Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg Item 2: Degree mobility Eurostat-F5 8 November 2012 Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg

EU Benchmark on learning mobility in higher education By 2020, an EU average of at least 20 % of higher education graduates, should have had a period of higher education related study (including work placements) abroad, representing a minimum of 15 ECTS credits or lasting a minimum of 3 months Need for data on: Degree mobile graduates Credit mobile graduates 2 8 November 2012 8 November 2012 Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg

Revised Commission Regulation – 2nd draft Annex 1/ Data on student mobility: Provision of data on number of degree mobile graduates, by ISCED levels 5 to 8 (1-digit level of detail), country of origin and sex To be provided (Article 1, paragraphs 3 and 6) : Starting in 2014 (year 2013) using national definition of "mobile students/graduates" and From 2016 (year 2015) using as definition "country where the upper secondary diploma was awarded" 3 8 November 2012 8 November 2012 Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg 3

Definition of mobile students Students having crossed a national border and moved to another country for studying purposes Regardless the students’ citizenship Same as in UOE manual before 2009 Current UOE 2012 manual: International/Mobile Foreigners, of which mobile defined by the country of prior education or residence.    Need to co-ordinate with OECD 4 8 November 2012 8 November 2012 Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg 4

Summary of data on tertiary education Graduates All graduates Mobile graduates Reg 88/2011 rev. Reg Foreigners + country of origin (UOE 2012 manual) Country of origin By type of institution, sex and mobile and foreign students by sex (GRAD3) deleted Reg 88/2011 rev. Reg By sex and age (GRAD 2&4)  By fields of education and sex (GRAD5) Pilot or tested tables rev. Reg By country of origin (GRAD9) Degree mobile graduates by country of origin, sex Credit mobile graduates Credit mobile students enrolled by type of By type of mobility, type of mobility scheme mobility scheme, duration of stay abroad, region (CRED2) By type of mobility, duration of stay abroad and region of destination Data needed for the EU benchmark 8 November 2012 Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg

Summary of replies to questionnaire of 5 Oct 27 replies received: 23 EU MS, IS, NO, CH Agree with proposal: BE, CZ, DE, LT, NL, HU, PL (partially), IS + DK, EE Unsure to provide the data in 2016: ES, PL, SI Need more time: FR, IT, LV Disagree with proposed definition: IE, EL, CY, PT, RO, SE, UK, CH, DK, NO Suggest a survey as data source: FI 6 8 November 2012 8 November 2012 Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg 6

Current data available Pilot data collection: Table GRAD9 Reference period: 2009, 2010 Provided data by 15 MS, IS and CH, by country of origin: Prior education: DE, NL, CH Residence: DK, EE, IE, CY, LT, SI, SE, UK Citizenship: BE, CZ, AT, PL, PT, FI, IS But … which filter has been used by each country? Do data refer only to foreigners (as in UOE current manual)? Are “homecoming nationals” included? For the benchmark, they should be included 7 8 November 2012 8 November 2012 Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg 7

Revised proposal - option 1 (flexibility of country of origin) Annex 1, data on student mobility (no change): Provision of data on number of degree mobile graduates, by ISCED levels 5 to 8 (1-digit level of detail), country of origin and sex Article 1, paragraphs 3 and 6: to be provided for both foreign and national students (disregarding the citizenship of the graduates) Starting in 2014 (year 2013) using national definition of "country of origin" and From 2016 (year 2015) using "country where the upper secondary diploma was awarded" as "country of origin" or the best national estimate 8 8 November 2012 8 November 2012 Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg

Revised proposal - option 2 (optional data submission) Annex 1, data on student mobility (no change): Provision of data on number of degree mobile graduates, by ISCED levels 5 to 8 (1-digit level of detail), country of origin and sex Article 1, paragraphs 3 and 6: to be provided for both foreign and national students (disregarding the citizenship of the graduates) on a voluntary basis Starting in 2014 (year 2013) using national definition of "country of origin" and From 2016 (year 2015) using "country where the upper secondary diploma was awarded" as "country of origin" 9 8 November 2012 8 November 2012 Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg

Final proposal – Your opinion? Option 1 (preferred option of European Commission): keep compulsory submission but flexibility of definition of "country of origin" also after 2016 8 November 2012 Eurostat Working Group Education and Training Statistics - Luxembourg