The MINDSHIFT Innovative Training Network (ITN) was an ambitious and transformative programme under the EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie initiative. Running from 2021 to 2024, it united six universities and seven industry partners to train 15 Early-Stage Researchers (ESRs) in multi-disciplinary approaches to hypertension research.
As a social enterprise promoting personal, role and organisation change and development, The Recess College was invited to join the consortium as a partner to deliver a personal and professional development track alongside the science research.
Central to the overall mission was the pioneering involvement of a personal-professional development track. This played a pivotal role within MINDSHIFT of jointly fostering mentorship dynamics and amplifying the developmental and relational aspects of the ITN.
The programme’s focus extended beyond research outcomes, aiming to establish a sustainable network, bridge academia- industry divides, and refine the mentor-mentee relationship.
The Recess College remit in the grant proposal application was to facilitate new organisational learning on three crucial aspects.
In this Report, the RC authors research and review :
1. The mentor-mentee relationship and its developmental stages towards self- motivation and initiative
2. The inter-dependent relationship between academia and industry
3. Building a sustainable research network.
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