EURAXESS Services Network

Jennifer Cleary

EURAXESS Ireland

SMARTSkills Postgraduate Workshop

24th October 2013

Research is an international career

Highly mobile researchers are more productive

Time spent researching abroad (or across sectors) can bring lots of benefits:

– Access to facilities and expertise

– Improved career prospects

– Broaden horizons

It can also have drawbacks:

– Practical difficulties (immigration,family issues, tax etc.)

– Cultural differences & Language barriers

EURAXESS is….

…

an initiative, launched by the European Commission, to promote research careers and facilitate the

mobility of researchers across Europe.

Why should you get involved?. . . .

If the answer to any of these

questions is yes,then

EURAXESS is here to help you

Are you looking to recruit junior or

experienced researchers from around the world

?

Would you like to explore research

funding opportunities

?

Are you looking for a job in

research sector

?

Do you need assistance with

your visas/immigration/

issues

?Do you need info on practicalities when you are

moving to another country

?

Are you looking for assistance

with your Hosting Agreement

?

EURAXESS European

Commission

http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm

EURAXESS

EURAXESS Jobs - Information on job opportunities, funding

opportunities, grants, employment, etc.

EURAXESS Services - Practical assistance for researchers

EURAXESS Rights - Information on the European

Researchers’ Charter and Code of Conduct for the Recruitment

of Researchers – HR Excellence in Research, Scientific Visa

Scheme

EURAXESS Links - a networking tool for researchers outside

Europe. Operating in USA, China, Japan, India and Singapore

Central jobs and funding portal for Europe

Free of charge

Can advertise jobs and search CV database (20,027 active CVs)

Almost 8200 organisations from across Europe are registered on EURAXESS Jobs

Around 35,000 unique visitors per month

8,140 vacancies currently available, 113 from Ireland

Nature Jobs postings imported to/from EURAXESS Jobs

All European research organisations are being encouraged to use the EURAXESS Jobs portal to advertise their research positions

EURAXESS Jobs

EURAXESS Jobs

EURAXESS Jobs (national portal)

EURAXESS Services

• Practical assistance for researchers and their families

before, during and after their move abroad

• Web portals - Each country runs their own national portal

Irish Universities Association manages EURAXESS -

Ireland

• Helpdesks (phone or email)

• Service Centre - Walk-in centres providing personalised

assistance to all researchers

• Local Contact Points - Offices within 7 universities and

various IOT’s giving assistance to incoming staff/students.

Info on different services by

country

EURAXESS Ireland website

Website for RESEARCHERS

Custom designed interface for Doctoral and

Research Students

Interface for private sector with opportunities and

service for companies and researchers in

industry

Stats

5,409 registered users on the portal who receive regular

updates on job and funding opportunities. Mainly Post Doc

and Post Graduate Researchers

42,886 Job Searches on the national portal

455 Job Applications made directly via the portal application

facility but this does not reflect the large number of

applications that have been made directly to organizations.

3,783 Organisation profile searches have been made by

registered users

7829 jobs have been uploaded

7009 helpdesk queries solved

HOSTING AGREEMENT SCHEME

…

a fast tracking visa scheme for non EU researchers coming to Ireland to work at universities and

industry. Hosting Agreement scheme removes immigration obstacles non Europeans face while

moving to Ireland to work.

Ireland adopted the Scheme in 2007.

Researchers on Hosting Agreements can

avail of a range of benefits

Fast track immigration

Exemption from a work permit

Possibility to remain and work in Ireland without a working

permission after 2 years on Hosting Agreement

Spousal / dependent work Permit

Immediate family reunification

Employment as a researcher in industry on a Hosting

Agreement

Employment as an academic on a Hosting Agreement

• Free processing, helpdesk and accreditation

• reduced immigration costs (Work permit costs €1000 pa; Hosting Agreement is free)

• Fast tracks visa application

• Helps to employ non EEA academics

Advantages

• Processing of HA applications/information desk• Help with accreditation of new institutions for the Scheme • Help with immigration issues (visas, immigration permissions)• Direct contact to Immigration and Work Permit experts

Operation/EURAXESS Ireland

• 1883 non EU researchers from 84 countries in research projects with 45 research organisations – all uni’s, 12 IOT’s, 15 research inst.& 15 Industry

• 15 % of researchers employed in Ireland on Hosting Agreements (500 -550 persons)

• Universities currently employ 400 non EU researchers on HA

Facts

The HOSTING AGREEMENT SCHEME

Where HA Researchers come from ?

Research field

Would they have come to Ireland if the

Scientific Visa was not in place ?

Opinion's on the Hosting Agreement

So-far-so-good

Very generous, and very attractive for both professionals and

academics

‘It was amazing to get my visa with my family members in 7

days when we came first time to Ireland with a hosting

agreement’.

‘It definitely made it a lot easier and I am more likely to stay

because of this system.’

‘For me, immediate joining of my family members was the

most important criteria to move to Ireland’

But needs to be advertised more …..

YOUR RIGHTS!!

Charter and Code

European Charter for Researchers addresses the roles,

responsibilities and entitlements of researchers and their

employers or funding organisations

…contributes to successful performance in the generation,

transfer and sharing of knowledge, and to the career

development of researchers.

Charter and Code

The Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers

aims to improve recruitment, to make selection procedures

fairer and more transparent and proposes different means of

judging merit:

….not just be measured on the number of publications but on

a wider range of evaluation criteria teaching, supervision,

teamwork, knowledge transfer, management and public

awareness activities.

Human Resources Strategy for Researchers

Encourage

mainstreaming of C&C in

research org’s policies

– Open Recruitment

– Social Security &

Pensions

– Attractive Working

Conditions

– Training & Skills

EURAXESS LINKS

Jennifer Cleary

EURAXESS Ireland

Jennifer.cleary@iua.ie

+353 1 6764948