Outplacement support for doctorates in emerging areas Erasmus Project

Project Title

Outplacement support for doctorates in emerging areas

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Knowledge Alliances for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

<< Background >>

OUTDOC was born with the purpose of providing an opportunity to those PhD students that cannot access the academia and face the uncertainties of joining the labour market after a career devoted to research. It is a highly skilled labour force, that matches the needs of a highly demanding market, but that lacks the right soft skills for employability. These skills are not provided at education institutions, creating a gap that burdens the European industry competitiveness.

<< Objectives >>

The objective of OUTDOC is to cover for this training gap by providing these doctorate students with the soft skills that they lack to access the market. A comprehensive, tailored training program, outside formal education, will permit the students to access the market and thus cover the needs of the European XXI markets.

<< Implementation >>

A consortium of 4 companies and 4 SMEs, representing 4 different companies was settled. This consortium developed a survey that was carried out among 252 companies from emerging sectors to identify which are the soft skills that the market was requested. Once identified, all partners developed the contents for an online program, developing each of those soft skills. This online, customised, training was supported by a face to face activity, a set of complementary activities and a mobility (which

<< Results >>

10 modules have been developed170 students have completed the online training program10 streaming sessions, by international experts, have been produced6 face to face session has been carried out70 students have participated in the visiting companies activity32 mentoring sessions have been performed133 coaching session have been carried out4 Digital Challenges have been developed with the participation of 21 students

Project Website

https://outdoc.usal.es/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 860268 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA & Country: ES

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITATEA ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA DIN IASI
• FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG
• BRANDWEB DESIGN SRL
• SUROVINA DRUZBA ZA PREDELAVO ODPADKOV DOO
• IDIMAS GESTION SL
• ITQ GMBH
• UNIVERZA V MARIBORU