Presentation from the EURAXESS webinar "Making a career in (European) research institutions more attractive to the next generations" led by Gabriela Teodorescu from Valahia University of Targoviste, 28.05.2020

1. ValahiaUniversity of
Targoviste
Making a career in (European)
research institutions more attractive to
the next generations.
Gabriela Teodorescu
RCP Euraxess Romania

2. ValahiaUniversity-Qualityattestedbyauthorizedinstitutions
University with “HIGH
CONFIDENCE RATE" given by
the Council of Romanian
Agency for Quality Assurance in
Higher Education
University certified ISO 9001
concerning Quality
Management System
University evaluated by
European University
Association (EUA) through the
Institutional Evaluation
Programme (IEP)

3. ValahiaUniversityofTargovisteStructure
10 FACULTIES
 Faculty of Economics
 Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, Electronics and
Information Technology
 Faculty of Environmental
Engineering and Food Science
 Faculty of Materials
Engineering and Mechanics
 Faculty of Sciences and Arts
 Faculty of Humanities
 Faculty of Orthodox Theology
and Educational Science
 Faculty of Political Sciences,
Letters and Communication
 Faculty of Law and
Administrative Sciences
 Faculty of Sciences and
Engineering Alexandria
2 DOCTORAL SCHOOLS
 Doctoral School of Economics and Humanities
 Doctoral School of Engineering Science
3 DEPARTMENTS
 Distance and Lifelong Learning Department
 Teachers’ Training Department
 Foreign Languages Studies Department

4. TheResearchInstitute
Scientific and Technological Multidisciplinary Research Institute consists of 17 Research Centers:
 Research Centre "Applied Sciences and Technologies"
 Research Centre for Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Information Technology
 Research Centre „Department Energy-Environment”
 Electric Vehicles Research Centre
 Centre for Research and Studies in Accounting and Finance
 Centre for Research and Studies in Management and Marketing
 Research Centre of the History of International Relations and Cultural Studies "Grigore Gafencu"
 Research Centre "Academic School of Materials Science"
 Research Centre "Nanomaterials for Micro-Mechanical"
 Research and Expertise Centre of the Natural Resources and Environment
 Biotechnology and Applied Engineering Sciences
 Centre for the Study of the Environment, Habitat, Activities and Free Time Driving
 St. Paul Interdisciplinary Research Centre Science-Faith-Mission
 Centre for research in social sciences
 Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research "Dumitru Staniloae“
 Research Centre for Psycho-Pedagogical Studies “I. T. Radu”
 Research Centre for Political Sciences and Communication

5. ValahiaUniversity of Targoviste
Making a career in (European) research institutions more attractive to
the next generations.
How can an employer to choose the best researcher?
Objectives:
 Allows universities and businesses to find the right talent and connects
people.
 Save employers time and money by helping new recruits with their CD.
Research skills, but also to develop the transferable skills that universities
and research institutions are looking for.

6. Making a career in research institution more attractive
requires having good working conditions, rewarding
productivity and quality in salary schemes etc.
CDC can play a key role in planning and development of
careers in the academic and non-academic sectors
providing unified services dedicated to this field across
Europe.

7. How?
1. The provision of social security benefits, type of contract (open-
ended, fixed-term ‘institutional’, or fixed term project based).
 probationary period of employment contracts without limit,
 contracts that’s provide social security benefits (tax break and
reduction in social security contribution),
 labour low benefits ( one-year probationary period with the possibilities
to end the contract at will duting that time)

8. Theory or not?
Fixed-term contracts have become a major form of
employment in Europe.
The usefulness of these jobs depends on the
institutional and economic environment.
Fixed-term contracts can be a pathway from
unemployment to employment, but their potential as a
stepping stone to permanent employment is undercut if
there is a strong degree of segmentation in labour
markets.

9. 2. Proliferation of short term research contracts and the differences
in the provision of social security benefits (sickness, parental,
unemployment and pension benefits) make research careers less
attractive for present and future generations.
One of the most important trends over the past decades is
undeniably the growth of insecurity in the world of work.
According to the latest data from the Higher Education Statistics
Agency (Hesa), more than a third of the academic workforce is
now on temporary, fixed-term contracts.

10. 3. Rewarding productivity
What kinds of rewards employees consider most beneficial and finally discuss
some dilemmas and difficulties managers face in applying motivation theory to
workplace setting.
Enhanced motivation can be attained when managers do their best to design the
work setting (True/Not true).
Managers can only influence employees with a combination of rewards to
motivate them to perform but cannot force them!!

11. 4. To emphasize the important function of the universities: to train
and retain the researchers for future generations
Universities work to ensure, among other
improvements, better teaching, better research, more
adequate and stronger relationship with business and
society, and better outreach.
Universities are thus dedicated to training and
prepare future researchers.
So, the role of universities is extremely important as
agents that conduct the training of future generation.
“Most of tomorrow's economy is being born today in
university research laboratories.” (Humboldt)

12. Research and education under one roof, giving
students direct access to the leading researchers and
thinkers of the time. In return, scientists would benefit from
the critical inquiries of their students.
Moreover, are alternative models of university education
and research both attractive and workable?
If universities move away from teaching and fund research
through links with business, do they sacrifice their
intellectual independence?

13. The situation for a research university very much depends
on the stage of development—both economically and
scientifically—of the country where the university is located.
For example, some research universities will have both
undergraduate and graduate programmes, whereas some
research universities will have only PhD programmes.
The important mission of research universities in the
European Union (EU) is to promote creative individual
research.

14. To develop creative research, we need an infrastructure
where faculty and graduate students are inspired to develop
creative ideas.
Research universities play a critical role in research and
education because they are the best instruments we have,
not only to generally educate undergraduate students to base
their opinions and decisions on existing evidence, but also to
develop their enthusiasm for a research career.
Also, universities need to act internationally.
They need to use the potential of sharing knowledge.

15. Thank you!
gabriela.teodorescu@valahia.ro