Career promotion criteria published in English
Allotting a space on the institution's website for the list of career promotion criteria could greatly contribute to foreign researchers seeking a more permanent involvement at the welcoming institution. Career paths should be structured, transparent, and clear for foreign researchers.
Goals
Improved access to information
Basic information
| Categories | Profesional & Academic Development |
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| Mobility stages | Institutional setup |
| Delivery schedule | Continuous |
| Importance | Important to have |
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| Target groups | R2 - R4 researchers Lecturers (incl. Language Teachers) PhD student/Early career researcher |
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| Types of contracts of researchers | Employee in training (interns, research fellows, postdocs) Fixed term employee |
| Career stages of researchers | 1-3-years of experience 3-10 years of experience 10-15 years of experience |
| Lengths of stays of researchers | More than 12 months |
Practice setup
The setting up activities include:
- all the possible positions should be listed on the website, ideally published in English (language departments can be asked to help translate the career promotion criteria)
- career promotion criteria would include the following, among others; the time period spent in a certain position necessary to be completed prior to applying for a different position, for example, researcher to senior researcher, the forms of the learning/educational/teaching process the ones seeking promotions have been involved in, number and type of publications. Each of the criteria should be given for every single position (assistant professor, researcher, senior researcher, associate professor, et cetera).
- IROs could be forwarding the open positions to interested foreign researchers. New positions should be constantly updated and described in a detailed manner. If it is done properly, it should look like an elaborate list with the same type of criteria listed for each and every entry, but at the same time, it could be easy to compare criteria for different positions.
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Description of collaboration
@EURAXESS centre can help with designing a structure for open position (s) based on the open job positions structure templates at the EURAXESS job & funding database
Practice delivery
The delivery activities can include:
- Whenever a foreign researcher shows interest in coming to a certain institution, IROs should forward them the list of career promotion criteria in English, to show that they, apart from coming for an exchange, can also advance their academic career at the welcoming institution.
Challenges (factors to consider): incoming academics and staff members should be informed beforehand that such an option, where they can check career promotion criteria, is accessible.
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Examples of practice
Career promotion criteria - Purdue University
Purdue University included a whole section dedicated solely to promotions, such as definition, criteria, and types of promotion. It is detailed and easy to understand.
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