Friday, April 20, 2018
Venue: SPARK Demo, St Narva 3, Tartu
The workshop will give an overview of different models of doctoral education and comparing different practices of doctoral studies in Estonia and abroad. To this end, jointly with Universities Estonia (the association of six Estonian public universities) and Ministry of Education and Research are organising an international seminar, where we will host representatives of our partner institutions from Finland, Belgium, United Kingdom and the Netherlands to share their practices and recent developments.
We will try to answer the following questions at the seminar:
VIDEO: http://www.uttv.ee/ |
Agenda of the Workshop
10.00-10.30 | Registration, coffe and networking |
Welcome and Introducion | |
10.30-10.35 | Ms. Hanna Kanep, Secretary-General, Universities Estonia |
Setting the scene and some developments in Estonia | |
10.35-10.50 |
Doctoral Studies in Estonia Mrs. Ursula Tubli, Adviser for Research Policy Department, Ministry of Education and Research |
10.50-11.10 |
Challenges of the Doctoral Education: Compatibility of the Doctoral Studies and Societal Needs Dr. Kristjan Vassil, Vice Rector of Research, University of Tartu |
11.10-11.30 |
Developments of Doctoral Education at the Tallinn University of Technology Dr. Renno Veinthal, Vice Rector of Research, Tallinn University of Technology |
Session I. Finland and the Netherlands | |
11.30-12.15 |
Structures of Doctoral Education at the University of Helsinki Dr. Hanna Maija Urponen, Head of Services for Doctoral Education, University of Helsinki |
12.15-13.00 |
Doctoral Education in the Life Sciences: focus on research <-> focus on education Dr. Saskia Ebeling, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Utrecht University |
13.00-13.45 | Lunch |
Session II. Belgium and United Kingdom | |
13.45-14.30 |
KU Leuven Celebrates 10 Years of Doctoral Schools: Taking Stock of the Progress Mrs. Leen Cuypers, Coordinator of Arenberg Doctoral School, KU Leuven |
14.30-15.15 |
Doctoral Education at the University of Sheffield Prof. Martina Daly, Faculty Lead for Postgraduate Research Programmes, University of Sheffield Medical School |
15.15-16.00 | Coffe and discussion |
16.00-16.30 | Panel conclusions |