EUA Council for Doctoral Education

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

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The Doctoral Debate

  • 12 October 2020

    Enabling FAIR research data management through doctoral education

    Lennart StoyEuropean University Association

    Research data management following the findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) principles has quickly evolved into a major priority of European research policy. Drawing lessons from research in the FAIRsFAIR project, EUA project manager Lennart Stoy reflects on what doctoral education can contribute to this endeavour.

  • 07 September 2020

    Towards a global doctorate?

    Hans-Joachim BungartzTechnical University of Munich

    Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 crisis, EUA-CDE Steering Committee Member Hans-Joachim Bungartz looks at the world of doctoral education and reflects on the importance of location, the institutional context and local supervision as meetings can be organised online anywhere. This piece briefly depicts the issue and launches a very relevant discussion on global doctorates.

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    Exchange good practices

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

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    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

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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.

264 members
36 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; EUA-CDE Steering Committee Chair