Postgraduate Study within the EU-India Cross Cultural Innovation Network Project

In order to create a network model of postgraduate training we are developing an overarching framework which inter-links the postgraduate and doctoral training programme with the project workshop and seminar programme, R &D activities, and the exchanges of researchers. The project workshops provide a forum for piloting new courses and training modules. Visiting researchers contribute to widening the knowledge base through focused seminars and extending the project network through public lectures and visits to enterprises. By integrating exchanges of researchers with the ongoing processes of joint R & D projects, joint seminars, workshops and network forums, and by extending the university network to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial organisations, the project provides an integrated model for university collaborations in applied research and postgraduate training.

Find out more about Building an Integrated Model of Postgraduate Training

EU-INDIA CROSS CULTURAL COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

With growing interest in distance learning and collaboration, the project has provided a number of opportunities for students and academics from participating institutes to collaborate on a number of innovative projects.

EU-INDIA POSTGRADUATE STUDENT NETWORK

One of the main ideas of this project is to build and support a student network for research and postgradute studies. A number of students from the participating institutes have embarked on Doctoral Studies and Masters studies.

EDUCATIONAL MODELS WITHIN THE PROJECT

We are also seeking to learn from the diverse traditions and current issues in Education in the region of Europe and India.

At the University of Brighton a new model for Ph.D study is under consideration.See for example the position paper:

• Future Directions in Post-Graduate and Doctoral Research
  S. Laing.

From the Technical University of Aachen in Germany,we have an account of the Aachen model of education.

From the University of Delhi, India we learn about the current debates on education and curriculum reform.