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Shweta Mishra Vienna 26th February 2015

EUROSTUDENT V Results: Transition into higher education

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Transition into higher education Shweta Mishra

Contents

1) Introduction

2) Results

a) Overview of access routes to higher education

b) Alternative access routes in EUROSTUDENT countries

c) Delayed transition students

d) Work experience before entering higher education

e) Interruptions after entering higher education

3) Summary and conclusion

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Consultation of the EUROSTUDENT network

Introduction

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1) Introduction

Routes into higher education

Upper secondary

qualification

HE entrance

examination

Upper secondary

qualification (adult

learning)

Accreditation of prior

learning

Special exam for

certain student

groups

Special access

course



Results

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2.a) Overview of access routes to higher education

Notes: The question on students’ access routes provided multiple response options, so that students may have combined different routes to enter higher education. *Unweighted average

Source: Hauschildt et al. (2015)

Higher education

entrance

examination

(75 %*, 15 countries)

Upper secondary

qualification

(70 %*, 22 countries)

Upper secondary

qualification-

adult learning

(8 %*, 11

countries)

Special exams

for certain

student groups

(5 %*,11

countries)

Accreditation

of prior

learning

(4 %*, 10

countries)

Special acces

courses

(3 %*, 13

countries)

Regular entry routes Alternative entry routes

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2.b) Alternative access routes in EUROSTUDENT countries


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2.c) Delayed transition students


Share of students with a time delay of more than 24 months between leaving school and entering higher education (in %)

Share of delayed transition students

is high among students without HE

background

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2.d) Work experience before entering higher education


Share of students with (regular) work experience before entering higher education (in %) Educational background

Share of students with work

experience is high among students

without HE background

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2.d) Work experience before entering higher education


Share of students with (regular) work experience before entering higher education (in %) Age groups

46 39 38 37 35 33 30 26 25 24 23 21 20 19 18 18 15 14 13 13 12 9 9 8 8 6 5 4 0

20

40

60

80

100

NO SE DK FI EE CH SI PL MT SK AT RO NL LT IE CZ HU IT LV RU ME HR FR AM RS UA BA GE

all students younger than 22 years

at least 22 but younger than 25 years at least 25 but younger than 30 years

at least 30 years

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2.e) Interruptions after entering higher education


Share of students with an interruption of at least one year between entering higher education and graduating (in %)

26 16 15 15 14 13 12 12 10 10 10 10 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 0

10

20

30

40

50

60

EE GE FI NO PL HR SI ME DK LT IE AM RS AT BA LV HU CZ SE MT DE FR RO CH NL SK RU UA

all students younger than 22 years

at least 22 but younger than 25 years at least 25 but younger than 30 years

at least 30 years



Conclusion

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Humanities??

Part-time ??

Short-cycle

??

Full-time ??

Work alongside studies

??

Long programmes

??

Higher education access and participation • Innumerable choices • Choice of study programmes

and students’ social and economic characteristics (HE background, age, paid jobs alongside studies)

• Choice of fields of study and students’ social and economic characteristics

• Support systems for successful participation and graduation

Engineering??

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References

Hauschildt, K., Gwosć, C., Netz, N., & Mishra, S. (2015). Social and Economic Conditions of Student Life in Europe. Synopsis of Indicators. EUROSTUDENT V 2012–2015. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann Verlag.



Thank you!

Shweta Mishra Vienna 26th February 2015

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