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Workshop on Why do We Need Graduate Schools to Enlighten Science and Promote Research Universities?
- 30/11/2007
As part of the Lisbon Research and Policy Workshops on Science, Technology and Social Change, organised under the Portuguese Presidency of the European Union, a Workshop on Why do we need graduate schools to enlighten science and promote research universities? ... A dialogue across different experiences in Europe will be held on 10th and 11th December 2007 at the Fundação das Comunicações, Lisbon.
One of the aspects under the microscope is the increasing trend for post-graduate schools to be seen as an efficient way of locating basic research organisation and as drivers for innovation, and their increased links with industry and the entrepreneurial world.
Documents:
Presentations:
- Mary Ritter, Pro Rector for Postgraduate and International Affairs, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom – Why do we need Graduate Schools? Our experience at Imperial
- Ernest Rank,Vice President, Technische Universität München, Germany – TUM’s New Framework for Interdisciplinary Research:The ‚International Graduate School of Science and Engineering
- Andrew Brown, Dean of the Doctoral School, Institute of Education, University of London, United Kingdom – Fostering dialogue, diversity and dynamism in social research and the education of researchers
- Gesine Foljanty-Jost, The Hälle Wittenberg University, Germany – Do we need graduate schools to enlighten science? Experiences from international joint-graduate programmes in Germany