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EU-China DOC

Enhancing the visibility of European Higher education and strengthening the dialogue and cooperation with Chinese stakeholders in the field of doctoral education

Prof dr Karen François Director Doctoral School Human Sciences Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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EU Erasmus Mundus Action 3 project Promoting European Higher Education With the support of the Erasmus Mundus programme of the European Union

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EU-China DOC Project partners

The project will be implemented by a strong partnership with key players from Europe and China:

• Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium (PI)
• Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA)
• University of Vienna (UniVie), Austria
• University of Tampere (UTA), Finland
• University of Stockholm (SU), Sweden
• Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce (BCECC), Belgium

EU-China DOC Project partners

The project will be implemented by a strong partnership with key players from Europe and China:

• China Education Association for International

Exchange (CEAIE), China

• Beijing Normal University (BNU), China
• Peking University (PKU), China
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China
• Southwest University (SWU), China

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Project duration: 3 years, Oct. 1, 2013–Sep.30, 2016 Grant amount: € 262.500,00 Framework and priority

• Under the background of EU-China High Level

People to People Dialogue

• Creating better synergies in doctoral education

between EU and China

• Doctoral education is the drive of scientific

innovation and construction of the knowledge society.

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Project overall aims

• Increase the awareness and knowledge about

European Higher Education for Chinese higher education actors

• Strengthen dialogue and cooperation between

European and Chinese stakeholders in the field

• f doctoral education, training and research

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Main target groups

• European and Chinese higher education

institutions (including policy makers, academic leadership, administrators, professors/supervisors, students/doctoral candidates)

• European and Chinese associations of higher

education institutions, employers, research institutes and councils.

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Main activities and outputs

• Promotional events
• Dialogue and interactive workshops
• Survey and impact assessment
• Reports (outcomes of events, survey, good

practices, evaluation results, quality assessment)

• Brochure, website, news releases
• Publication and documents available in two

languages (English & Chinese)

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Project events

• EU-China DOC Conference on EU-China

Dialogue in Doctoral Education,

Beijing, 25-26 November 2013

Organisation:

• Peking University (hosting)
• Vrije Universiteit Brussels
• China Education Association for International Exchange
• Beijing Normal University

Project events

• EU-China DOC workshop Brussels, May 2014

Theme: European doctoral education and training, governance, structure, funding schemes, entrepreneurship and societal significance

• EU-China DOC workshop Shanghai, Dec. 2014

Theme: Doctoral education: measures for quality assurance

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Project events

• EU-China DOC workshop Vienna, May 2015

Theme: Doctoral training and high quality of doctoral supervision, criteria of good promotership

• EU-China DOC workshop Stockholm, May

2016 Theme: Doctoral education, Multi-disciplinary and cross-border cooperation, risk-taking attitudes and employability

Project events

• EU-China DOC Project Closing Conference,

Chongqing, September 2016 Southwest University

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First outcomes of the Project Launch event

Beijing, 25-26 November 2013

The Salzburg Principles as the basis of the Reforms for European Doctoral Education

• Basic principles (Salzburg principles) (I: 2005

and II: 2009)

• Recommendation (no obligations) as quality

assurance

First outcomes of the Project Launch event

Beijing, 25-26 November 2013

Main Salzburg principles

• The doctorate is Research based
• Doctoral education supports Individual

development of PhD candidate. There is no fixed

• program. The PhD candidate takes an individual

path in order to meet the needs of the candidate.

• Supervision is central to doctoral education. It is

moving from single one to one relation to an institutional responsibility creating a culture of supervision

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First observations on Similarities and differences

• EU: increasing number of doctoral schools (65% TRENDS

2010)

• China: doctoral education is part of graduate schools (Ma –

PhD)

• EU: academic doctorates
• China: professional doctorates and academic doctorates
• EU: emphasis on individual development of the PhD

candidate

• China: emphasis on regular courses and entry examination

Beijing recommendations 2013

• 1. Offer courses for doctoral candidates to enhance

research skill (methodology) and language skills

• 2. Provide transferable skills trainings for candidates

(non-academic career)

• 3. Establish a code of conduct for supervision to clarify

roles and responsibilities and provide trainings to professionalize supervision

• 4. Encourage team supervision and in particular the

involvement of supervisors from abroad

• 5. Provide a working environment to assure a good

research-work balance given the different tasks of doctoral candidates

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Beijing recommendations 2013

• 6. Establish Doctoral Schools and assure dedicated

professional administration according the specific need of doctoral candidates (PhD office)

• 7. Assure appropriate Representation of Doctoral

Candidates in the decision making bodies to give them a voice

• 8. Strive for international attractive curricula (E program)
• 9. Foster international mobility such as stays abroad,

conferences and international fora

• 10. Make things work! Starting from good practices –

looking for bottle necks

Project Website http://www.euchinadoc.com/

Project Coordinator: Prof Chang Zhu: Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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EU-China DOC Secretariat Email: ECHE@vub.ac.be Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)