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Strategies to Win the BestRector Lauritz Holm-Nielsen March 23, 2011

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Strategies to Win the BestRector Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen


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For the world’s top universities the real challenge is not funding but competing for the most advanced human capital…

Nobel Laureate Jens Christian Skou, Aarhus UniversityThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1997


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Scientific staff increasingly on the moveShare of foreign-born human resources in science and technology, aged 25-64 years in EU-27 and selected countries, 2006

Source: Eurostat HRST data base


AARHUSUNIVERSITYWho will be the winners and losers in the

global competition for the best qualified staff? Attracting researchers is not

simply a question of pecuniary rewards

Opportunities for career development

Autonomy to pursue the unexpected

Well-financed positions Importance of creating

attractive research environments

Source: Holm-Nielsen & Thorn, 2008


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How do different university systems perform?Evaluated dimensions Degree of independence Guidance received from superior or coworkers Salary Holiday entitlement Health-care benefits Maternity or paternity leave Retirement plan Total hours worked per week

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Source: Nature 2010Source: Nature Vol 465 24 June 2010

Knowledge exchange

EducationResearch

Talent development

The Humboldt UniversityThe Triple Helix UniversityThe Modern University

PhDs

Post docs Students

Studies

Lifelonglearning

Contracts

Researchprogrammes

Research projects

Professors


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Principles guiding career development at Aarhus University Clearly defined pathways Support for high-flying

individuals Incentives for scientific staff to

work across scientific disciplines

Recognition of alternative career tracks (e.g. industrial PhD program)

Early warning when permanent employment is unlikely to be realized

Earlyrecruitment

PhD

Postdoc

Earlycareer

Advancedcareer


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Early identification of research talentDuration of PhD education vary from 3-5 years

5 + 3Bologna Classic4 + 4

3 + 5Bologna Danese

Earlyrecruitment

PhD

Postdoc

Earlycareer

Advancedcareer


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Nurturing early-stage researchers Award potential and not

always exclusively an extensive achievement record

Provide young staff freedom to conduct independent research

Assistance from research support office in applications for competitive funding

Allocate time for training and international collaboration Nobel Laureate Dale T. Mortensen, NWU and Aarhus

University, The Nobel Prize in Economics, 2010


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Use of financial incentives Strategic use of the

university research foundation

Grants for screening potential PhDs and post docs

Starting grants for young potential researchers

Support for the recruitment of highly accomplished scientists and foreign professors

Francis Fukuyama, Stanford and Aarhus

University


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Recruitment and visibility Need to avoid

“cannibalism” by promoting brain circulation and refraining from charitable recruitment

Post all research positions- including entry-level posts, openly and internationally

Headhunting and active use of search committees

Engagement in employer branding


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Capacity building in developing countries Well-managed universities in

developing countries bring: Local knowledge production and

innovation Local availability of highly skilled

graduates How may university sectors

contribute to capacity strengthening within research and higher education in the most efficient and constructive way?

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Thank youRector Lauritz B. Holm-NielsenE-mail: [email protected]

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