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PIPERS project Policy into Practice:

EURAXESS Researcher Skills for Career Development

1. Context2. Overview3. Partners

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 643330


21st Century Researchers need 21st century skills – not just research

specific skills but those that help them navigate and contribute to a

global knowledge economy

• Vitae ‘What do researchers do?’ report:

• Only 54% of PhD students were working in academia or as researchers,

three years after they received their doctorate

• BUT the majority of those no longer in ‘research’ felt that their PhD had

been valuable to them in their current career – and many were using

research skills and knowledge in their current job

• Lots of mobility between sectors and occupations

• How do we ensure that whatever pathway researchers take, they are making

the most of their careers?

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Context


The PIPERS project is led by the British Council along with 5 partners and 15 associated Third Parties from both the EURAXESS Service Network and other academic and non-academic stakeholders from across Europe and Israel.

Its aim is to support researcher career development and training in areas such as:

• managing a research career and researcher self-assessment• leadership skills• interdisciplinary working• entrepreneurial skills• spin-off companies/market exploitation of research results• working with industry• IPR issues• information literacy • public engagement

Aim


Overview and objectives

• Identify and cascade existing good practice and training resources

• Develop new tools to support proactive management of researcher career paths

• Provide an efficient and sustainable way of disseminating these across the Network

The objectives of the project will be pursued over a 24 month period

Not long!


Core activities

• policy dialogue with employer stakeholders and groups representing researchers’ interests

• dissemination of good policy practice and training resources in researcher career development through the development of an e-platform


Core activities

• delivery of 9 “train the trainer” workshops for researcher career development staff

• 4 demonstration workshops with researchers;

• the development and testing of a self-assessment tool for researchers to enable them to be proactive in their professional and career development


Researchers can identify their skills and capabilities, set personal targets, and plan their professional development.

Researcher mobility between academia and industry is made easier, lowering the dropout rate from within the research profession

Key targets


Key targets

The support offered by the EURAXESS Services network has an increased focus on career development of researchers, and is offered to mobile and non-mobile researchers.

•EURAXESS Service centre staff indicate that they will deliver researcher training on an ongoing basis

•EURAXESS services staff indicate that they will use the best practice examples to inform ongoing practice. •The e-platform will be integrated into the EURAXESS Handbook to ensure long term


Impact and Outcomes-1

Desired ImpactActivity Outcome

Researchers can identify their skills and capabilities, set personal targets, and plan their professional development.

Self-assessment tool and e-platform with learning resources

Researchers can self-assess their skills and capabilities, and use this to plan a career pathway and articulate relevant knowledge and attributes during recruitment. Researchers have access to online tools and resources to support their ongoing professional development and research career pathways.

Workshops for researchers and trainers

1. Researchers as primary beneficiaries have improved skills in key areas 2. Multipliers are trained in delivering skills plus career development advice, and given access to quality assured, free to use, materials and resources.

Policy discussions and formulation of guidelines

Examples of best practice are shared across MS and institutions have access to guidelines to support professional development of researchers


Impact and Outcomes - 2


Researcher mobility between academia and industry is made easier, lowering the dropout rate from within the research profession

Involvement of industry in workshop development and collection of resources

Researchers will be equipped with skill sets which enable them to move more easily from academia to industry. Researchers will also be able to access industry relevant online resources through the e-platform.

Involvement of industry in policy discussions

Stakeholders from academia are more aware of the skills that researchers need to make the transition to industry

Policy guidelines Research institutions are informed by policy guidelines and good practice examples which support academia-industry mobility.


Impact and Outcomes - 3


The support offered by the EURAXESS Services network has an increased focus on career development of researchers, and is offered to mobile and non-mobile researchers.

Train the trainer workshops EURAXESS members are able to deliver skills training and career development advice to researchers (mobile and non-mobile).

Policy guidelines and e-platform EURAXESS members can learn from best practice examples of researcher support, and use these to deliver and advocate for improved researcher support within their institutions.


WPsWP No Work package title

WP 1 Project management & coordination

WP 2 (FECYT lead)Policy dialogue with employer stakeholders and groups representing researchers’ interests and identification of good practice through policy case studies.

WP 3 (CERTH lead) The identification, refinement and exchange of good practice and training resources and the development of workshop training programmes.

WP 4 (BC/CERTH)Train the trainer workshops for researcher career development staff from the EURAXESS Network who will act as multipliers to disseminate the identified good practice more widely & demonstration workshops with researchers to test and provide feedback on training resources.

WP 5 (MEF lead)Development and testing of a self-assessment tool for researchers and development of an e-platform to ensure that the good practice, resources and self-assessment tool are easily available to as wide a range of researcher career development staff and researchers as possible.


1. British Council (BC), United Kingdom

2. Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (Spanish Foundation for

Science and Technology), FECYT, Spain

3. University of Durham (UDUR), United Kingdom

4. Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Greece

5. Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Univerziteta U Nisu (MEF), Serbia

6. Sofiiski Universitet Sveti Kliment Ohridski, (SU-NIS), Bulgaria

Partners


Associated Partners

Country Partner

Austria University of Vienna

Belgium University of Liege

Croatia University of Zagreb

Denmark Aarhus University

Estonia Estonian Research Council

France Association Bernard Gregory

Ireland Irish Universities Association

Israel Bar Ilan University

Italy Fondazione Crui, ADAPT (TBC)

Romania Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine

Spain Fundacion Barrie

UK Epigeum, Proctor and Gamble

Netherlands NUFFIC


Key Milestones and Deliverables - timelineBy Delivery date

M1 3-4 December 2014 Kick off (D)

M3 Consultations with stakeholders / employers (M)

M4 Focus group of 20-30 researchers (D)

M6 Literature review (D)

M6 Regional mapping of training needs (D)

M6 on-line self-assessment tool (M)

M7 set of good practice policy case studies (M)

M7 consultations with stakeholders / employers (D)


Key Milestones and Deliverables – timeline

M10 publish recommendation / guidelines (M)

M11 set of quality assured training resources and tools (M)

M12 set of quality assured training resources and tools (D)

M13 set of good practice policy case studies (D)

M13 impact study of the selected policy developments (D)

M13 programme and training models for workshops (D)

M13 e-platform for career development staff & researchers (M)


Key Milestones and Deliverables - timeline

M15 9 train the trainer workshops in 10 countries (M) M15 4 demo researcher workshops in 10 countries (M)

M17 Set of quality – assured training resources & toolsM17 programme and training models for workshops

M20 policy workshop at ESOF (D)M20 Content for policy depository with case studies (D)

M23 9 train the trainer workshops in 9 countries (D)M23 4 demo researcher workshops (D)M23 E-platform for career development staff & researchers (D)M23 On-line self-assessment tool (D)

M24 October 2016 - Final meeting

Gantt chart


Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

T1.1 Project management and coordinationD1.1 Kick off meeting DD1.4 Interim videoconference DD1.5 Final meeting DD1.6 Final technical and financial report to the EC M2 DT1.2 Project monitoringD1.3 Two external advisory group meetings D DD1.7 Final external evaluation report M1 DT1.3 Project promotionD1.2 Project promotional material - leaflets, banners, on-line D D D D

T2.1 Compilation and follow-up of policy documents D2.1 Literature review DD2.3 Set of good practice policy case studies M4 DD2.4 Impact study of the selected policy developments DT2.2 High-level policy discussion D2.2. Workshop/consultation with stakeholders/employers M3 DD2.6 Policy debate at European research event M5 DD2.7 Publish recommendations/guidelines M6 DT2.3 Selection of policy resources D2.5 Content for policy depository with case studies D

Policy into Practice: Euraxess Researcher Skills for Career Development

WP 1 Project Management & Coordination (BC)

WP 2 Policy-level discussion and best practice identification

Gantt chart


Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

T3.1 Selection of training resourcesD3.2 Set of quality-assured training resources and tools M8 D DT3.2 Mapping of key multipliersD3.1 Regional mapping of training needs M7 DT3.3 Preparation of training workshopsD3.3 Programme and training modules for workshops D D

T4.1 Train the trainer workshopD4.1 9 train the trainer workshops in at least 9 countries M9 DT4.2 Demonstration researcher workshopsD4.2 4 demonstration researcher workshops in at least 4

countries M10 D

T5.1 E-consultation with researcher focus groupD5.1 Focus group of 20-30 researchers DT5.2 E-platform for training and policy resources D5.2 E-platform for career development staff and researchers M11 DT5.3 Development of on-line tool for researcher self-assessment D5.3 On-line self-assessment tool M12 D

WP 5 Development + testing of tools to support researcher career development

WP 4 Delivery of training workshops

WP 3 Preparation of training workshops

Policy into Practice: Euraxess Researcher Skills for Career Development

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