Career structures in Europe Tony Hyman FRS Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Geneti

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Career structures in EuropeTony Hyman FRSMax
Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and
Genetics Dresden
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What is a career structure?

• A clearly definable path from training to a job,
  with defined promotion steps.

Training Promotion Step A Promotion Step
B Promotion Step C
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Why is a career structure important?

• For the young person A clear understanding of
  what is necessary to succeed. (and encourages
  recruitment from outside Europe)
• For Science. A pipeline of excellence that
  channels the best young scientists to the top of
  their profession.

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The European perspective

• The European Union now contains over 300 million
  people and is committed to free interchange of
  labour and goods.
• The European commission tries to unify standards
  in order to encourage this process.

Standard career structure in Europe of Science
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Science and Europe

• Scientists should be able to move quickly and
  simply between jobs of similar types within
  Europe.

Germany Promotion Step A Promotion Step
B Promotion Step C
UK Promotion Step A Promotion Step
B Promotion Step C
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Does a career structure exist in Europe?

• Not only does it not exist in Europe, but no
  individual country has a defined career structure.

Germany Promotion Step A Promotion Step
B Promotion Step C
UK Promotion Step A Promotion Step
B Promotion Step C
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The US career structureComparison with Europe
Europe
USA

• PhD
• Postdoc
• Assistant professor
• Associate professor
• Full Professor.

PhD Postdoc ?
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European career structure needs a brand.
Europe
PhD Postdoc Career development
Tenured job
Head of department
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European Science needs a brand.

• Encourages young talent to stay in science (as
  opposed to law for instance)
• Encourages non-European talent to come to Europe
• Encourages Europeans to stay in, or to come back
  to, Europe.