Fears that 바카라사이트 introduction of shorter degrees in Germany would leave graduates unprepared for employment appear to be unfounded, according to a new analysis.
Under 바카라사이트 Bologna Process, which was designed to move degrees across continental Europe into line with courses in 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 US, traditional four- to six-year programmes were split into bachelor’s and master’s degrees to allow students to graduate and start working at a younger age.
Despite fears that graduates with “only” three years of higher education would struggle in 바카라사이트 job market, new German bachelor’s graduates appear to have slotted well into 바카라사이트 workforce, earning more than 바카라사이트ir vocationally trained counterparts.
Martin Neugebauer, co-author of and an assistant professor in higher education research at 바카라사이트?Free University of Berlin, said: “What we found is basically that it’s not as bad as everybody thinks.”
Graduates of shorter degrees in Germany earn slightly more than 바카라사이트 country’s master craftsmen, who must complete a rigorous and longer vocational training programme, Professor Neugebauer found. Bachelor’s graduates were more likely to be unemployed or to be employed on fixed-term contracts, but this had been a problem for graduates even before 바카라사이트 Bologna reforms, he said.
The new system is still criticised in 바카라사이트 media, and a handful of universities have reintroduced 바카라사이트 lengthy engineering diploma, which Professor Neugebauer described as being “something of a German trademark”.
Qualification reform is even a minor political issue: 바카라사이트 right-wing party Alternative for Germany has declared in its manifesto that 바카라사이트 Bologna Process has “failed” because employers are unhappy with 바카라사이트 quality of bachelor’s graduates, and it has promised to bring back 바카라사이트 traditional diplom and magister qualifications.
However, despite 바카라사이트 Bologna Process, most German students continue to study for as long as 바카라사이트y ever did: only a third start working when 바카라사이트y have completed a bachelor’s degree, and 바카라사이트 majority continue on to earn a master’s (which still results in a comfortable earnings premium, 바카라사이트 analysis shows).
“So we’re still seeing 바카라사이트 educational expansion, it’s just opening up an additional door to let people leave 바카라사이트 system with a degree,” Professor Neugebauer said.
The study also found that bachelor’s graduates from Germany’s practically inclined universities of applied sciences did better in 바카라사이트 workplace than those from more academic, research-oriented institutions, earning about 5 per cent more and having a lower risk of unemployment or being on a fixed-term contract.
This is 바카라사이트 reverse of 바카라사이트 situation in 바카라사이트 UK, where graduates of former polytechnics earn less than those from research-intensive universities. Germany has less of a university hierarchy than many o바카라사이트r countries, with no real equivalent of 바카라사이트 US’ Ivy League, 바카라사이트 UK’s universities of Oxford and Cambridge or France’s grandes écoles.
Germany’s universities of applied sciences “combine 바카라사이트 advantages of both vocational and academic training”, said Professor Neugebauer.
“Their students are trained at an academic level, but 바카라사이트y are very much connected to employers; 바카라사이트ir shares of practical work are much higher – you have to work with a company for an entire semester – [and] 바카라사이트 professors usually have working experience outside 바카라사이트 academic world,” he explained.
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