Record participation in the employer group survey, with almost 2,400 responses
Record participation in the employer group survey, with almost 2,400 responses
On 16 July, AQU Catalunya completed the fieldwork for the third employer group survey, which we use to assess the employer group's opinion on how university training matches their needs. This year, we asked 28,000 Catalan companies and organizations what they think about the specific and interdisciplinary competencies of the recent graduates they have hired and, as a novelty, about their interns.
The dissemination of the survey has been possible thanks to the collaboration of the 12 Catalan universities, which have provided us with the contact details of the companies and organizations with which they have an internship agreement or who appear in their job banks. In addition, 20 professional associations and the General Council of the Official Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Catalonia have helped us to disseminate them among companies and organisations in their field and jurisdiction. Thanks to the collaboration of the following entities, we obtained 2,394 responses:
- Official Association of Technical Engineering in Computer Science of Catalonia
- Official Association of Administrative Managers of Catalonia
- Manresa Bar Association
- Environmentalists' Association of Catalonia
- Association of Agricultural and Forestry Technical Engineers of Catalonia
- Association of Industrial Technical Engineers of Girona
- Association of Industrial Technical Engineers of Manresa
- Biologists' Association of Catalonia
- Social Graduates' Association of Tarragona
- Speech Therapists' Association of Catalonia
- Political Scientists' and Sociologists' Association of Catalonia
- Council of Associations of Surveyors, Technical Architects and Building Engineers
- Catalan Association of Tourism Professionals
- Interior Designers' and Decorators' Association of Catalonia
- Professional Designers' Association
- Pedagogy Association of Catalonia
- Psychology Association of Catalonia
- Council of Pharmacists' Associations of Catalonia
- Agency for Qualification of Professional Engineers (AQPE)
- General Council of the Official Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Catalonia
The answers obtained in this edition of the survey will allow us to investigate which competencies need further work within Catalonia's university training and propose improvements for degree programmes. You can find the results of previous years' surveys at the following links: