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EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey 2018

Start of the project: 2018-Jan-01 - End of the project: 2019-Oct-31

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The EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey tests and prepares a potential full roll-out of a European graduate survey. Pilot surveys will be conducted in at least six European countries that have applied for participating in the project. Moreover, the project will identify methods for, sampling and contacting graduate populations in the 33 Erasmus+ countries.

The EUROGRADUATE Feasibility Study, completed in 2016, confirmed that European policy makers and stakeholder organisations are highly interested in a European graduate study. The feasibility study has set out the design of a potential European graduate study and assessed it as sustainable. At the same time it has recommended a pilot study as next step for its implementation.

The European Commission has responded to this recommendation and initiated the EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey with the following objectives::

  1. Develop tools and processes for a centralised collection and handling of data;
  2. Assess the feasibility of, and identify methods for, sampling and contacting graduate populations in Erasmus+ countries;
  3. Consult experts and relevant authorities on the content of survey questionnaires, sampling and contacting approaches and coordination with existing national-level graduate surveys;
  4. Test-run the data collection tools in a minimum of six European countries;
  5. Assess the willingness of Erasmus+ countries to take part in a full roll-out of a European graduate survey;
  6. Develop recommendations and proposals for the implementation of a full roll-out of a European graduate survey.

The EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey is run by an international consortium of six partners: the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market of the University of Maastricht (ROA, the Netherlands, coordination), the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), the Institute of Advanced Studies (HIS, Austria), DESAN Research Solutions (the Netherlands), cApStAn linguistic quality control (Belgium), and GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Germany).

The project ran from January 2018 to October 2019.

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Publications

Higher education and active citizenship in five European countries: How institutions, fields of study and types of degree shape the political participation of graduates.

Mühleck, K., & Hadjar, A. (2023).
Higher education and active citizenship in five European countries: How institutions, fields of study and types of degree shape the political participation of graduates. Research in Comparative and International Education, 18(1), 32-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/17454999231157160

EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey 2018.

Mühleck, K., Meng, C., Unger, M., & Hoffstätter, U. (2021).
EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey 2018. Data and Methods Report on the EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey conducted in 2018/2019. Hannover: FDZ-DZHW.
Abstract

The EUROGRADUATE survey is a one-off pilot survey of higher education graduates of the cohorts 2016/17 and 2012/13 in eight European countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Croatia, Lithuania, Malta, and Norway). The pilot project aims at laying the foundation for a Europe-wide graduate survey. The survey provides insights into the experiences of European graduates during their studies and the impact on their professional lives and their lives as European citizens. Graduates were surveyed one year (t +1, cohort 2016/17) or five years (t +5, cohort 2012/13) after graduation. The main topics of the EUROGRADUATE pilot survey are: [...] Full abstract: https://doi.org/10.21249/DZHW:egr2018:2.0.0

EUROGRADUATE Pilotbefragung. Länderbericht Deutschland.

Mühleck, K., Oelker, S., Unger, M., Jühlke, R., Maurer, S., & Dau, J. (2020).
EUROGRADUATE Pilotbefragung. Länderbericht Deutschland. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2766/396706

EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey. Country report Germany.

Mühleck, K., Oelker, S., Unger, M., Jühlke, R., Maurer, S., & Dau, J. (2020).
EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey. Country report Germany. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2766/377643

EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey. Technical assessment and feasibility of a full rollout. Executive summary.

Mühleck, K., Meng, C., Oelker, S., Unger, M., Lizzi, R., Maurer, S., ... & Wessling, K. (2020).
EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey. Technical assessment and feasibility of a full rollout. Executive summary. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2766/581640

Étude pilote EUROGRADUATE. Évaluation technique de l’enquête pilote EUROGRADUATE et étude de faisabilité de sa mise en oeuvre à grande échelle. Résultats principaux.

Mühleck, K., Meng, C., Oelker, S., Unger, M., Lizzi, R., Maurer, S., ... & Wessling, K. (2020).
Étude pilote EUROGRADUATE. Évaluation technique de l’enquête pilote EUROGRADUATE et étude de faisabilité de sa mise en oeuvre à grande échelle. Résultats principaux. Luxembourg: Office des publications de l’Union européenne. https://doi.org/10.2766/939744

EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey. Technical assessment and feasibility of a full rollout.

Mühleck, K., Meng, C., Oelker, S., Unger, M., Lizzi, R., Maurer, S., ... & Wessling, K. (2020).
EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey. Technical assessment and feasibility of a full rollout. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2766/85072

How does higher education foster active citizenship? Qualities of higher education and the political participation of graduates.

Mühleck, K., & Oelker, S. (2020).
How does higher education foster active citizenship? Qualities of higher education and the political participation of graduates. In S. Noorda, P. Scoot, & M. Vukasovic (Eds.), Bologna Process Beyond 2020: Fundamental Values of the EHEA (pp. 331-338). Bologna: Bononia University Press.
Abstract

The paper analyses the relationship between characteristics of higher education and political participation. In addition to differences due to fields of subjects we observe a strong relationship with extra-curricular activities such as international mobility, practical training, and voluntary activities. Our results indicate that such activities as well as civic skills help strengthening the political participation of higher education graduates.

EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey. Key findings.

Meng, C., Wessling, K., Mühleck, K., & Unger, M. (2020).
EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey. Key findings. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2766/197218

Étude pilote EUROGRADUATE. Résultats principaux.

Meng, C., Wessling, K., Mühleck, K., & Unger, M. (2020).
Étude pilote EUROGRADUATE. Résultats principaux. Luxembourg: Office des publications de l’Union européenne. https://doi.org/10.2766/209598

EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey. Design and implementation of a pilot European graduate survey.

Meng, C., Wessling, K., Mühleck, K., & Unger, M. (2020).
EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey. Design and implementation of a pilot European graduate survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2766/629271

Testing the feasibility of a European graduate study: Final report of the EUROGRADUATE feasibility study.

Mühleck, K., Grabher, A., Hauschildt, K., Litofcenko, J., Mishra, S., Ryska, R., ... & Zelenka, M. (2016).
Testing the feasibility of a European graduate study: Final report of the EUROGRADUATE feasibility study. Hanover, Germany: German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW).
ISBN 978-3-86426-049-0
Presentations

Final report of the Commission expert group on graduate tracking. Statement of the EUROGRADUATE Consortium.

Mühleck, K., Meng, C., & Unger, M. (2020, September).
Final report of the Commission expert group on graduate tracking. Statement of the EUROGRADUATE Consortium. Vortrag auf dem Abschlusstreffen der Commission expert group on graduate tracking, Europäische Kommission, Brüssel, Belgien.

EUROGRADUATE pilot survey.

Meng, C., Mühleck, K., & Unger, M. (2019, Oktober).
EUROGRADUATE pilot survey. Vortrag auf dem 4. Treffen des EUROGRADUATE Advisory Board, Europäische Kommission, Brüssel, Belgien.

Analysis of the feasibility of a full roll out of a European graduate survey.

Mühleck, K., & Oelker, S. (2019, Juni).
Analysis of the feasibility of a full roll out of a European graduate survey. Vortrag auf dem 3. Treffen der Commission expert group on graduate tracking, Europäische Kommission, Brüssel, Belgien.

Participating in a full roll-out of a European graduate survey.

Mühleck, K. (2019, Februar).
Participating in a full roll-out of a European graduate survey. Vortrag auf dem 2. Treffen der Commission expert group on graduate tracking, Europäische Kommission, Brüssel, Belgien.
Data Sets

Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA); Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW); Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS); Agency for Science and Higher Education of Croatia (ASHE), cApStAn linguistic quality control (cApStAn); Centre for Higher Education Studies (CHES); DESAN Research Solutions (DESAN); Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb (UZ); GESIS Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (GESIS); Research and Higher Education Monitoring and Analysis Centre (MOSTA); National Commission for Further and Higher Education of Malta (NCFHE); Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU); Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (UPSPS). (2021). EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey 2018. Retrieved from: 10.21249/DZHW:egr2018:2.0.0

Contact person

Kai Mühleck
Dr. Kai Mühleck +49 511 450670-156

External Contact


Project website

https://www.eurograduate.eu/

In cooperation with

cApStAn linguistic quality control DESAN Research Solutions GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Institut für Höhere Studien Wien Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) Maastricht University

Employer/client

Europäische Kommission