Periodic Reporting for period 1 - EURAXESS Hubs (Piloting EURAXESS talent hubs to support researchers’ careers)
Reporting period: 2021-09-01 to 2022-08-31
The project has set up, implemented and validated three EURAXESS cross-border digital competence hubs. These hubs provide resources for the target groups of the hub themes, such as researchers, research performing organisations and EURAXESS member institutions; they serve as virtual platform for engagement and collaboration among the hub member EURAXESS Bridgehead Organisations vis-à-vis they target audience; and they work as three distinct examples of a new service provision architecture for EURAXESS in the three thematic areas, each the theme of one hub, as follows:
a. Talent management within academia and the public sector
b. Researcher careers beyond academia
c. Scientific startup entrepreneurship
a. The four areas (Skills, Gender, Recruitment and Career Stories) of the Talent management hub have jointly implemented the hub and produced an integrated toolkit, readily available for users. The attractiveness of research careers is communicated via six full-length career stories, published at the EURAXESS Website and continuously disseminated through national and international channels and newsletters.
b. The digital toolkit of the Researcher careers beyond academia hub created a platform where interested stakeholders can find tailor-made information about and adaptable practices for Research careers beyond academia. The hub has successfully prepared and launched its large-scale cross-border mentoring programme, developed from the pre-existing REBECA scheme. A match-making event provided researchers with a possibility to explore employment and collaboration opportunities beyond academia. The LinkedIn showcase page for the EURAXESS alumni community interested in intersectoral mobility is up and running, serving as an online space of community building for this hub.
c. The Scientific startup entrepreneurship hub provided very specific career development support, in the interesting niche area of scientific startup entrepreneurship. The hub has prepared and published its comprehensive toolkit in an e-book format, in addition to having been fully functional as a section of the EURAXESS web portal. The toolkit is targeting aspiring sci-entrepreneurs, research performing organisations and EURAXESS members alike. Capacity building and promotion activities took place offering funded start-up startup tours (study visits) targeting talents with basic to advanced entrepreneurship experience and offering cross-country insights and experience from insiders.
The hub toolkits are available at:
a. Talent Management Hub: https://www.euraxess.gr/greece/talent-management-hub
b. Researcher Careers Beyond Academia Hub: https://www.euraxess.es/spain/euraxess-researcher-careers-beyond-academia-digital-toolkit
c. Startup Hub: https://www.euraxess.rs/serbia/euraxess-startup-hub-digital-toolkit
Horizontal acitivties facilitated the ongoing work in the hubs in the areas of
• Management and supervision
• Support to the implementation of digital toolkits
• Dissemination and communication towards key stakeholders
• Knowledge sharing within the EURAXESS network.
In addition, horizontal activities cover producing a meta-model of data collection from the hubs to assess the quality of work in each hub based on future comparability.