Graduate Tracer Studies at University of Duisburg … Tracer Studies at University of Duisburg-Essen a case study Petra Pistor, M.A. Centre for Higher Education Development and Quality

Graduate Tracer Studies

at University of Duisburg-Essen a case study

Petra Pistor, M.A.

Centre for Higher Education Development and Quality Enhancement (CHEDQE), University of Duisburg-Essen

3rd East African Quality Assurance Forum, May 13th – 17th Kigali, Rwanda

Agenda University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) – an overview

the Centre for Higher Education Development and Quality Enhancement

(CHEDQE) introduced

graduate tracer studies at UDE – objectives, conduction, success & challenges

prospects: UDE panel studies



(CHEDQE) introduced



Campus Locations

In the heart of Europe

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Overview

Facts

founded via a merger of Universities in Duisburg and Essen

2003 (two Campuses in the industrial Rhine-Ruhr-Area)

11 faculties, ranging from the Humanities and Natural

Sciences to Medicine

5 interdisciplinary main research areas ranging from

Biomedical Sciences and Nanosciences to research on

urban systems

… and Figures

39,086 students (50% female, 16% international)

447 professors

2,599 academic staff

1,339 employees technical support and administrative

services

Photo: Stadt Essen

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(CHEDQE) introduced



CHEDQE – fields of activity


human resources

development, doctoral

and post-doctoral

support

support for curriculum

design

university access for

new clients, diversity

management

quality management:

evaluations, surveys and

tools

CHEDQE

capacity building

in higher education didactics



(CHEDQE) introduced



Graduate surveys help us to ...

evaluate the employability of our graduates (Did our graduates find an

adequate job?)

get to know the demands of the job market (Which competences do they need

in their current job?)

collect information for the improvement of our study programmes (Which

contents and conditions of study did support the development of these

competences?)

Objectives and key questions


JOB

2007: first graduate survey at UDE (graduates from 2006)

in the framework of the graduate survey cooperation project (KOAB) coordinated by

the International Centre for Higher Education Research (INCHER)

2012: cooperation within the KOAB-poject becomes obligatory for all Universities of

Northrine-Westphalia (by performance aggreement between state and Universities)

currently 72 German Universities are cooperating within KOAB

about 70.000 graduates are surveyed per year

aims of the project:

cross-institutional higher education research

professionalization of graduate surveys

Implementation and current practice of conduction


core questionnaires (adaptable by

Universities themselves):

standardized procedures

full-population survey

surveys 1,5 years after graduation

and 4-5 years after graduation

online-surveys, invitation by postal

letter and password

3 participation reminders

data cleansing and overall processing

by INCHER data report on

University level

annual faculty specific and (if

possible) study programme specific

analysis by CHEDQE

Implementation and current practice of conduction

course of study

retrospective assessment of study programmes and conditions

(self-assessed) competencies at graduation

employment search

characteristics of the first and current employment

competency requirements in the job

job satisfaction

regional and international mobility


flow and use of data

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performance agreements

strategy development

QA-report

quality charts (department &

study programme level)

QA-conference developmental

measures

department rectorate

ontrolling data course evaluation

workload assessement module evaluation faculty evaluation

graduate tracer studies in future: UDE panel

taking into account the perspective of graduates as important

stakeholders

fruitful results on UDE-level (examples cohort 2010):

about 46% of MA-graduates, but only 20% of BA-graduates took up a job

immediately after graduation

about 77% of interviewees stated that they developed competences in

teamworking and the ability to adapt to new challenges

only about 20% of interviewees stated that they improved their

presentation skills

only 17% impoved their skills in working scientifically

about 76% valuate the support for developing their foreign language

skills as poor

success and problems


problems of data quality provided by INCHER

very long time for analysis

less influene on questionnaire content

very low response rates on study programme level



(CHEDQE) introduced



UDE panel

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orientation/

application

course of study job

graduate – surveys6

bachelor master

drop out – surveys5

53 22 24

explanation: 1survey of freshmen; 2survey early phase of study; 3survey terminal phase of study; 4survey of MA-students; 5drop out-surveys take place regularly; 6graduate

surveys after 1,5 & 4-5 years

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Thank you very much for

your attention!

Zentrum für Hochschul- und Qualitätsentwicklung (ZfH)

Centre for Higher Education Development and Quality Enhancement

(CHEDQE)

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Keetmanstraße 3-9

47058 Duisburg

Tel.: 0203-379-3532

E-Mail: [email protected]

www.uni-due.de/zfh

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