. EUA DOC-CAREERS report : collaborative Doctoral Education: University-Industry Partnerships for Enhancing Knowledge Exchange
The study “Collaborative Doctoral Education: University-Industry Partnerships for Enhancing Knowledge Exchange” involved 33 universities, 31 companies, and 18 other stakeholder organisations, from 20 different countries across Europe

16. T he Doctoral Candidate as a Link between University and Industry

19. Titolo Presentazione
29/04/2019

24. «Hidden» job opportunities for doctorate holders in Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)
Innovation (not only in research)
Globalization
Fund raising
Participation to competitive project schemes
etc.

25. Tallinn, Estonia
FP7: PEOPLE (Marie Curie)
Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways - IAPP

26. Quality Employability Mobility ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS EMPLOYERS
Tallinn, Estonia
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
Mobility
Quality
Employability
EMPLOYERS

27. HORIZON 2020: ( )

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