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Qualitative Leap Irish Universities Study IUA Graduate Education Forum Dublin 22 nd November 2010

Qualitative Leap Irish Universities Study IUA Graduate Education Forum Dublin 22 nd November 2010 Dr Conor O’Carroll. 22nd November, 2010. Assessing Change. Irish Universities Study.

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Qualitative Leap Irish Universities Study IUA Graduate Education Forum Dublin 22 nd November 2010

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  1. Qualitative Leap Irish Universities Study IUA Graduate Education Forum Dublin 22nd November 2010 Dr Conor O’Carroll 22nd November, 2010

  2. Assessing Change

  3. Irish Universities Study First comprehensive study to measure 3rd, 4th level students and researchers’ experience and outcomes in the seven universities Develop a leading edge, web based survey system for policy development Linked to the introduction of 4th Level Ireland

  4. Number of PhD’s

  5. Discipline

  6. Nationality

  7. Socio-economic background

  8. Funding

  9. Funding duration

  10. Motivation

  11. Funding & Productivity

  12. Motivation & Funding

  13. Time on PhD & Funding

  14. PhD Experience

  15. Time on PhD & Funding

  16. On structured programme (%)

  17. Structured Programme - input

  18. Structured Programme - output

  19. Career Expectations

  20. Career Expectations over time

  21. Career and Mobility of the Researcher 9-10 November 2010 Conclusions 5) Career development, skills and industry 22nd November, 2010

  22. Themes Fostering Collaboration Training – Continuous Professional Development Reaching out to Employers Empowering the Researcher

  23. Expectation of performance(high and very high) Employer categories Group 1: actively target doctorates Group 2: strong interest Group 3: some interest, occasionally recruit Group 4: no interest Recruiting researchers, 2009, 104 employers

  24. Influencing the Future • Research Career Framework • Open consultation • Doctoral Mapping Study • Underway • Inform future EC funding

  25. Look Back - National Policy • 2004 OECD Review of Higher Education • 2005 Universities 4th Level Ireland • 2006 Ireland’s 3% target encapsulated in Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation (SSTI) of doubling PhD graduates by 2013

  26. Look Forward - EU Policy Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative Innovation Union, 6th October 2010 “In 2012, the Commission will propose a European Research Area framework and supporting measures to remove obstacles to mobility and cross-border cooperation, aiming for them to be in force by end 2014. They will notably seek to ensure through a common approach - quality of doctoral training”

  27. Look Forward - EU Policy Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative Innovation Union Innovation Partnerships FP8

  28. Look Forward – International Policy EUA Council of Doctoral Education (CDE) UK Roberts Initiative The Path Forward – the future of graduate education in the United States

  29. Look Forward – National Policy? • SSTI / Smart Economy • Hunt Report • Funding • Graduates

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