Spanish to English Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy Academic Paper

Evening all,

This is from an academic paper on implementing the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and the Salzburg Principles, and the changes this has brought about in doctoral education in Spain. The paper was drafted by a Professor Emeritus of a Spanish university.

This sentence is giving me a bit of a headache, and I’m not sure I’m getting the idea across with my current draft, so would appreciate some opinions/suggestions.

Context:

“Con el desarrollo del EEES y de los principios de Salzburgo, la formación doctoral pasa a ser interdisciplinar, promueve la movilidad, la cooperación y las redes a nivel doctoral, e incluye la formación del doctorando/a en competencias transversales, con el objetivo de adecuar las habilidades adquiridas por el doctorando/a a las necesidades reales de la sociedad y así aumentar la empleabilidad de los nuevos doctores/as, especialmente en el mundo empresarial. En este sentido, hay que tener en cuenta que, según la encuesta del INE referida a datos del 2009 en España, el 44.4% de los doctores/as está empleado en la enseñanza superior, el 35.8% en las administraciones públicas y el 15.7% en las empresas. Por tanto, se trata de formar doctores/as no solo para la Universidad o los centros de investigación, sino también para las empresas. Así, el diseño de los programas de formación doctoral ha de tener en cuenta las necesidades de los diversos segmentos de un mercado de trabajo cada vez más diversificado y basado en el conocimiento. ”

My current draft:

“As a result of implementing the EHEA and Salzburg Principles, doctoral education has become interdisciplinary, and now promotes mobility, cooperation and doctoral networks, as well as training PhD candidates in transferable skills, with the aim of adapting those skills to the actual needs of society, which increases the employability of new PhD graduates, especially in the private sector. In this regard, it should be noted that in 2009 some 44.4% of PhD graduates were employed in higher education, 35.8% in public administrations and 15.7% in the private sector, according to survey data from the National Statistics Institute of Spain for that year. So the aim is not just to turn out PhD graduates for Universities and research centres, but also for the private sector. Therefore, the needs of the various segments of an increasingly diverse, knowledge-based labour market must be considered when designing doctoral programmes.”
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Going into UK English. Thanks in advance.