Developing the global researcher

The ‘what’, ‘so what’ and ‘now what’

Lynn Clark, Emma Gillaspy & Julie Reeves

HEIs in the 21st centuryA Copernican change has taken place

with regard to the roles of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). No longer do national systems of higher education lend prestige to their constituent parts, the institutions: rather, the opposite is true. It is the internationally acknowledged qualities of individual institutions which lend prestige to the national systems to which they belong.

UNESCO 2007

And what about you…

ObjectivesDevelop a greater awareness of the

internationalisation landscape and implications for supporting ‘global researchers’

Develop a shared understanding of what it means to be a ‘global researcher’

Input into future developments to ensure our researchers thrive wherever they are in the world

National Landscape

EuropeERA

Mobility! Euraxess

Innovation Union 1 m new researchers

I-strategy?

WorldwideUNESCO – Declaration & Framework

International Landscape

National surveysPRES

60% UK, 12% EU, 29% OverseasCROS

35% worked at a research institutionoutside the UK

PIRLSRated academic collaboration

Importance Confidence

Less confident in management and leadership of people

Your internationalisation landscape

And the survey said……8 HEI responses

4 Russell Group2 1994 group2 other

All have internationalisation strategy in place or under development

Training/development support

Critical reviewing of research papers - for international students

Staying Safe When Doing Field

Research

Sections in

induction for

international

researchersIntercultural competence

Thesis writing for research

students whose first

language is not English

Academic Jobs in the EU

Careers in Europe

Developing your academic

research writing:

challenges and tips for

writers of English as an

additional language

Inclusion and diversity in HE

Creating an Inclusive Environment

Courses

1-2-1 drop in sessions

International office run

induction for all staff

Careers support

to encourage

mobilityEmbedded within other

content e.g. diversity

training, managing

relationships, leadership

International staff

handbook

PGR mentoring

Research staff conference

International office

and advisors

(students)Exit interviews/surveys

Other support

Our 3 institutions….

Ideally what kind of people would we like to develop?

‘The global manager’…..Key issues:

• Failure rate• Rules & relationships• understanding environment • relationship building• personal integrity/self-management

• Ethics

• Need to select the right people: Operational stance, attitude & behaviour • In HEIs who are the best people to act globally?

How could the ‘global researcher’ be supported to be successful?…. By:

Their InstitutionNational organisations

What is the researcher’s responsibility?

What…

So what…

Now what…