CONGRAD - Improving Graduate Surveys and Alumni Services for Strategic Management

1. CONGRAD Project Presentation Conducting graduate surveys and improving alumni services for enhanced strategic management and quality improvement

2. CONGRAD – Key features Programme: TEMPUS Joint Project Grant holder: Bielefeld University (Germany) Partner countries: Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina EU countries: Czech Republic, Finland, Spain Number of participants: 15 Duration: 3 years Total budget: 990.000 Euros (TEMPUS Grant and Co-financing)

3. CONGRAD – Overall objective CONGRAD will address the need of higher education institutions in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina to improve their institutional strategic management and self evaluation capacities by the establishment of a Graduate Contacts Collection System and the implementation of regular Graduate Surveys.

4. CONGRAD – Specific objectives Improving institutional self evaluation by collecting systematic and reliable information on the links between study programmes and subsequent employment of graduates Enabling an evidence-based strategic management discussion at the partner country HEIs Providing a general insight in country-specific conditions of the transition between higher education and the labour market Enabling an evidence-based evaluation of higher education reforms and curricular changes in the last decade

5. CONGRAD – Consortium Bielefeld University, DE (Project Coordinator) University of Belgrade, RS University of Novi Sad, RS University of Kragujevac, RS Singidunum University, RS Subotica Tech – College of Applied Sciences, RS School of Higher Technical Professional Education, Niš, RS Higher Business Technical School, Užice, RS University of Montenegro, ME University of Banja Luka, BA University of Tuzla, BA Charles University in Prague, CZ University of Jyväskylä, FI Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, ES UNIBI UBG UNS UKG USGD VTSSU VTSNI HBTSU UOM UBL UNTZ CUNI UJY UPV

6. CONGRAD – Consortium Structure Project Coordinator [PC]: UNIBI Institutional Coordinators [IC]: Representative from each Consortium Partner UNIBI UBG UBG CEP Administrative Unit Analytical Unit UBG CEP UNS UKG USGD VTSSU VTSNI HBTSU UOM UBL UTZ IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC IC Steering Committee PC IC IC IC UNIBI CUNI UJY UPV

7. CONGRAD – Consortium Structure Analytical Unit Faculties/IC: contact data for Graduate Survey Analytical Unit: data analysis, interpretation and reporting for Graduate Survey Faculty1 Faculty 2 Faculty 3 Faculty … UBG UNS UKG USGD VTSSU VTSNI HBTSU UOM UBL UTZ IC UNIBI UBG CEP PC Consortium Link Institutional Link Analytical Unit

8. CONGRAD – Consortium Structure Administrative Unit EU partners: administrative reporting to UNIBI non-EU partners: administrative reporting to UBG, forwarded to UNIBI Faculty1 Faculty 2 Faculty 3 Faculty … UBG UNS UKG USGD VTSSU VTSNI HBTSU UOM UBL UTZ IC UBG UNIBI PC Consortium Link Institutional Link Administrative Unit

9. CONGRAD – Key activities CONGRAD Activities are divided in 8 work packages WP1 – Development of a systematic graduate contact data collection system at partner HEIs WP2 – Organisation of the initial Graduate Survey at partner HEIs WP3 – Data verification, data analysis, interpretation of findings and reporting WP4 – Strategic management enhancement based on the findings of the Graduate Survey WP5 – Quality control and monitoring WP6 – Dissemination WP7 – Exploitation WP8 – Management

10. CONGRAD – Activities and deliverables CONGRAD Work Package 1: Development of a systematic graduate contact data collection system at partner HEIs • analysis of existing graduate contacts collection systems at partner country HEIs  report • Seminar on graduate surveys in Bielefeld, DE • Development and piloting of a systematic Graduate Contacts Collection System at partner country HEIs  software and forms • Purchase and installation of equipment at partner country HEIs • Training of administrative staff on the maintenance of Graduate Contacts Collection System • Creation of a centralized contact database for the initial Graduate Survey

11. CONGRAD – Activities and deliverables CONGRAD Work Package 2: Organisation of the initial Graduate Survey at partner HEIs • Seminar on graduate surveys in transition countries in Prague, CZ • Workshop on questionnaire development in Podgorica, ME • Development of questionnaires • Training on field work and online system in Belgrade, RS • Establishment of online system for initial Graduate Survey • Field work  distribution of questionnaires, reminders, contact data update, raw data-files

12. CONGRAD – Activities and deliverables CONGRAD Work Package 3: Data verification, data analysis, interpretation of findings and reporting • Training on data verification, coding, data control in Jyväskylä, FI • data verification, coding, data control  joint complete data-files • Training on data analysis and reporting in Valencia • Data analysis and reporting  institutional reports and final report • Purchase and installation of equipment for Analytical Unit • Training visits of individual experts to EU partner HEIs

13. CONGRAD – Activities and deliverables CONGRAD Work Package 4: Strategic management enhancement based on the findings of the Graduate Survey • Expert Workshop on data analysis and interpretation of graduate surveys in Bielefeld, DE • Strategic Management Workshops based on the institutional graduate survey report at partner country HEIs

14. Thank you for your attention! E-mail: sasamilic@ac.me E-mail: congrad@uni-bielefeld.de Website: http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/soz/congrad/