The important role of doctoral engineers as the next generation of scientific and technology leaders, who will underpin the competitiveness of the industry base, has been recognised among international R & D stakeholders and policy makers. In the UK, the Engineering Doctorate (EngD) programme was established 20 years ago as a scheme distinct from, and complementary to, the traditional PhD. The EngD is differentiated from PhD programmes as it expects doctoral researchers (Research Engineers: REs) to work closely with industry, by helping researchers acquire industry relevant skills as well as industry based research experience, while based in a company. This chapter draws on a pilot study conducted in 2013, which investigated the various forms of impacts resulting from EngD programmes-including the perceptions of business partners who fund research projects and host the REs, and the career destinations of the former REs. Four key routes to impacts are proposed as a conceptual framework in order to understand the variety of impacts of the collaborative doctoral training.
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Kitagawa, F. (2016). The impact of EngD-Dynamics of collaborative relationships through employer engagement in doctoral research training. In Engineering and Enterprise: Inspiring Innovation (pp. 55–64). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27825-4_5
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