Alumni Survey

The university maintains an ongoing alumni survey. Alumni who have recently graduated or decided to discontinue their studies are invited to the survey and asked about the following topics:

  • Entry requirements
  • Evaluation of the course and the framework conditions
  • Reasons for discontinuing studies (only former students who discontinued their studies prematurely)
  • Advice and support
  • Overall satisfaction

The survey will determine which factors helped students to successfully complete their studies and which factors led to them leaving their studies.

The aim here is to identify differences in the evaluation of the course and the framework conditions by successful alumni and alumni who have discontinued their studies prematurely, and to develop measures from this that will help to reduce the number of those who discontinue their studies prematurely.

In addition to our graduate survey, alumni who have successfully completed their studies are invited graduate survey to take part in a survey in about 1-1.5 years in order to collect information on their retrospective view of their studies and their entry into professional life, among other things.

The coordination, implementation and evaluation of the alumni survey is the responsibility of the HP/QS staff unit. As part of the evaluation, the departments are provided with reports of the results. Based on the results provided, the departments then develop and implement measures to improve the study conditions and quality.

The survey is being conducted and evaluated in accordance with the current General Data Protection Regulation.

Further information on the survey process and data protection can be found here in the following accordion or after logging in to the intranet of the "Description of the procedure for central student and alumni surveys at the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer".

The processing of personal data in the context of the student survey is carried out in accordance with Art. 5, para. 1 b EU-DSGVO (Principles for the processing of personal data). The purpose of the processing is the systematic analysis and assurance of the quality of studies and teaching at the University of Emden/Leer. Further processing of personal data in a manner incompatible with this purpose will not take place. The legitimisation (Art. 5, para. 1 b EU-GDPR (principles for the processing of personal data)) and lawfulness of the processing (Art. 6, para. 1 a and c EU-GDPR (lawfulness of the processing)) is given according to § 5, para. 1 NHG (evaluation of research and teaching) in conjunction with § 17, para. 1-4 NHG (processing of personal data).

The most important information in brief:

  • The survey is conducted in strict compliance with data protection regulations.
  • No student data is passed on to third parties.
  • The answers in the questionnaires are used only for the purposes of quality assurance in teaching and studies.
  • The data of the respondents are anonymous after entry and cannot be linked to student data.
  • No statistical evaluations involving personal data are carried out.
  • The results are published in a report form that does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about individual persons. For example, no evaluations are carried out if the number of cases for a question is not at least n = 5.

The students' email addresses are provided for the Enrolment and Examination Office to send invitations.

The basis for this is § 5, para. 1 NHG (Evaluation of Research and Teaching) in conjunction with § 17, para. 1-4 NHG (Processing of Personal Data) as well as an application for the disclosure of personal data approved, among others, by the Data Protection Officer and the Vice President for Studies and Teaching.

In accordance with Art. 5, para. 1 c EU-GDPR (Principles for the processing of personal data), attention has been paid to data minimisation in the course of the application.

The students' contact details are always saved and stored separately from the survey data on an external storage medium. Contact details are never linked to survey results, nor can they be.

The addresses will be used solely for the purposes of conducting the survey and will be deleted once the survey is completed.

The central student and alumni surveys are evaluated by the University Planning and Quality Assurance staff unit.

The administrative department provides the departments and institutions with the results of the individual surveys at various levels via a central, restricted-access storage location, insofar as the response rates allow. As a rule, the minimum number of responses for a report is n = 5. The survey results are only published in aggregated and anonymised form, so that no conclusions can be drawn about individuals.

Contact

If you are interested, questions and suggestions, please contact:

Andre Schneke
University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer
Constantiaplatz 4
26723 Emden

 

Tel.: (04921) 807-1402
E-Mail: ehemaligenbefragung(at)hs-emden-leer.de
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