AlmaLaurea Conference - Venice, 12th March

The 15^th AlmaLaurea Survey on Graduates’ Employment Conditions has involved more than 400,000 graduates from all 64 Universities that are members of AlmaLaurea (7 more than last year). The Survey contains the main characteristics of the employment conditions of graduates from the years 2011, 2009, 2007 who were interviewed 1, 3 and 5 years after graduation. Given the high response rate (87% at one year, 80% at three years, 77% at five years), the outcome of this Survey is highly reliable and instrumental to assess the effectiveness of the University system and to measure the level of appreciation and employability of graduates on the national and foreign job markets.

As was the case in the past, also this year the Survey offers the possibility of analysing both the short-term trends and the medium- to long-term developments which have characterized the graduates’ job market.

The general outline and main conclusions of the Survey on Graduates’ Employment Conditions in this period of crisis will be presented. Suggestions will be given for reflecting on themes which are part of the political agenda and on issues of general interest, with particular focus on the topic of investing in research, education and, therefore, young people as a priority for our Country. At the same time, all documentation - broken down according to the Universities, faculties, years and degree courses - will be available on the AlmaLaurea Website.

Among the various aspects and trends detected in the Survey, also this year a few have been selected for more thorough analysis.

One of these themes is inequality and social mobility among graduates. The transformations which have occurred worldwide following globalization and the dissemination of new technologies have brought about significant changes in the international division of labour and wealth distribution between and within countries. In various ways and to a different extent, these changes have affected workers with different qualifications. The topic of inequality is closely linked to that of social mobility: in our country, the social background still affects the educational/occupational choices and outcomes. Aim of this in-depth analysis is to examine how the recent transformations have impacted on the graduates’ cluster  and altered the level of inequality of access to education and employment outcomes.

The presentation of the results based on the documentation collected by AlmaLaurea will be followed by a general outline of the situation and a round table with comments from the audience.

A second in-depth analysis will be about the issue of demand and supply of skills and competences and related topics (job mismatch, effectiveness of the degree, training schemes etc.).

In the last few years, there has been on-going debate on education and higher education reforms as well as on the actual requirements of the Italian graduates. The education reform debate has mainly focused on the mismatch between demand and supply of human capital which is a common trait – to some extent even natural – of the interaction between the educational systems and the job market. This is confirmed by the high level of attention paid to this issue also abroad and, more recently, by the international organizations dealing with training and education. Again, the presentation of the results based on the documentation collected by AlmaLaurea will be followed by a general outline of the situation and a round table with comments from the audience.

The Conference will be attended by Rectors from other Countries, delegates from the European Commission, the World Bank and the Union for the Mediterranean, with whom - in the days following the meeting – the 3-year cooperation projects approved by the European Union with the Universities of Morocco, Tunisia, Armenia, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro will be officially launched.

Online Registration is closed. You can still register in place.

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