Monitoring: Alumni’s careers
Aims of the project
- Setting up and implementation of the system of regular monitoring of occupational careers of alumni’s of University of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Monitoring of skill match and mismatch between employers and graduates of University of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Evaluation of skills and competences obtained by graduates of University of Social Sciences and Humanities during the courses of the third level education (both master and bachelor)
- Modification of teaching programmes as a result of monitoring and evaluation of skill (miss)match in the labour market.
Research
- On-line survey with alumni of University of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Focus groups (FDI) with employers employing graduates of University of Social Sciences and Humanities and graduates themselves of: sociology, clinical psychology, social psychology, cultural studies, journalism and English philology
- In-depth interviews with employers of University of Social Sciences and Humanities’ Graduates
Project team
Coordinator for Monitoring of Alumni’s Careers Agata Jastrzebowska
http://www.goldenline.pl/agata-jastrzebowska2/
Izabela Grabowska, methodological expert and author of final report
Publications connected to the project
http://www.rozwojowy.sof.edu.pl/index.php/ewaluacja-kompetencji-absolwentow
Grabowska-Lusinska I. (2013). Zrozumiec luki kompetencyjne. Rozbrat oczekiwan pracodawcow i mozliwosci absolwentow szkol wyzszych na rynku pracy [An understanding of competance gaps. Mismatch of employers’ expectations and skills of the third level graduates], Raport kocowy projektu ‘Monitoring losow zawodowych absolwentow SWPS’, Warszawa: Szkola Wyzsza Psychologii Spolecznej.
Institution and source of funding
European Social Fund granted to the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (http://www.swps.pl/english-version)
Duration
2011-2013