EUROSTUDENT VI Staða íslenskra stúdenta í alþjóðlegum samanburði: aðgengi, efnahagur og tækifæri til náms erlendis EUROSTUDENT VI Social and Economic Conditions of Student Life in Europe May 4th, 2018 Reykjavik, Iceland Eva Maria Vögtle Reykjavik, 04 th May 2018
Overview of the presentation 1. EUROSTUDENT in a nutshell 2. EUROSTUDENT methodology 3. Selected comparative results 4. Key findings on cross-national (shortterm) mobility 5. Key outputs 2
1. The EUROSTUDENT topics 3
Pilot Study EURO-Student 1994-1997 4 participating countries: Austria, Germany, France, Italy Goal: 1 st reliable comparison of higher education (higher education) systems participation in HE student housing 4 core topics financing of studies student mobility 4
The EUROSTUDENT project structure Network of Participant countries EUROSTUDENT consortiums (seven members) Steering board 5
The EUROSTUDENT consortium German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW, Germany; central coordinator), Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS, Austria) ResearchNed (the Netherlands) MOSTA Research and Higher Education Monitoring and Analysis Centre (Lithuania) Praxis Centre for Policy Studies (Praxis, Estonia) the Maltese National Commission for Further and Higher Education (NCFHE, Malta) the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO, Switzerland) 6
The EUROSTUDENT steering board European Commission (EC) European Students Union (ESU) Bologna Follow-Up Group (BFUG) German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (MinOCW) as well as three country representatives of the fee-paying countries 7
2. Basic Principles & methodology Relevance Working groups with external participation Reference to on-going discussions, involvement in BFUG Comparability Standard target group & core questionnaire with explanations Handbooks on data cleaning & delivery Standardised data delivery using common syntax Preparatory seminars Interpretation National comments by research teams National profiles Accessibility Publicly available data Different reporting formats 8
2. EUROSTUDENT focus groups Socio-demographic characteristics of students Living conditions Age < 22 years 22 24 years 25 29 years 30 years and older Educational background No higher education background (ISCED 0 4) Higher education background (ISCED 5 8) Financial difficulties Student with financial difficulties Students without financial difficulties Housing Students living with parents Students not living with parents Impairments Sex Dependency on income source Working students Students with impairments Students without impairments Migration background Male Female Dependent on family Dependent on self-earned income Dependent on public student support Students not working Students working up to 20h/week Students working > 20h/week Second generation migrant students with national educational background Students without migration background and national educational background Field of study Arts and humanities Social sciences, journalism & information Business, administration & law Natural sciences, mathematics & statistics ICTs Engineering, manufacturing & construction Agriculture, forestry, fisheries & veterinary Health & welfare Services Type of HEI Study-related characteristics Current study situation Study-related background Study intensity Type of study programme Short-cycle Bachelor Master Short national degree Long national degree Other University Non-university (e.g. professional HEI, university of applied sciences) Low intensity students (< 20h) Medium intensity students (20h - 40h) High intensity students (> 40h) Access route Standard access route Alternative access route Transition route Direct transition students (up to 24 months) Delayed transition students (> 24 months) International students Domestic student International students 9
3. Selected comparative results At least half of all students are younger than 25 in the large majority of countries 10
3. Selected comparative results The share of delayed transition students is larger among students without higher education 11
3. Selected comparative results 50 to 75 % of students have (any kind of) prior work experience 12
3. Selected comparative results Students enrolment in selected fields of study by educational background Enrolment in certain fields of study tends to be socially selective 13
3. Selected comparative results On average, cross-national variation in taught studies rather small On average, crossnational variation in personal study time and paid jobs are comparatively large Students time budget for studies and work ranges from around 40 hours per week to more than 50 hours per week 14
3. Selected comparative results From 30 to 75 % of students state that they could not afford to be a student without their jobs 15
3. Selected comparative results More than 80 % of students income comes from private sources 16
3. Selected comparative results Students from less well-off families more often live outside the parental home 17
4. Types of temporary international student mobility Study-related experiences abroad Enrolment abroad Non-enrolment periods internship / work placement language course research stay/fieldtrip summer /winter school other studyrelated experiences abroad 18
4. Types of mobility On average, 20 % of students have had some type of cross-national mobility experience 19
4. Differences in enrolment between different student groups Temporary enrolment abroad is less common among students without higher education background 20
Additional financial burden remains the biggest obstacle to enrolment abroad, especially for students without HE background 21
% 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Primary source of funding used for enrolment abroad Share of students who have been enrolled abroad (in %) Contribution from 5 6 parents, family or 3 11 7 6 3 17 11 partner 3 6 6 18 12 1 13 constitute the 17 18 6 3 9 25 20 5 2 25 25 13 16 1 2 1 1 2 2 21 28 EU study grants are the largest public primary source of funding 5 1 4 1 27 3 42 1 5 28 11 37 6 30 5 12 3 64 63 59 59 59 58 58 54 51 50 48 40 40 30 20 19 19 13 9 9 7 7 4 3 2 23 24 1 57 2 4 26 11 1 34 49 9 23 41 3 12 25 24 3 36 65 12 10 40 3 53 20 14 10 51 24 largest part of primary private 27 12 24 funding LT CZ RO LV SK HU SI EE PL MT TR HR RS av. PT IS AT IE NL IT GE FR SE FI DK AL CH NO EU study grants regular study grants/loans from home country special study grant/loan from home country for going abroad contribution from parents/family/partner own income from previous job or own savings Data source: EUROSTUDENT VI, I.12. No data: DE; for item regular study grants/loans from home country : AL, FR, HR, IT, RS; for item special study grant/loan from home country for going abroad : AT, CH, CZ, MT, RO. 12 6 49 11 3 45 55 27 59 21 4 18 53 22
5. Outputs: different formats for different purposes Intelligence Briefs Website www.eurostudent.eu Synopsis of Indicators Database incl. national profiles EUROSTUDENT VI Short Report Youtube Eurostudent Bologna Process Implementation Report Thematic Review Twitter @eurostudenttwt 23
Thanks for your attention! Questions? Comments? Remarks? 24
Contact Dr. Eva Maria Vögtle German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) Lange Laube 12 30159 Hannover Phone + 49 511 450 670-157 Fax + 49 511 450 670-960 E-Mail voegtle@dzhw.eu EUROSTUDENT VI Consortium Members Funded with the support of all participating countries. Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and the following bodies. 25
References Hauschildt, K., Vögtle, E. M., Gwosć, C. (2018). Social and Economic Conditions of Student Life in Europe. Synopsis of Indicators. EUROSTUDENT VI 2016 2018. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann Verlag. 26