The main goal of this ESF (European Social Fund) funded TOHTOS project was to expand and diversify the potential of doctoral students to find employment also in other fields than the traditional academic ones and to develop the working life relevance of doctoral training.
TOHTOS was a nationwide project coordinated by the University of Tampere. The partners were Universities of Eastern Finland, Turku, Vaasa and Oulu. The project was a part of a project entity “Osuvaa osaamista, korkeakoulusta työelämään” (Apt competence, from higher education to work) governed by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. The TOHTOS project was implemented during March 1, 2016 – February 28, 2019.
Actions of the project were:
1. to create a digital study package to support working life relevance of doctoral training,
2. develop a digital channel to support the visibility and recognition of doctoral students know-how,
3. to build cooperation between working life actors, doctoral programmes, supervisors, alumni and working life counselor networks,
4. to create an operation model on working life relevance in doctoral training, and
5. to share good practices.
More information about the project:
Project manager: Jukka Sysilampi (firstname.lastname@tuni.fi)
Coordinator: Riitta Kivimäki (firstname.lastname@tuni.fi)