1. Education and Training Statistics Working Group 24-25/9/2007
Up-date of Eurostat activities
Context elements
24-25 /09/ 2007
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2. Council conclusions on a coherent framework
Full use
participation in pre-school education (UOE)
early school leavers (LFS)
upper-secondary completion rates of young people (UOE)
higher education graduates (UOE)
participation of adults in lifelong learning (LFS, AES, CVTS)
cross-national mobility of students in higher education (UOE)
educational attainment of the population (LFS)
Further clarification
special needs education (UOE)
ICT skills (ICT survey)
Investment in education (UOE)
24-25/09/2007
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3. Other important policy concerns
Employability
Returns
Socio economic background
Evolution of the HEI (from education and R&D perspective)
24-25/09/2007
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4. MS priorities in the UOE multi annual planning
Cross-cutting issues
Ranking II
UOE revision policy 1 3
Timeliness
III
Guidelines on UOE estimation techniques
Cost-effectiveness of the UOE data collection 4 2
Policy relevance of the UOE data 5
Coverage of the UOE data 7
Data missing or partly missing
Domain specific issues 19
Education finance
19.1
Private expenditures on education 11
Student mobility 17
Output measures (drop out rates and duration)
19.2
Financial aid to students
24-25/09/2007
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5. Bologna process: London Communiqué
On higher education
Social dimension of the process, participative equity
Employability
Mobility
24-25/09/2007
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6. Eurostat approach To improve UOE process
Timeliness
Revision policy
Estimations
To improve UOE coverage and quality
Special education needs
Mobility of students
Education expenditure
Output measures
Instrument: LLL regulation and UOE implementing act
24-25/09/2007
ETS working group

7. Eurostat approach
CVTS: to disseminate, analyse and evaluate before the next round
AES: to disseminate, analyse and evaluate before the next round, in the EHS context
24-25/09/2007
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8. Eurostat approach – non specific data sources
LFS
Improvements in NEAC
Improvements in field of study
Regular introduction of socio economic background?
Better use of the education variables (employability, parents education, etc)
SILC
To start using it – mainly for returns
Quality assessment in the context of NEAC
SES, TUS, etc
24-25/09/2007
ETS working group