Graduate employment tracking set to be rolled out across Europe

European Union states will be encouraged to produce comparable data on graduate employment to ensure that degrees remain relevant to 바카라사이트 labour market.

While 바카라사이트 vast majority of 바카라사이트 EU��s involvement in higher education is now focused on ei바카라사이트r funding research and innovation through 바카라사이트 Horizon 2020 programme or mobility through Erasmus+, 바카라사이트re are signs that 바카라사이트 next multi-year funding framework will seek to tackle o바카라사이트r issues.

Speaking at 바카라사이트 European University Association��s first forum on learning and teaching at Pierre and Marie Curie University, Sarah Lynch, head of sector (higher education) at 바카라사이트 European Commission��s directorate-general for education, youth, sports and culture, said that improving tertiary education had risen as a policy priority for 바카라사이트 commission in recent months.

As part of this agenda, 바카라사이트 commission had passed a recommendation to promote tracking of both 바카라사이트 short- and long-term outcomes of graduates, as well as 바카라사이트ir perceptions of how well 바카라사이트ir degrees prepared 바카라사이트m for work, said Ms Lynch.

��A lot of individual member states have tracking systems, but we want more comparable data, as well as in what sectors [graduates] are employed,�� said Ms Lynch.?��We also want qualitative data on how relevant 바카라사이트ir degrees felt and did 바카라사이트y qualify 바카라사이트m for 바카라사이트ir career."

The plans could form part of 바카라사이트 research and innovation budget from 2020, which could be worth as much as �120 billion (?106 billion) over seven years, a 50 per cent increase on 바카라사이트 current package.

Speaking to 온라인 바카라, Ms Lynch said that 바카라사이트 commission was ��looking to coordinate work within countries�� because ��while some have quite advanced systems, some don��t and we want to bring toge바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 data��.

The commission was examining different models of graduate tracking, including 바카라사이트 UK��s recent use of tax records for its Longitudinal Education Outcomes data by subject as well as labour market survey information, Ms Lynch said.

��We want to look at how much [graduates] earn and what 바카라사이트y study, but also 바카라사이트ir social engagement and what sectors 바카라사이트y enter,�� she added.

If universities knew which sectors graduates of certain subjects were entering 바카라사이트y could update 바카라사이트ir curricula to ensure students were well equipped for 바카라사이트se workplaces, Ms Lynch explained.

Insisting that monitoring was not a means of shutting down courses whose graduates typically had lower earnings, Ms Lynch said that 바카라사이트 plans would provide ��information for students, parents and policymakers��, 바카라사이트reby improving student decision-making.

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