Peer Learning Activity on ‘Combining and linking administrative data and surveys for graduate tracking’
date: 18/10/2022
The Peer Learning Activity provided an opportunity for members of the European Network of Graduate Tracking to exchange information, experiences and good practices in relation to the combining and linking of administrative data and surveys for graduate tracking.
Participants were also able to gather information on good and promising practices from participating countries and identify success factors and transferable lessons that can improve the combining and linking of administrative data and surveys for graduate tracking.
Four countries (Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary and Italy) were selected to present their graduate tracking systems and how they combine and link administrative data and surveys. This provided a useful overview of the organisation of national graduate tracking systems and highlighted the variations that exists across Europe.
Guiding questions for the discussion at the PLA included:
- How do the roles and responsibilities of HEIs and government departments/agencies differ in different graduate tracking systems?
- What are the perceived/actual benefits of combining administrative and survey data?
- What are the main limitations and challenges of combining and linking administrative and survey data at the national level, including legislation and data protection?
- What are the main success factors of combining and linking administrative data and surveys for graduate tracking?
- To what extent are mobile graduates covered in the national graduate tracking system and how can this be improved through better data sharing between countries? What are the current obstacles/challenges (e.g. comparability of data) and how can they be overcome?
- How can Erasmus+ mobility data (as gathered by HEIs and/or collected in Erasmus+ participant surveys) be integrated in the European Graduate Tracking Initiative, e.g. in the context of the European Student Card Initiative and/or European Higher Education Sector Observatory)?
A full summary report of the Peer Learning Activity can be accessed through the link below.