graduates covered by the report are registered with the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS). Graduate tracer studies in the European Union Relatively few comparative studies on the fate of graduates have been carried out at the European level, but several initiatives in this area are worth mentioning. International studies
Comparative graduate tracer studies were carried out within the framework of several projects: CHEERS (1998–2000, 12 countries), REFLEX (2005–2006, 16 countries), HEGESCO (implemented in 5 countries using the REFLEX methodology) and TRACKIT, implemented by the European University Association10. In order to improve the quality of education and competences of Europeans, the European Commission adopted a new programme in June 2016: The New Skills Agenda for Europe11. The programme gave rise to a series of actions designed to ensure that citizens of the European Union have access to an appropriate level of training, support and development of their skills. Among these activities was the Graduate Tracking system, whose name was later changed to the EUROGRADUATE Pilot Survey Project. Works are currently under way to prepare a pilot graduate survey in selected European countries. The EUROGRADUATE Survey Project was launched in autumn 201812. As part of the project, data collection tools were to be developed and tested in selected European countries. The pilot were to cover graduates who completed their studies one year and five years before the survey (ISCED 6 and 7, which in the Polish system of education corresponds to first and second cycle studies), and a quantitative survey will be carried out using the Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI) technique, in this case an online questionnaire. Upon the completion of the survey, reports (a large-scale comparative report and national reports) will be drawn up and decisions will be made on including all EU Member States in the survey. In accordance with the assumptions of the European Commission, the system is to provide qualitative and quantitative data on what HEI and vocational school graduates across Europe do upon graduation. Its aim is to influence the development of graduate monitoring systems in each Member State. It is also important to encourage closer cooperation between national actors 10. Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe: Access, Retention and Employability, Luxembourg 2014. 11. http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1223&langId=en. 12. The results of the study were not published by the beginning of 2019.
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