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How can cooperation between European universities strengthen the skills of students, researchers and staff?
Welcome to the webinar «Growing Excellence through Skills within the EDUC Alliance». Here you will get an insight into concrete opportunities in EDUC and hear what participants have gained from them. You will also gain insight into how the European university alliance Una Europa works with development for staff, and how the EU supports such work.
Together, we focus on how universities can support professional development and create more pathways into research.
This webinar is in English and is particularly relevant for researchers, PhD candidates or staff with an interest in skills development and international cooperation.
Mentoring schemes, language exchanges and work placements at partner universities are some of the opportunities you will hear about. Participants share their own experiences, and experts from EDUC universities explain how they are working to bring education and research closer together and give more people the chance to develop their skills.
From USN, Rebeca Schumacher and Rob Bongaardt will take part with presentations on skills development through mentoring schemes and work placements in the EDUC alliance.
Key topics
- closer links between education and research, from master's studies to PhD and a further research career
- courses and development opportunities that more researchers and staff can take part in
- learning and sharing experience through mentoring schemes, language exchanges and work placements
- cooperation between university alliances and EU support for skills development
Registration
Digital registration form: Growing Excellence through Skills within the EDUC Alliance (forms.office.com)
Join online
Link to the live stream: MS Teams
Programme
Download: Programme: Growing Excellence through Skills within the EDUC Alliance (.pdf)
Tuesday 24 November
10.00-10.10
Welcome and introduction
How EDUC is upskilling its community
Britta van Kempen, University of Potsdam, chairs the seminar
10.10-10.45 | Connecting Education to Research
10.10-10.20
Master-PhD Excellence Pathway: How we help top students move quickly and easily into research
Alessandra Carucci, University of Cagliari
10.20-10.30
Is there a ‘best place for postdocs’?
Monica Heintz, Paris Nanterre University.
10.30-10.40
Testemonial: A Postdoc Perspective
Federica Velli, University of Rennes
10.40-10.45
Questions and answers
10.45-11.40 | How EDUC is creating a talent ecosystem
10.45-10.55
Capacity Building Across EDUC: Designing Accessible Courses for Researchers and Staff
Eva Nagyová, Masaryk University.
10.55-11.05
Testemonial: Enhancing skills towards research excellence through intersectional empowerment
Iva Šmídová, Masaryk University
11.05-11.15
Building capacity across borders: Competence development through mentoring and secondments in the EDUC alliance
Rebeca Schumacher and Rob Bongaardt, University of South-Eastern Norway.
11.15-11.35
Testemonials:
- Barbara Vidale - University of Cagliari, and Mara Marcelli - Jaume I University: E-Tandem Language Programme
- Carlo Contu - University of Cagliari: Secondment Programme
- Jana Nová - Masaryk University: Mentoring Programme
11.35-11.40
Questions and answers
11.40-11.50
Experiences from Una Europa
Empowerment and Professional Staff Development in UNA Europa alliance
Umberto Santagata, University of Bologna.
11.50-12.00
Summary and closing
Supporting University Staff development through EU initiatives
A representative from the European Commission.