4. About the ESNSurvey
Annual European-wide research project
Different topics of mobility and education
Students at higher education institutions, average
response rate: 10,000. (2011: 21,000)
Since 2005, biggest regular European research
project entirely by volunteers
ESN network and partners to reach students
Important for ESN´s visibility (Commission, NAs
and Universities pay attention)
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5. ESNSurvey 2011
Is Erasmus related to labor maket?
Are exchange students more skilled to work abroad?
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6. ESNSurvey 2011 Team
ESNSurvey 2011 Team
• Coordinator: Emanuel Alfranseder (Germany/Sweden), PhD Student
in Economics.
• Julia Fellinger (Austria), MA Graduate of Socioeconomics.
• Jesús Escriva (Spain), BA Graduate, Polytechnic University of
Valencia.
• Ewa Krzaklewska (Poland), PhD Student in Sociology.
• Asror Nigmonov (Uzbekistan), MA Student, Uni. of Southern Denmark
• Josefin Svensson (Sweden), International Board ESN.
• Marge Taivere (Estonia), MA Student in Social Sciences.
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7. ESNSurvey 2011
Online from July 14, 2011 until November
20, 2011.
Title: Exchange, Employment and Added Value
Promoted via the whole ESN network and many
universities, national agencies and partner
organisations helped gather answers
First time it is promoted to all students at HEIs
We obtained more than 21,000 answers
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8. ESNSurvey 2011
Exchange, Employment and Added Value
• Increasing student mobility to increase labor mobility
• Other lines of research
• Relation between mobility and environment
• Satisfaction with students organization
• Impact of exchange on volunteering
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9. Average Satisfaction with the
experience abroad
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57.0%
32.9%
53.4%
38.1%
29.4%
40.5%
32.3%
37.3%
3.6%
12.8%
4.7%
11.1%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Satisfaction with stay
abroad during the
studies
Satisfaction with the
quality of studies
abroad
Satisfaction with stay
abroad during the
internship/placeme…
Satisfaction with the
quality of the
internship/placeme…
very satisfied rather satisfied
neither dissatisfied nor satisfied rather dissatisfied
very dissatisfied
10. Average self-evaluation of various skills (On a
scale from 1 (Very Low) to 5 (Very High), n=5,994-
14,996).
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3.6
3.8
3.5
3.3
3.1
3.6
3.7
2.3
3.9
3.8
4.0
3.6
3.5
3.3
4.1
4.0
2.9
4.1
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
Analytical skills
Problem - solving
Creativity
Networking
Negotiating
Working in intercultural teams
Communication
Other foreign languages
English as a foreign language
Mobile
Non-Mobile
11. Comparison of factors discouraging respondents from
working abroad (On a scale from 1 (totally disagree) to
5 (totally agree), n=2,388-20,929)
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3.2 3.2 3.3 3.4
2.9 3.1 3.0 3.1
2.9 2.7 2.5 2.6
2.2
3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.0
2.7
2.4
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
Have studied abroad
Not Studied Abroad but want to study abroad
Not studied abroad and does not want to study abroad or is unsure
12. Behavioural changes regarding environmental
issues after a stay abroad, per activity
(n=15,034).
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5%
7%
7%
9%
13%
14%
15%
16%
15%
20%
23%
22%
24%
35%
31%
21%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Renewing the nature
Littering
Energy consumption
Avoiding waste
Separating waste
Public Transport
Walking
Biking
Yes, I totally changed my
behaviour
Yes, I changed my behaviour a
bit
Yes, but I didn’t change my
behaviour
No, I did not see any more
efficient practices
13. Average satisfaction with ESN’s and other student
organisations’ activities (On a scale from 1 (very
dissatisfied) to 5 (very satisfied), n= 3640-7620).
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14. Work of ESN volunteers encouraging
respondents to do volunteer work themselves
(n=8,176).
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42.8%
10.8%
7.4%
32.8%
6.2%
0.0% 5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%25.0%30.0%35.0%40.0%45.0%
No
Yes, joined ESN at home university
Yes, joined different voluntary organisation
Yes, interested in joining a volunteer
organization, but not done it yet
Yes, volunteering for different initiatives, but
I am not interested in joining any particular
organisation
15. Recommendations (For national
governments and EU decision makers)
Student mobility subsequently enhances labor
mobility!
Therefore European policy makers & stakeholders
should support international mobility by:
• Ensuring funding
• Institutional support
• Early promotion (e.g. "Erasmus in Schools")
• Timely and adequate information provision
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16. Recommendations (For national
governments and EU decision makers)
Encourage the use of mobility programs as a tool
to enhance employability, personal
development, enriching societies and creating
European unity and citizenship.
Simplify procedures for students and graduates to
work abroad. Where applicable, visas
requirements and residence permits should be
designed to facilitate access to a traineeship
experience abroad.
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17. Recommendations (For national
governments and EU decision makers)
Implement new support services for graduates
who move abroad and help them with legal issues
and provide essential information. University
career services should be open towards
international job offerings.
Environment related behavior changes according
to availability: we recommend schemes of
adapting best environment practices from our
neighbors in Europe.
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18. FUTURE WORK
Is this project going to continue?
What should I do?
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19. Future work
ESNSurvey 2012 Exchange: Creating
Ideas, Opportunities and Identity
(2012), currently online until 31st October
• Entrepreneurship
• Social Networks
• European Citizenship
• Student associations
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20. ESNSurvey Team
New ESNSurvey Team 2012
• Coordinator: Julia Fellinger (Austria), MA Socioeconomics
• IB Responsible: Emanuel Alfranseder (Germany/Sweden), PhD Student in
Economics
• Milena Dolezelova (Canada/Czech Republic), BA Psychology, MA
International Education Administration
• Jesús Escrivá (Spain), MA Biomedical Engineering
• Eleni Kalantzi (Greece), MA Economics and International Economics
• Ewa Krzaklewska (Poland), PhD Student in Sociology
• Karina Oborune (Latvia), PhD Student in Political Science
• Jurgita Stasiukaityte (Lithuania), BA Economic Analysis, MA Business
Analytics
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21. Future work
It is your turn to promote it and use these results
• Promotion to Universities, Stakeholders and Commercial
Partners
• Develop Erasmus in School activities
Previous reports and all current updates can be found
online: http://www.esn.org/content/esnsurvey
Any requests and feedback can be sent to survey-
team@esn.org
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