PIPERS project
Policy into Practice:
EURAXESS Researcher Skills for Career Development
1. Context
2. Overview
3. 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
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Context
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
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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
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Lots of mobility between sectors and occupations
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How do we ensure that whatever pathway researchers take, they are making
the most of their careers?
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Aim
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:
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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Key targets
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
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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
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Impact and Outcomes-1
Activity
Desired Impact
Researchers
can
identify their skills
and capabilities, set
personal
targets,
and
plan
their
professional
development.
Outcome
Self-assessment
tool Researchers can self-assess their skills and capabilities, and use
and e-platform with this to plan a career pathway and articulate relevant knowledge
learning resources
and attributes during recruitment. Researchers have access to
online tools and resources to support their ongoing professional
development and research career pathways.
Workshops
for 1. Researchers as primary beneficiaries have improved skills in
researchers and trainers 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 Examples of best practice are shared across MS and institutions
formulation of guidelines have access to guidelines to support professional development of
researchers
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Impact and Outcomes - 2
Activity
Desired Impact
Researcher
mobility between
academia
and
industry is made
easier, lowering the
dropout rate from
within the research
profession
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Outcome
Involvement of industry in workshop Researchers will be equipped with
development and collection of skill sets which enable them to move
resources
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 Stakeholders from academia are
discussions
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.
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Impact and Outcomes - 3
Activity
Desired Impact
The
support Train the trainer workshops
offered
by
the
EURAXESS
Services network
has an increased Policy guidelines and e-platform
focus on career
development
of
researchers, and is
offered to mobile
and
non-mobile
researchers.
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Outcome
EURAXESS members are able to
deliver skills training and career
development advice to researchers
(mobile and non-mobile).
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.
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WPs
WP 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)
WP 5 (MEF lead)
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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.
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.
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Partners
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
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Associated Partners
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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
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Key Milestones and Deliverables - timeline
By 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
M7
set of good practice policy case studies (M)
M7
consultations with stakeholders / employers (D)
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(M)
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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)
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Key Milestones and Deliverables - timeline
M15
M15
9 train the trainer workshops in 10 countries (M)
4 demo researcher workshops in 10 countries (M)
M17
M17
Set of quality – assured training resources & tools
programme and training models for workshops
M20
M20
policy workshop at ESOF (D)
Content for policy depository with case studies (D)
M23
M23
M23
M23
9 train the trainer workshops in 9 countries (D)
4 demo researcher workshops (D)
E-platform for career development staff & researchers (D)
On-line self-assessment tool (D)
M24
October 2016 - Final meeting
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Gantt chart
Policy into Practice: Euraxess Researcher Skills for Career Development
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
WP 1 Project Management & Coordination (BC)
T1.1
Project management and coordination
D1.1
Kick off meeting
D
D1.4
Interim videoconference
D
D1.5
Final meeting
D
D1.6
Final technical and financial report to the EC
M2
D
T1.2
Project monitoring
D1.3
Two external advisory group meetings
D
D
D1.7
Final external evaluation report
M1
D
T1.3
Project promotion
D1.2
Project promotional material - leaflets, banners, on-line
D
D
D
D
WP 2 Policy-level discussion and best practice identification
T2.1
Compilation and follow-up of policy documents
D2.1
Literature review
D
D2.3
Set of good practice policy case studies
M4
D
D2.4
Impact study of the selected policy developments
D
T2.2
High-level policy discussion
M3
D
D2.2.
Workshop/consultation with stakeholders/employers
M5
D
D2.6
Policy debate at European research event
M6
D
D2.7
Publish recommendations/guidelines
T2.3
Selection of policy resources
D2.5
Content for policy depository with case studies
D
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Gantt chart
Policy into Practice: Euraxess Researcher Skills for Career Development
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
WP 3 Preparation of training workshops
T3.1
Selection of training resources
D3.2
Set of quality-assured training resources and tools
M8 D
D
T3.2
Mapping of key multipliers
D3.1
Regional mapping of training needs
M7
D
T3.3
Preparation of training workshops
D3.3
Programme and training modules for workshops
D
D
WP 4 Delivery of training workshops
T4.1
Train the trainer workshop
D4.1
9 train the trainer workshops in at least 9 countries
M9
D
T4.2
Demonstration researcher workshops
D4.2
4 demonstration researcher workshops in at least 4
M10
D
countries
WP 5 Development + testing of tools to support researcher career development
T5.1
E-consultation with researcher focus group
D5.1
Focus group of 20-30 researchers
D
T5.2
E-platform for training and policy resources
D5.2
E-platform for career development staff and researchers
M11
D
T5.3
Development of on-line tool for researcher self-assessment
D5.3
On-line self-assessment tool
M12
D
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