Interpretation of results of EMLT Survey of Graduate Education, Employment and Employability

EMLT team Czech Rep.: Jan Budňák, Věra Janíková, Jana KubrickáEMLT meeting London, 3-5 August 2016

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Parameters of Czech set of data• 579 respondents• more than 550 went through the whole questionnaire, see Q. G11• return rate approx. 11%

• 100% graduates of Masaryk university 2010 – 2015 • e-mail sent to graduates 2010 – 2014, many of them doing master’s degree

now

• 533 out of 579 respondents are from the Faculty of Education• other respondents: graduates of more faculties

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Result 1: Stable link between education and occupation.Master’s degree clearly prevails.• Question to check: How many of the bachelor graduates doing master’s

degree now?

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Result 1: Stable link between education and occupation.• Graduates have graduate jobs (in general).• Question to check: How many graduates from master’s programmes do non-

graduate jobs?

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Result 1: Stable link between education and occupation.Job-education match in the Czech Rep.

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Result 1: Stable link between education and occupation.• 19.6%: other teachers• 15.6%: primary and pre-primary teachers• 11.4%: special education teachers• 9.1%: secondary education teachers• 5.2%: social workers

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Result 2: Stable university careers.Little mobility at university and in employment.

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Result 2: Stable university careers.Little internship/work placement.• 67 out of 574 did, but they probably meant the obligatory practical

training at schools

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Result 3: Stable employment careers.High rate of employment.

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Result 3: Stable employment careers.• Full-time jobs prevail significantly.

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Result 3: Stable employment careers.• Little employment mobility• Questions to check: Less stable occupations? Less stable degree subjects?

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Result 3: Stable employment careers.• Public sector, Education. 447 out of 461 work in the Czech Rep.

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Result 4: University as a hurdle race or University for personality?Most people chose their degree out of interest.• 77.3%• 25% for career prospects, 0.3% for money

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Result 4: University as a hurdle race, or University for personality?Degree as duty

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Result 4: University as a hurdle race, or University for personality?Degree as duty towards family and my future

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Result 4: University as a hurdle race, or University for personality?Benefits of degree

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Result 4: University as a hurdle race, or University for personality?Benefits of degree: money – career - knowledge

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Result 5: Finding a job via old and new mediaOld media go!• Question to check: Is this getting better in time?

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Result 5: Finding a job via old and new media• Old media go!

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(Ambiguous) Result 6: Graduates’ Perception of their Jobs• A job for no (distinct) reason?

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(Ambiguous) Result 6: Graduates’ Perception of their Jobs• Positive job experience AND fear of losing job

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(Ambiguous) Result 6: Graduates’ Perception of their JobsGood job for me – bad job for my children?

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Questions that are hard to interpret:• Q. A3: What was/were your degree subject(s)?• too heterogeneous: from “teacher training” to “visual arts” at the Faculty of

Education

• Q. B9: What’s your present job title?• too heterogeneous: from “assistant teacher” (graduate job?) to “international

support specialist”

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Shortcomings of the questionnaire?• “too much OTHER”• Q. G8 and G9 (“occupations of your parents”)• Q. D3 (“reasons of unemployment”)