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CDTs – Industrial Doctorate Centres (IDCs)

CDTs – Industrial Doctorate Centres (IDCs). Dr Jim Fleming Senior Industrial Doctorate Manager, EPSRC. The context.

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CDTs – Industrial Doctorate Centres (IDCs)

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  1. CDTs – Industrial Doctorate Centres (IDCs) Dr Jim Fleming Senior Industrial Doctorate Manager, EPSRC

  2. The context • EPSRCCentres for Doctoral Training are a new approach to training PhD students, creating communities of researchers working on current and future challenges. 19 of the centres will be industrial training centres that will equip their students with the business skills they need to turn pioneering ideas into products and services, boosting their impact on the UK’s economy. • The multidisciplinary centres bring together diverse areas of expertise to train engineers and scientists with the skills, knowledge and confidence to tackle today’s evolving issues. They also create new working cultures, build relationships between teams in universities and forge lasting links with industry. • This approach to training has been extensively piloted by EPSRC through a number of Engineering Doctorate Centres and Doctoral Training Centres in Complexity Science, Systems Biology and at the Life Sciences Interface. This increased investment builds on the success of these and will establish a strong group of centres which will rapidly establish a pre-eminent international reputation for doctoral training.

  3. Purpose of Industrial Doctorate Centres • Doctorate level education for • UK's leading researchers aiming for a career in industry • The Research: • relevant to the needs of industry • in partnership with, industry • innovative • make a significant contribution to the performance of the industrial partner. • The taught component aims to enhance • professional development • transferable skills • specialist technical subjects

  4. CDT launch event – 5 December 2008

  5. Key Messages….. CDTs will create a large wave of new scientists and engineers Strong user engagement in the development and delivery within Centres. Centres will be tackling some the biggest problems currently facing the UK. Centres will equip these students with the skills they need to turn research into business, helping to boost the UK economy It is a new approach to training our scientists and engineers Centre should / are broad in outlook, inclusive and outward-looking. Strong leadership with real drive to overcome institutional issues etc

  6. Overall student numbers and balance

  7. The importance of high level skills Engineering Doctorates (EngDs) Introduced 1992, 1200 Research Engineers 500 companies collaborating Industrial Doctorate Centres (IDCs) & Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) Start Oct 2009; will train over 2000 new students; £250M commitment Includes 19 IDCs all with significant industrial collaboration; e.g. Industrial Doctorate Centre: Sustainability for Engineering and Energy Systems; Industrial Doctorate Centre: Formulation Engineering; Industrial Doctorate Centre: Systems; Industrial Doctorate Centre: Micro- and NanoMaterials and Technologies

  8. The importance of high level skills (contd.) Difference between an EngD & PhD “1+3” model; 75% time in industry (2 supervisors) Good employment rates (esp. with collaborating company) and high starting salaries; skills training Publication records equivalent to PhD High Tech Visualisation, Electronics Design, Systems, Medical Systems, Nano, Fuel Cells, Healthcare & Pharma, Bioprocessing, Web Science etc etc Future Opportunities - Strategic Partnerships/Areas, Gap-filling

  9. Distribution of IDC Funding by Programme Area £113M www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/students/centres/Pages/indd.aspx

  10. Importance to Industry Creating a High-Value Economy • It involves what I call deep knowledge; • It has a high research and technology content; • It requires a profound understanding of the customer; • It exploits both scientific and experiential intellectual property; • It involves the definition of solutions that meet complex requirements; • It requires well-developed systems integration skills; Sir John Rose, Chief Executive, Rolls-Royce plc 10 November 2009

  11. EPSRC Strategic Plan Goals from 2010 • Delivering Impact – to ensure excellent research and talented people deliver maximum impact for the health, prosperity and sustainability of the UK • Shaping capability – to shape the research base to ensure it delivers high quality research for the UK, both now and in the future • Developing leaders – to commit greater support to the world-leading individuals who are delivering the highest quality research to meet UK and global priorities

  12. Summary • RE Viewpoints • Accelerated Career Development • Knowledge & skill used by Industry or Government • Developing transferable skills enhancing employment value • Benefits are delivered during the EngD as well as after. • Industry Viewpoints • Filling skill shortages for competitive advantage • Developing products and processes • Adding value to the business • Improving outcomes through collaboration • Stimulating and managing change • Supported in Manufacturing Theme Day Report

  13. Ongoing • IDC Advocates • Spread best practice in the management, operation and development of centres • Act as champions for the scheme • Patrick Godfrey, Chris France, William Powrie • Association of EngDs • Raise awareness • Accreditation • Alumni • Case Studies • www.aengd.org.uk

  14. What Industry says • Extreme shortage of quality candidates which is quite simply hampering many companies expansion plans. • US based games development company • “This is an excellent programme which will benefit our industry significantly. Currently there is a big need for high calibre technical people and the proposed Centre will address this shortage effectively” • Communications Company • ….”produce a pool of people with the skills necessary to compete” • Global Computer System Manufacturer Benefit: Filling skill shortages for competitive advantage

  15. What Industry says • …. “enables development of products and services of real value to the construction industry”. • International Consulting Engineers • The research completed will help us to implement technologies that can make a substantial contribution to the reduction in carbon emissions from warehousing and logistics in global supply chains. • Global Market leader • “I would consider the development of neurological control of exoprostheses to be of significant importance……..step forward in the quality of life of amputees” • Rapidly-growing orthopaedic company Benefit: Developing products and processes

  16. What Industry says • ……”the EngD allows for activities to be undertaken that deliver significant benefit to the supporting Company during the course of the EngD programme.” • Global aerospace company • We have extracted real value out of the formal supervision sessions, and from the academic rigour which (our RE) has added to some of our research.” • A UK electricity company • “The research findings from these projects have been extremely valuable ……. yielded a number of recommendations that… were accepted in full.” • Motor car manufacturer Benefit: adding value to the business

  17. What Industry says • …. “EngD Programme where not only the needs of industry become the main research question, but also the research rigor of academia is maintained, providing credibility to the research findings. The outputs will be applicable to consultancy practice and immediately relevant to the industry.” • Global Construction Consultants • We strongly benefit from our long term collaboration with (the University) who provide excellent supervision of our joint PhD and EngD students. • USA Laboratory Benefit: Improving outcomes through collaboration

  18. What Industry says • “Our two current research engineers are already contributing strongly to (Company) strategic thinking and are in close and frequent communication with Board members. They are already quite literally changing the way the Company thinks” • International Company > 7000 staff • “The EngD ……. has contributed enormously to the changes that have and are taking place in (our company) and their Partners.” • One of the largest UK Building Companies Benefit: Stimulating and managing change

  19. Adding Value - Faster to market New industry product need Research Engineer develops ability to deliver need Say 4 years Say 10 years New Research Method or Topic

  20. Centre Value New industry product need Research Engineer Employed Repeat 50 times Benefits: Faster to market Wider exploitation Networking knowledge New Research Method

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