IO1 project team online working meeting – Developement of research tools for the analysis of students and labor market tools; Creation of common enterprise database

IO1 project team online working meeting

The meeting summarized the results of previous discussions on the subject and form of the surveys for industry and students. It was decided to choose an easy-to-fill remote form of the survey.

Research tool

The literature review and other sources examination was the basis to design the questionnaire. The intention of the questionnaire construction was to give two perspectives, both students and companies, to compare the results of the study. The questionnaire included closed-ended and semi-open-ended questions in order to collect information in assumed sections related to:

• student survey:

– general information,

 – the quality of the study program,

– teaching quality, 

– learning resources/student’s support,

• company/industry survey:

– general information,

– knowledge and engineering skills,

– employer’s expectations,

– current state of master graduates in the company,

– competencies gap in organizational skills and others,

employer’s expectations,

– current state of master graduates in the company,

– course (s) or subject(s) suggestions,

– comments regarding materials science education,

– collaborations with Industry and Universities.

The assessment was based on respondents’ self-evaluation using a dedicated scale.  

The questionnaires were approved by all project partners involved in the IO1 task.