Tandem-Professor

Overview

With its PRO4-HSRW program, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences (HSRW) strengthens the promotion of young scientists with the aim of further developing the career path to a professorship at a University of Applied Sciences (UAS).

In the program, the HSRW aims not only to address individual challenges of career development and personnel recruitment, but also to offer an innovative concept that 1) has a career development scenario in mind, 2) university policy developments (doctorates at the UAS, internationalization, strengthening knowledge transfer and research at UAS) and 3) specifically developing a holistic view of equality and diversity, which is of fundamental importance for the current challenges of personnel recruitment.

In the sub-project Tandem University - Economy there is a project-based cooperation for the promotion and further development of scientific staff as well as a scientific cooperation between university and company. Research and knowledge transfer are interlinked with institutionalized personnel development in order to promote the attractiveness of the UAS professorship as a career option.

In the sub-project “Tandem University – Economy” there is a project-based cooperation for the promotion and further development of scientific staff as well as a scientific cooperation between university and company. Research and knowledge transfer are interlinked with institutionalized personnel development in order to promote the attractiveness of the UAS professorship as a career option.

Goal

The aim of the tandem program is in particular to enable people who are already scientifically qualified to gain the professional experience they lack in business as well as further teaching and practical experience that is required for an appointment to a professorship at a University of Applied Sciences.

Qualified employees of HSRW who have a doctorate can be funded for up to three years and work both at the university and with an external cooperation partner during this time. For this purpose, the scientists work half of their working hours at the university, while they are employed and work in a company for the other half of their working hours.

The funding for the position is shared between the university and the company. Participating companies undertake to finance the personnel costs for working in the company. Through this model, academic staff gain professional experience outside of a university, which is a prerequisite for an appointment to a UAS professorship. The scientists take part in workshops for university didactic training and are accompanied by special coaching and feedback sessions in human resources development. Cooperation with companies should be designed in such a way that they benefit from the transfer of knowledge and innovation. For this purpose, final theses and doctorates should be carried out more in cooperation between university and business.