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Digital Economy Doctoral Training National Network

Digital Economy Doctoral Training National Network. Introduction and Launch Professor Sarah Sharples, University of Nottingham Professor Gordon Blair, Lancaster University Professor Les Carr, University of Southampton. Welcome. Aim of day Networking event for students and directors

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Digital Economy Doctoral Training National Network

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  1. Digital Economy Doctoral Training National Network Introduction and Launch Professor Sarah Sharples, University of Nottingham Professor Gordon Blair, Lancaster University Professor Les Carr, University of Southampton

  2. Welcome • Aim of day • Networking event for students and directors • Introduce network concept and funding opportunities • Establish priorities for early funding activities • CDT Director meeting and student collaboration event • Background activity • We need a better name….

  3. Network Objectives • Forum for sharing best practice in CDT delivery, developing repository of expertise • Enhance student experience by giving practical and financial support for national shared events for DE students • Increase sustainable impact of DE PGR by • Supporting individual events with high impact • Delivering specialist entrepreneurial training (YES) • Improve specialist skills by running specialist collaborative events • Support outreach activities from individuals and groups of students “Cohort of Cohorts”

  4. Practicalities • 5 years of funding, start date 1st December 2013 • Network manager job currently advertised (60% role) • All funding awarded at 80% FEC • No staff costs funded beyond investigators and network manager • Aim to have rapid and agile process • Flexible, responsible and inclusive approach (e.g. including non CDT students where possible) • Expect small financial commitment from student participants (aiming at no more than £50 per event) • Some funding already allocated to known activities (£346k), some biddable (£115k) • Annual review of budget allocation in response to funding priorities

  5. Theme 1: Sharing Best Practice • Aim: Community of staff and students • Three meetings per year • RCUK/Digital Economy updates • Review and planning of network initiatives • Electronic communications • Dedicated website • Social media communications • Student engagement • 30 days social media advocate • Online training for social media use, support for specific events • To be advertised/appointed spring 2014

  6. Theme 2: Large Scale Shared Events • Aim: general events for a large number (most) of DE students • DE Summer School (Nottingham, 2010; Lancaster, 2011; Oxford, 2013; Paris/QMUL, 2014) • £7,000 per year allocated • Anticipation of matched/leveraged funding • Biddable activities • £5,000 per year allocated • Examples: seminar days, symposia, mini conferences • Focus of discussion this morning

  7. Theme 3: Sustainable Impact • Aim: Enhance rapid and long-term impact of DE PGR activities for individuals or small groups • Digital Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (Digital YES) • £15k per year allocated • National event run for at least 30 students • Expectation of matched/leveraged funding • Biddable activities • £8k per year allocated • Industry visits, funding to work with research users • Maximum £2k per award • One round of applications per year (date TBC) • Should not have otherwise been funded by Impact Acceleration Account

  8. Theme 4: New Collaborative Initiatives • Aim: Specialist events for more than one CDT • Identified events • £7,500 per year allocated • Hackfests, open data events • Activities for 2014 still to be defined • Biddable activities • £5,000 per year allocated • Specialist training events (e.g. research methods, application areas, technical challenges) • No more than £1,500 per event • Further discussion this afternoon

  9. Theme 5: Community Outreach and Dissemination • Aim: Showcase CDTs and DE PGR above and beyond normal expectation for CDT Pathway to Impact • Annual Showcase • Digital Shoreditch • Partnership with annual DE conference • Big Innovation Centre • ICT pioneers programme • £3,500 per year allocated • Biddable activities • Specific events • £5,000 per year

  10. Funding Criteria • Encouraging cross-disciplinary collaboration • Using innovative methods with students • Attracting sponsorship or engagement with industry • Outreach activities • Cost-effective delivery of specialist skills training • Collaborations between students from different CDTs/institutions • Novel methods of dissemination • Funding activities over and above normally expected impact and dissemination tasks • Demonstrating the importance of DE research

  11. Large Scale Shared Events: Ideas • As an individual: Your “dream event” • All put on board • Three sticky dots each • Sticky dots to show enthusiasm for event activities • Work in groups to develop ideas for event

  12. My dream event

  13. My dream event

  14. Large Scale Shared Events: Outomes • Pitch your one day/half day event • State any constraints (e.g. location, timing) • Target participants • Resource considerations • Champions

  15. CDT Introductions • Each CDT, 2 mins overview • General disussion

  16. Theme 4: Launch of call

  17. CDT Directors’ meeting/ Student networking

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