Meeting of the Education and Training Statistics Working Group Item 5.4 of the agenda – Student mobility statistics (Task Force results) Luxembourg, 23-24 May 2011 JMO Building - Room M4 23-24 May 2011

Mobility statistics development By field of education By gender By country of destination By country of origin Foreign students (citizenship) By field of education By age By gender By country of destination By country of origin Total value Mobile students (residence / prior education) Mobility in Higher education Graduates Enrolment Credit mobility Entrants Diploma mobility     grad3 enrl6 enrl7 enrl8   grad4int grad3 enrl6 enrl7 enrl9 entr2int   grad9   Graduates Enrolment Credit mobility Entrants Diploma mobility Mobility in IVET     grad1   grad1   23-24 May 2011 Meeting of the ETS-WG

Task Force on international student mobility Set up by ETS-WG in November 2010 Credit mobility Diploma mobility Mobility in IVET Met twice: January & May 23-24 May 2011 Meeting of the ETS-WG

Task Force recommendations Credit mobility Introduce a table on credit mobility in the UOE (status as LANG and REGIO) Mandatory from 2014 onwards (derogations to 2016/2017) Considerations on increased administrative burden Use LLP agencies network data and infrastructure Study possibility of using enrolment data to estimate credit mobility at graduates level Estimations Synthetic indicator 23-24 May 2011 Meeting of the ETS-WG

Task Force recommendations Credit mobility (Cont.) Statistical definition: Definition as proposed in EURODATA study Only physical mobility Only periods abroad recognised by home institution Minimum length of period abroad: 3 months for levels 6, 7 and 8 (ISCED2011); 2 months for work placements in level 5 Collection: Breakdowns consistent with diploma mobility Collect country of destination 23-24 May 2011 Meeting of the ETS-WG

Task Force recommendations Diploma mobility Are homecoming students mobile? -> No consensus between statisticians Make list of arguments for and against Consider the collection of the number of homecoming students in UOE Is mobility only physical mobility? -> Yes. UOE methodological manual should be revised Do not use citizenship as a proxy for mobility Start the process of introducing the tables on diploma mobility in the Commission regulation in its 2012 revision 23-24 May 2011 Meeting of the ETS-WG

Task Force recommendations Mobility in IVET Abolish the parts of GRAD1 concerning mobility and foreign citizenship Medium to longer term development strategy Try to use LLP national agencies (for credit mobility) Make further assessment of the UOE as the appropriate tool to produce statistics on mobility in IVET 23-24 May 2011 Meeting of the ETS-WG

Proposed timetable for the future work on international student mobility Finalisation of the tables by the Task Force Beginning 2012 Approval of the tables by the ETS WG Spring 2012 Approval of the tables by DSS WG September 2012 Vote of the revision of the Commission Regulation by ESSC (together with ISCED2011) End 2012 / Early 2013 Adoption of the revision of the Commission Regulation by ESSC Mid 2013 23-24 May 2011 Meeting of the ETS-WG

We seek ETS agreement on Recommendations of the task-force Proceed with the development of mobility statistics in view of the benchmark target is to include the necessary tables at the time of the 2012 revision of the Regulation timetable Use the LLP (ERASMUS) national agencies data and infrastructure Set up a new task force with the mandate to: Make more detailed assessment of data in LLP agencies Finalise credit mobility methodology Make mobility methodological manual Run a pilot collection on credit mobility 23-24 May 2011 Meeting of the ETS-WG