“ LABOUR MARKET INSERTION OF THE GALICIAN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM GRADUATES“
Luis Carlos Velón Sixto – Technician in Quality Management
Mª Carmen Fernández Montes - Technician in Programmes (Labour market insertion responsible)
Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician University System (ACSUG)
24 September 2009
ACSUG presentation
Galician University System (SUG) . Main characteristics
Studies on insertion in the labour market
Why? What for?
Studies on insertion in the labour market: graduates
Methodology
General and specific objectives
Most relevant results
Studies on insertion in the labour market : employers
Methodology
General and specific objectives
Most relevant results
INDEX OF CONTENTS
The Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician University System (ACSUG) was legally established on 30 January 2001 as a consortium between the Regional Government of Galicia and the three Galician universities.
ACSUG presentation (I)
ACSUG Vision ACSUG aims to be a point of reference in
guaranteeing the quality of the SUG Higher Education institutions, recognised in Galicia, Spain and internationally for its independence, transparency and credibility.
ACSUG Mission The fundamental mission of the Agency for
Quality Assurance in the Galician University System (ACSUG) is to contribute to improving the quality of the Galician University System (SUG). To do so, it takes actions in the area of drafting reports, evaluation, certification and accreditation for the activities conducted by Galician universities, especially related to teaching, research, knowledge transfer and management.
Organizational Chart
ACSUG presentation (II)
CGI ACA
EXPERT ADVISORSCOMMITTEES
ADVI SORY BOARD
PRESI DENT
BOARD OF DI RECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS PERMANENT COMMITTEE
DI RECTOR
MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNING BODIES ASSESSMENT AND CONSULTATIVE BODIES
CABI NET OF DI RECTI ON
TEACHI NG STAFF UNI T PROGRAMMES UNI T MANAGEMENT UNI T
EVALUATION OF TEACHING STAFF
COMPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION
PROGRAMMES ASSESSMENT
TEACHING ACTIVITY EVALUATION
LABOUR INSERTION ANALYSIS
RESEARCH EVALUATION
ECONOMIC MATTERS
HUMAN RESOURCES
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
RECEPTION AND ARCHIVES
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
LEGAL CONSULTANCY
SECRETARY AND EXT. RELATIONSHIP
CGI ACA
EXPERT ADVISORSCOMMITTEES
ADVI SORY BOARD
PRESI DENT
BOARD OF DI RECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS PERMANENT COMMITTEE
DI RECTOR
MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNING BODIES ASSESSMENT AND CONSULTATIVE BODIES
CABI NET OF DI RECTI ON
TEACHI NG STAFF UNI T PROGRAMMES UNI T MANAGEMENT UNI T
EVALUATION OF TEACHING STAFF
COMPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION
PROGRAMMES ASSESSMENT
TEACHING ACTIVITY EVALUATION
LABOUR INSERTION ANALYSIS
RESEARCH EVALUATION
ECONOMIC MATTERS
HUMAN RESOURCES
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
RECEPTION AND ARCHIVES
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
LEGAL CONSULTANCY
SECRETARY AND EXT. RELATIONSHIP
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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Average growth in staff numbers
ACSUG main activities:
Activities related to adopting EHEA requirements
Setting up internal quality assurance systems for degree programmes (FIDES and AUDIT programmes).
Verification, follow-up and accreditation of officially recognised programmes (VERIFICA programme).
University services evaluation. Assessment of teaching staff (DOCENTIA programme).
Accreditation prior to teaching staff recruitment.
Teaching staff complementary compensation.
Labour market insertion analysis and surveys
ACSUG presentation (III)
3 Universities: Santiago de Compostela (USC), A Coruña (UDC) and Vigo (UVI).
Galician University System (SUG) . Main characteristics
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Degree courses offered inthe Galician UniversitySystem (SUG) bybranches of knowledge
7 campuses:UDC: Campuses of A Coruña and FerrolUSC: Campuses of Santiago de Compostela and LugoUVI: Campuses of Vigo, Ourense and Pontevedra
About 75000 students last academic year.
JUSTIFICATION
Why ?
The quality of higher education can be translated in terms of insertion in the labour market.
To contribute towards improving the quality of training for graduates of the SUG.
Responsibility of the universities in terms of the employability of their graduates.
The design of the new study plans based on competences.
What for?
To improve the quality of the university courses offered
in the SUG.
To provide a retrospective view of the graduates that
makes it possible to detect the training and
organisational needs of the institutions.
To improve the quality of the insertion of SUG graduates
into the workplace.
To contribute towards improving the employability of
future graduates.
JUSTIFICATION
STUDIES ON INSERTION IN THE LABOUR MARKET: GRADUATES
METHODOLOGY
GENERAL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
MOST RELEVANT RESULTS Technical data from studies
Percentage of SUG graduates who work
Skills, knowledge and attitudes of the graduates
Employment search routes
Factors valued in hiring
Utilidad de los conocimientos adquiridos en el título
Necesidad de información sobre empleo en la universidad
Satisfacción con los estudios realizados
Selection of the population Request for data from the universities of the USG Stratified sampling Field work: C.A.T.I system Debugging, analysis and review of results Production of reports: recipients, publicity and
dissemination.
METHODOLOGY
Discovering the opinion of graduates from the different degree
courses in the USG on their employment situation.
Discovering the difficulties encountered in their incorporation into
the job market.
Describing the behaviour, attitudes and opinions of graduates.
Contributing towards adapting the educational offer to the needs of
the job market.
Establishing a means of obtaining information for forecasting the
future development of the university.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
Discovering the opinion of graduates on education and the university
Studying the level of use and efficiency of the different means of finding
employment
Discovering the situation of the job market for different degrees
Discovering the opinion of graduates on the strong and weak points of the
faculty or school where they studied, as well as needs for additional training
Discovering the situation of the job market for graduates from the USG and
the features of working as professionals
Discovering the level of satisfaction of graduates with their jobs, if they
work, and how far these meet the expectations they had while studying.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
•Population: graduates in SUG in academic years 2001-2003, 2003-2005 and 2005-2006
•Sample: stratified, by degree course-campus
•Absolute maximum error: 10% in each stratus
•Field work: telephone survey
April-June 2007
34.48%
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2003-2005
May 2008June 2004Field work
52.16%17.49%% questioned
53624145Sample
1028023700Population
2005-20062001-2003Academic year
TECHNICAL DATA
Branches of knowledge 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006
Health Sciences 76.50% 76.06% 74.92%
Sciences 49.41% 60.50% 63.88%
Engineering and Architecture 71.10% 83.28% 79.06%
Social and Legal Sciences I 56.21% 78.32% 74.98%
Social and Legal Sciences II 46.30% 59.74% 62.17%
Social and Legal Sciences III 43.00% 62.07% 66.56%
Social and Legal Sciences IV 61.00% 70.06% 73.83%
Arts and Humanities I 35.50% 60.74% 59.96%
Arst and Humanities II 45.50% 66.27% 65.92%
SUG 55.70% 71.00% 71.07%
Analysis of results based on areas of knowledge: Health Sciences, Sciences, Engineering and Architecture, Social and Legal Sciences I, Social and Legal Sciences II, Social and Legal Sciences III, Social and Legal Sciences IV, Arts and Humanities I and Arts and Humanities II.
RESULTS: Percentage of SUG graduates who work
• “ competence is the ability to respond to demands and perform tasks in a suitable manner”
(according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in the DESECO Definition and Selection of Competencies study, 1998)
• “competence refers to the behaviour, skills, knowledge and attitudes which favour the correct performance of work and which the organisation is interested in developing or recognising in its collaborators with the aim of achieving the strategic goals of the company”
RESULTS : Skills, knowledge and attitudes
• “…..a dynamic combination of attributes - with respect to knowledge and its application, to the attitudes and responsibilities - which describe the results of learning a specific programme, or how the students will be capable of fending for themselves on the completion of the educational process”
(According to the TUNING project, 2003)
RESULTS: Skills, knowledge and attitudes
• competences “the abilities, attitudes and knowledge
necessary to carry out working activities with the required levels of quality and efficacy in employment”
RESULTS : Skills, knowledge and attitudes
Skills, knowledge and attitudes 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006
Motivation 4.26 4.45 4.50
Learning abilities 4.29 4.45 4.48
Problem-solving ability 4.24 4.43 4.45
Written and oral communication skills 4.31 4.35 4.41
Taking responsabilities 4.13 4.35 4.39
Working in a team capacity 4.27 4.28 4.35
RESULTS :Most valued skills, knowledge and attitudes
Scale of evaluation 1: None to 5: Much
Skills, knowledge and attitudes 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006
Computer skills 3.54 3.91 3.90
Critical thinking 3.53 3.85 3.87
Broad general knowledge 3.60 3.79 3.78
Creativity 3.56 3.74 3.70
Leadership 3.23 3.37 3.44
Foreign language knowledge 2.81 3.27 3.26
RESULTS :Least valued skills, knowledge and attitudes
Scale of evaluation 1: None to 5: Much
RESULTS : Most valued skills, knowledge and attitudes
Scale of evaluation 1: None to 5: Much (SUG graduates 2005-2006)
Skills, knowledge and attitudes
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Motivation 2 1 4 2 4 1 3 1 1 1
Learning abilities 5 2 2 1 3 3 4 2 3 2
Problem-solving ability 4 3 1 3 1 4 10 6 4 3
Written and oral communication skills 7 4 12 7 2 2 1 4 2 4
Taking responsabilities 3 5 5 5 5 9 11 12 9 5
RESULTS: Average of employment search routes
Employment search routes 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006
Internet 3.14 3.24 3.52
Self-promotion (sending CV) 3.65 3.55 3.41
Through friends and relatives 2.78 2.63 2.54Responding to employment advertisements in the newspaper 3.03 2.72 2.48
INEM 3.05 2.43 2.16Introduction to public entrance examination/temporary competition 2.08 1.92 1.98
Galician Public Employment 3.08 2.33 1.97Employment scholarships from other isntitutions/managed by other institutions
2.16 1.76 1.84
Offers and employment scholarships through the university (not OSIX) 2.04 1.76 1.83
Temporary employment agency (ETT) 2.13 1.88 1.77
University-employers foundation 1.80 1.57 1.67
Self-employment 1.45 1.40 1.37
Consulting 1.39 1.33 1.32
Placing advertisements 1.19 1.28 1.24
OSIX 1.29 1.28 1.19
Scale of evaluation 1: None to 5: Much
Factors valued in hiring 2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2006Mobility 4.17 4.29 4.25Working experience 4.47 4.33 4.24Interview 4.13 4.22 4.19
Opportunity 4.38 4.31 4.16
Degree 4.01 4.04 4.05
Perseverance 4.04 4.14 4.04
Computer skills 3.96 4.12 4.02
Internships 3.83 3.93 3.74
Foreign languages 3.59 3.72 3.68Relationships 3.95 3.79 3.60Absence of relative load/commitment 3.62 3.63 3.54Internships in other companies 3.58 3.75 3.51Selection test 3.78 3.50 3.43Postgraduate, masters degree or PhD 3.39 3.35 3.31Specialization 2.83 3.04 3.03Faculty/school reputation 2.89 2.89 2.87Academic file 2.70 2.60 2.62
RESULTS: Average of factors valued in hiring
Scale of evaluation 1: None to 5: Much
% quite/much 2003-2005 2005-2006
Health Sciences 68.35% 71.55%
Sciences 65.52% 58.92%
Engineering and Architecture 58.38% 52.83%
Social and Legal Sciences I 55.84% 51.35%
Social and Legal Sciences II 63.06% 60.01%
Social and Legal Sciences III 60.42% 57.69%
Social and Legal Sciences IV 60.15% 53.70%
Arts and Humanities I 65.36% 67.64%
Arst and Humanities II 69.03% 69.15%
SUG 61.39% 58.47%
Scale of evaluation 1: None to 5: Much
RESULTS: Use of knowledge acquired in the degree
STUDIES ON INSERTION IN THE JOB MARKET: EMPLOYERS
To offer a different perspective: that of employers
To provide information to universities on educational
demands from employers
To study which competences businesses demand in their
employees
Analysis of university education and its orientation towards
the job market
METHODOLOGY
GENERAL AND SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
MOST RELEVANT RESULTS Skills, knowledge and attitudes of the graduates
STUDIES ON INSERTION IN THE JOB MARKET: EMPLOYERS
Selection of the population: Galician SMEs, SABI database. Random stratified sample Fieldwork: telephone and mail surveys Debugging, analysis and review of results Production of reports: recipients, publicity and
dissemination.
METHODOLOGY
To estimate the potential demand for graduates by Galician SMEs in the short term
Specific objectives
Finding out about the situation of Galician SMEs in relation to their university work
Studying the future demand for graduates in the Autonomous Region
Analysing the factors that contribute most towards the hiring of graduates: education required and competences and abilities valued by employers
OBJECTIVES
Average assessment
Positive attitude 4,59 Problem-solving ability 4,37 Working in a team capacity 4,34 Capacity to learn and adapt to changes 4,30 Taking responsabilities 4,30 Planning, coordinating and organising 4,27 Oral communication skills 4,00 Leadership 3,38
Scale of evaluation 1: None to 5: Much
RESULTS :Most valued skills, knowledge and attitudes
CONCLUSIONS: graduates and employers
• Graduates and employers :
Knowledge is considered as the foundation over which a professional future can be constructed, and
competences, considered as personal skills, abilities and attitudes, are essential elements for
professional development.
Skills, knowledge and attitudes most valued:
Problem solving ability
Working in a team capacity
Taking responsabilities
Written and oral communication skills
• Graduates and employers:
The most valued competences by employers such as leadership skills and foreign
language knowledge are those which are the least valued by graduates.
Dissemination of results:
Publications
Regional press E-mail Mail Via website
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• Website:
– http://www.acsug.es
• E-mail:
– [email protected]– [email protected]– [email protected]
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