Work Package 6

THE METHOD AND THE PATH FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PH.D. SMEs ORIENTED

The main goal of WP6 is to implement:

  • a new industrial PhD course oriented to SMEs, its design and elaboration
  • a new innovative methodological approach for designing an SME-oriented industrial doctoral course

Academic representatives and media experts from 6 countries collaborated to design a new path and, as a result, identify a methodological approach that can become a reproducible model in Europe for the development of a researcher training offer tailored to specific needs and requirements of SMEs.

The monitoring and evaluation actions and performance indicators defined the monitoring and evaluation plans of WP8 and the quality criteria were defined by the Quality Schedule in WP9 QP. The formalization of the Industrial PhD path for SMEs was a preparatory for the guidance activities implemented in WP7 for young researchers and SMEs who may be interested in the new path.

WP6 ActivitiesShort DescriptionOutputsStatus
6.1 KEY COMPETENCESDefinition of key the competencies to be trained through the new Industrial PhD path for SMEs.

Details about the JTAG meeting.
and the Key Competences can be found here.

Completed
6.2 STRUCTURE OF THE NEW PATH
Definition of  the structures of the new path with its division into training and research activities.Summary about the structure of the new path can be found here.
Completed
6.3 TRAINING UNITS Definition of the models for designing the training and research units.Details about the guidelines to standardize the methodological approach among partners for designing the training units and information about the JTAG meeting can be found here.
Completed
6.4 TRAINING TOOLSDefinition of the training and mentoring tools to be used during the study course of the new pathDescription about the  Training Tools can be found here.Completed
6.5 TRAINING THE TRAINERSDefinition of a course for training the trainers in order to harmonise the training methods for students coming from different countriesSummary of the JTAG meeting.
and the guidelines of the training course can be found here.		Completed
6.6 COMPETENCES CERTIFICATIONDefinition of the processes for the evaluation and certification of the key competencies required by the new Industrial PhD path for SMEsInformation about the JTAG meeting.
and Competences Certification Process can be found here.		Completed

6.7 FORMALIZATION OF THE METHOD AND PATH
Milestone of the project (M7 and M8)

Sharing the defined formalization of the new Industrial PHD path for SMEs and the methods used for designing it.Output 1: Report of JTAG meeting.
Output 2: Report on the New Industrial PhD path SMEs.
Output 3:Final report on the methodologies that use for designing the new Industrial PhD path for SMEs		Completed
6.8 CONSORTIUM AGREEMENTCreation of a Consortium Agreement for the joint implementation between partner universities of the new Industrial PhD path for SMEs.A summary of the Consortium Agreement can be found hereCompleted