Butlletí

A bimonthly publication of AQU Catalunya

55

July 2011

EDITORIAL

The universities, a privileged platform from which to enter the world of work and industry

Just a few days ago, the survey University and employment in Catalonia. 2011 Survey on the labour market outcomes of graduates in Catalonia(2006-2007 academic year) was presented to top level officials of the Catalan Administration and the universities.

AQU NEWS

• Results of the calls for the assessment of research work by teaching staff30.06.2011
• 14th ECA Workshop in Barcelona29.06.2011
• AQU Catalunya will evaluate merits in research of teaching staff at INEFC16.06.2011
• Meeting of the AQU Student Commission14.06.2011
• The private universities taking part in the survey on the labour market outcomes of graduates in Catalonia02.06.2011
• AQU Catalunya publishes the Annual Report 201031.05.2011
• More than 18,500 participants in the fourth survey on the labour market outcomes of graduates in Catalonia30.05.2011
• Course on student participation in university quality enhancement at the Autonomous University of Barcelona 25.05.2011
• The OECD's AHELO initiative to define the learning outcomes of graduates in Economics and Engineering24.05.2011
• ENQA Workshop: Quality Assurance in Lifelong Learning20.05.2011
• AQU Catalunya will evaluate merits in research of teaching staff at Universitat Abat Oliba CEU19.05.2011

ARTICLES

• University and employment in Catalonia. 2011 Survey of graduate labour market outcomes in Catalonia
  Contrary to the idea that the universities produce graduates for non-existent jobs, practically all graduates acquire better-qualified jobs.
  Editorial board - AQU Catalunya
• The profile of applicants for junior lecturer reports: age
  The age at which junior lecturers obtain a favourable report is being monitored by AQU Catalunya. A study entitled University academic staff in Catalonia: figures on accreditation and recruitment policies (2003-2006), was published in 2008, in which the average age of junior lecturers was 36, although there were differences according to subject area. The youngest age (34) was in Experimental Sciences, whereas the oldest (39) was in the Humanities.
  Esteve Arboix Codina - Head of Teaching Staff Assessment department

OPINION

• The virtues and limitations of monitoring reports
  

  Dr. Salvador Cardús i Ros
  Dean, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)

  After all this time, it is difficult to find anybody who openly and radically dares to challenge the need for the assessment of academic work and for systematic and transparent monitoring.

AQU RECOMMENDS

• University and employment in Catalonia 2011 [ca]
• Fourth AQU survey of graduate labour market outcomes [ca]