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Multi level Multi Agent case

Doctoral Education Policy An Administrative View Paul van Loon Dean School of Management and Governance University of Twente, The Netherlands EIASM Academic Council Berlin, 2008. Multi level Multi Agent case. Typical Dutch?:. PhD students (MB: 60) are mostly salaried assistants (aio’s)

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Multi level Multi Agent case

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  1. Doctoral Education PolicyAn Administrative ViewPaul van LoonDean School of Management and GovernanceUniversity of Twente, The NetherlandsEIASM Academic CouncilBerlin, 2008

  2. Multi level Multi Agent case

  3. Typical Dutch?: • PhD students (MB: 60) are mostly salaried assistants (aio’s) • Substantial amount of outside doctoral students • Many (40) National Research Schools (not: Management Sciences) • Hardly any / no local Graduate Schools • Taylor made training and research plans • Overrun of time and premature cut offs • Diminishing share of direct governmental funding

  4. Administrative initiatives for improvement: 1. Intensify governance on progress and quality 2. Stimulate communication amongst aio’s 3. Accommodate arrival of non-salaried PhD-students

  5. 1. Intensify governance on progress and quality Through regulation at school level: • Training and (global) research plan committed at the start • At 0,5 year: public presentation of the intended approach • At 1 year: go / no go decision • Each year: progress report and evaluation sent to the dean • Extension of appointment over 4 years not allowed (unless …)

  6. 2. Stimulate communication amongst AIO’s • At several levels: • Within departments • At school level • In national Research Schools • In international networks • Goals: • Increase consciousness / awareness of position as a group concerned • Cross fertilisation / best of breed / uniformity from bottom up

  7. 3. Accommodate arrival of non salaried PhD-students At university level • Regulation of rights and debts • Design of fee policy (especially for expensive studies) • Create scholarship programmes, increase specific funding At school level • Attract specific funding / grants depending on research areas • Unify training programmes (like bachelor- an master programmes) • Participate in Graduate School of the University (under construction)

  8. Summary • The Dutch PhD system is in transition • Aio’s in the old system should not be neglected • PhD-students in the new system should be embedded amongst the aio’s • The transition process is complicated and will last for 5 – 10 years • Transborder cooperation and discussion (EIASM) indispensable

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