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"AlmaLaurea is a tool to be exported to other Countries"
Interview with Elizabeth King, Director of Education in the Human Development Network of the World Bank. Video interview.
"More knowledge in the post-recession economy"
Interview with Nicole Smith of the Center on Education and Workforce at Georgetown University, Washington: "What AlmaLaurea does is extremely important". Video interview.
"AlmaLaurea? A good idea for other countries"
Interview with Adriana Jaramillo (Marseille Center for Mediterranean Integration and World Bank): "After Morocco we are now discussing with Tunisia how to export the system there". Video interview.
AlmaLaurea reaches Tunisia
Interview with Oussama Benabdelkarim, Director of Bureau de statistique et de la pianification at the Ministère de l’enseignement supérieur in Tunisia. Video interview.
"The crisis is hitting young people"
Kate Purcell, from the Istitute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, comments on the 14th Survey on the Graduates’ Employment Conditions. Video interview.
AlmaLaurea: more than 1,620,000 CVs!
More than 1,620,000-year-long work experience made in Italy or abroad.
Prodi: "AlmaLaurea is a treasure for everyone"
The former Prime Minister of Italy, the Rector of the University of Bologna Ivano Dionigi and Lino Cardarelli (Union for the Mediterranean) support the AlmaLaurea databank and its enlargement. Watch the video
Cooperate to govern
The future of the University in Europe through the words of Kolja Briedis, researcher at the Institut für Hochschulforschung, Hochschul Informations System HIS, Hannover, Germany.
"AlmaLaurea in Maghreb and in the Middle East"
Ilan Chet, Union for the Mediterranean, speaks on the future of the Consortium in Europe and beyond
"AlmaLaurea: an arrow to the bow of Europe"
Interview with Jean-Louis Guigou, Delegate General, Institut de Prospective Economique du Monde Méditerranéen – IPEMED
More education, less inequality
"AlmaLaurea is a model all Middle East countries should benefit of as it helps reducing inequality". Interview with Malak Reda.
"With a degree is better"
Interview with Francis Green, professor at the Institute of Education, University of London. "AlmaLaurea is a powerful tool"
“Italy: a model to be followed”
"AlmaLaurea, an important tool for cooperation." Interview with Antoine Zahlan, International Science Policy Consultant from Lebanon
The Euro Mediterraneo future: there is AlmaLaurea too.
AlmaLaurea, education, labour market and the Arab Spring. Interview with Gerard Mayen, researcher of the European Training Foundation
From AlmaLaurea to France
Interview with Julien Calmand of the Céreq -Centre d'études et de recherche sur les qualifications- established in Marseille.
The European Higher Education Area exists
Interview with Sophia Eriksson Waterschoot, Head of Sector for Higher Education Policy in the European Commission's Directorate-General for Education and Culture, on the benefits of the Bologna process, and future challenges
"The future of Europe is in our minds"
Interview with Doris Pack, Chairwoman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education on the future of the European Higher Education Area
"A building block for the world of training"
A cooperation of the European countries and of the Mediterranean area aimed at development, starting from university. An interview with Michèle Gendreau-Massaloux
The graduates’ databank in Morocco
Interview with Zaher Benabdallah, president of the University of Meknes: “AlmaLaurea is a very important step to keep up with the European policies on education”
Helping companies to hire graduates
Silvano Moffa, president of the Labour Commission of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, has expressed support for the proposal submitted to the Italian Parliament. "AlmaLaurea is an instrument that cannot be relinquished".
"Extending the AlmaLaurea model across Europe"
Interview with Leonardo Sforza, director of the European Club for Human Ressources: "Upgrading human resources is essential for the competitiveness of the company"
University reform: a new change
Fewer exams and a more definite transition from 1st level to 2nd level degrees. “But students should carefully plan their path of studies”. Here there are the opinions and advices given by the Pro-Rectors for Didactics of the universities of Bologna, Florence and Padua.
The impact of AlmaLaurea on University-to-Work Transition
A study carried out by M.F Bagues and M. Sylos Labini, presented at the National Bureau of Economic Research, shows the advantages of AlmaLaurea for graduates.

 

> Study experience abroad: graduate characteristics and employment outcomes

Study experience abroad: graduate characteristics and employment outcomes

Andrea Cammelli, Silvia Ghiselli, Gian Piero Mignoli
Università degli Studi di Bologna - Consorzio Interuniversitario ALMALAUREA

The analysis makes an in-depth investigation of the study periods abroad experienced by graduates during their university careers. This is a comparative analysis of the performance of graduates who have gained this experience (through a European Union programme or by their own initiative) and of those who have never studied abroad. The study assesses the characteristics of the graduates (such as their social background and details of university studies) and the employment outcomes at one, three, and five years from graduation (proportion of those in employment, type of labour contract, earning ...). The application of the appropriate statistical models makes it possible to analyse the factors that influence the probability of students taking part in study abroad experiences and the effects of those experiences on their subsequent employment careers. The survey uses the documentation gathered by the ALMALAUREA Interuniversity Consortium, which has investigated 250,000 graduates in the period 2000-2005.


The full paper is available in pdf version