Doctoral Education of Tomorow:European and Global Perspective

Melita Kovacevic

University of ZagrebFormer Chair of Steering Committee,

EUA Council of Doctoral Education

Lisbon, January 26-27, 2017New Challenges for Forest Research

C E F University of Lisbon

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EUA Council for Doctoral Education

EUA – European

University Association

850 universities and rectors’ conferences in 47 countries

Developing evidence-based policies

Advocating these policies

Promoting development of universities as institutions

Council for Doctoral

Education (CDE)

A membership service focused on doctoral education

Development of doctoral schools

Doctorate-specific policy development

Consultancy services

234 members in 35 countries (from Faro to Tomsk)

Topics

o Overview of the last decadeo Where are we now?o Challenges for doctoral education

for the next decadeo Taking Salzburg forward

Salzburg Principles, 2005Salzburg II, Recommendations, 2010Salzburg III, 2016

Why Taking Salzburg Forward?

Past policies - Salzburg

• Salzburg Principles– Establishing a framework for doctoral education in the Bologna Process

– Doctoral Education based on research, but embedded in institutional strategies

• Salzburg Recommendations– Underlined research

– Focused largely on how to embed

– Good practices for establishing structures

• 5 years later, structures have largely been established

Europe’s universities have come a long way in creating institutional support for doctoral education, but there are still many challenges within institutions to achieving the full potential of the Salzburg Principles and Recommendations.

Context

Institutional structures Building research capacity Nurturing talent Creating space for dialogue

Convergence - Growth

• We have seen remarkable growth over the last decade

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Growth in doctorates awarded in the EU, USA and Latin America 2004=100

European Union (27countries)

United States

Latin America

The rise of the doctoral school

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2006 (TRENDS V) 2009 (TRENDS 2010) 2011 (ARDE) 2013 (ERA Survey)

Universities with doctoral schools

Doctoral Schools

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Inter-institutional doc.schools betweens several

universities

Other (e.g. departmentallevel, non-universityresearch institutions)

Source: ERA Survey 2013EUA European Research Area Survey 2013

Procedures (internal QA) universally implemented

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Admission Progress monitoring Supervision Thesis assessment

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Source: ERA Survey 2013 EUA European Research Area Survey 2013

Reasearch will be very different for new generations

Doctoral candidates will work very differentlyfrom the supervisors, and there will be

different challenges

New challenges

Ethics and Research Integrity Digital Challenge Globalisation Engaging With Other Stakeholders

Challenge IV: Engaging With Other Stakeholders

Doctoral education connectinguniversities and society

Mobility across sectors Sharing knowledge between universities

and non-academic sector Individual professional development

New demands on universities and researchers

Salzburg III

Thank you

Obrigada