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EUA Council for Doctoral Education

The European voice for doctoral education, bringing together a community of academic leaders and professionals

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Events

  • 14-16 Jun
    2023

    Annual meetings

    Engaged research - the role of communication in doctoral education

    Hosted by Lappeenranta–Lahti University of Technology and University of Helsinki, Finland

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News

  • 20 Mar
    2023
    EUA-CDE news 2024 EUA-CDE Thematic Workshop
  • 17 Mar
    2023
    Member and partner news Vacancy: Principal of the European University Institute
  • 09 Feb
    2023
    EUA-CDE news Call for contributions: 2023 EUA-CDE Annual Meeting
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The Doctoral Debate

  • 21 June 2022

    Social background as a challenge for doctoral education

    Ann-Kristin KolwesUniversity of Cologne

    In order to better support first-generation academics, it is important to deal with the particular hurdles that many of them face on their academic career path. The four most important of these are presented in this article, which also shows why universities should do more for this group.

  • 13 May 2022

    Rethinking doctoral education for careers within and beyond the academy

    Anneleen MortierGhent University
    Neda BebirogluObservatory of Research and Scientific Careers

    The training of doctoral candidates remains largely oriented towards academia. Given that increasing numbers of doctorate holders will eventually work beyond the academy, we need to rethink doctoral education. This article proposes several recommendations (‘rethinks’) emerging from empirical studies targeting collaboration, transferable skills and the relations between doctoral candidates and their future employers.

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Five reasons to join

  • 1

    Exchange good practices

    Exchange and learn about the latest good practices in doctoral education from across Europe

  • 2

    Strengthen your network

    Strengthen and expand your network with our community of academic leaders and professionals from more than 30 European countries

  • 3

    Gain access to expertise on doctoral school development

    We bring together a community with know-how on supporting doctoral schools for universities at different stages of development

  • 4

    Enhance your doctoral research capacity

    Develop your university’s capacity to attract and shape talented early-stage researchers in a competitive and global environment

  • 5

    Speak with a strong voice

    Speak with a strong voice on the European policy level, together with our European network of more than 230 universities

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EUA-CDE

EUA-CDE brings together the largest community of academic leaders and professionals working on doctoral education and research training in Europe.

272 members
38 countries

Eastern Mediterranean University

Famagusta, Cyprushttp://www.emu.edu.tr
Doctoral researchers are vital to the production of knowledge and to challenging the status quo. Focused on improving doctoral education in Europe, our engagement extends from university leadership to those involved in the day-to-day delivery of doctoral programmes and supervision.

Luke Georghiou,
Deputy President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Manchester; former EUA-CDE Steering Committee Chair

Luke Georghiou

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