CEN/WS 117 - Good practice for implementation of a career-tracking survey for post-graduates
Good practice for implementation of a career-tracking survey for post-graduates
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CEN/WS 117 is a Technical Committee within the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). It is named "Good practice for implementation of a career-tracking survey for post-graduates". This committee has published 1 standards.
CEN/WS 117 develops CEN standards in the area of Information technology. Currently, there are 1 published standards from this technical committee.
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) is a public standards organization that brings together the national standardization bodies of 34 European countries. CEN provides a platform for developing European Standards (ENs) and other technical documents in relation to various products, materials, services, and processes, supporting the European Single Market.
A Technical Committee (TC) in CEN is a group of experts responsible for developing international standards in a specific technical area. TCs are composed of national member body delegates and work through consensus to create standards that meet global industry needs. Each TC may have subcommittees (SCs) and working groups (WGs) for specialized topics.
This document gives practical recommendations for implementation of career-tracking surveys. The current guidelines are meant for universities wishing to set up an institutional career-tracking survey.
These surveys can be set up by higher education institutions, grant funding agencies or national statistics bodies, with the purpose to improve doctoral education and/or assess its quality and impact at an institutional or national level. It includes among others, surveys that trace back doctorate holders’ careers over several years, cohort studies at several moments in time or longitudinal surveys (based on the definition of career tracking of researchers, European Science Foundation, 2012 [3]; definition of tracking in EUA’s “Tracking Learners’ and Graduates’ Progression Paths” project [4]).
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