1. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 16-17 June 2015
Item 4.2 – 2015 data collection
Jacques Lanneluc Malgorzata Stadnik Eurostat F5
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – June 2015

2. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 16-17 June 2015
UOE 2015 questionnaires
ENRL, ENTR, GRAD, PERS, FIN, REGIO and LANG to be sent to countries by the end of June 2015
Questionnaires and manual similar to UOE 2014
Small improvements in formatting and automatic data checks
UOE 2015 Manual (additional information on coverage of European schools and typical ages)
Deadlines for data submission and quality reports
ENRL, ENTR, PERS, LANG and REGIO: 30 September 2015
GRAD and FIN: 30 November 2015
Quality report with ISCED mapping: 31 January 2016 a
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – June 2015

3. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 16-17 June 2015
UOE 2015 questionnaires
Improvements in questionnaire templates:
Relaxation of error checking due to figure rounding
Reduced questionnaire template size
Relaxation of sheet password protection
Removal of illogical checks in the VAL_Data check sheet
Correction of conditional formatting
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4. UOE 2015 LANG questionnaire
New variable to be collected on voluntary basis:
Number of students enrolled by ISCED levels 1, 2 and 3, by individual ages and number of modern languages studied
Objective: improvement of data comparability in view of the Council conclusions on multilingualism
Voluntary data collection by age already carried out in UOE (school years 2007/08 – 2011/12)
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5. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 16-17 June 2015
Completion rates
The issue of improving completion rates in higher education is strongly linked to European priorities of promoting employability and employment, social justice and growth
Data on completion rates and average duration in higher education is currently being collected through the UOE data collection, without a legal basis.
The most recent in time was implemented in 2012 with 21 European countries responding.
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6. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 16-17 June 2015
Completion rates
In the past months, Eurostat has undertaken an assessment of the data quality and the methodological framework in view of a possible new data collection
The results will be discussed with DG EAC and OECD
A new data collection could be proposed at the end of the year, on a voluntary basis, with a new questionnaire and improved guidelines
OECD Members will be informed during the INES WG meeting in October
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7. UOE 2016: future developments
ISCED-Fields 2013 classification to be used starting from UOE 2016
Final UIS documents on Detailed field descriptions and Table of correspondence sent in June
Derogations on degree mobility, mobile students, entrants and finance end in 2016
Countries requested to anticipate the end of derogations to comply with Commission Regulation
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8. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 16-17 June 2015
Summary
The ETS WG has been informed that all the UOE questionnaires and the manual should be sent before the end of June. Few adaptations have been brought compared to last year. An additional request (individual ages) will be included in the LANG questionnaire.
The ETS WG has been informed that a new data collection on completion rates could be proposed at the end of the year, in collaboration with the OECD and on a voluntary basis, with a new questionnaire and improved guidelines.
Countries have been invited to anticipate the changes expected in 2016 (Fields of education; end of derogations)
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – June 2015