AGS Reporting Practices GCA Practices Bruce Guthrie GCA

AGS Reporting Practices GCA Practices – Bruce Guthrie, GCA Institution Practices – David De Bellis, Flinders University DEEWR Practices – Phil Aungles, DEEWR Good Universities Guide Practices – Ross White, Hobsons

GCA Reporting Practices � Reports (tables and publications) � Processes � Data uses

Reporting the AGS � Data cleaning (Sept-Oct) � Draft Tables A & B for SM confirmation � Final Tables A & B after SM confirmation � Tables A 1 – A 16 show main destinations in terms of employment, labour market activity and further fulltime study ◦ Based on ‘DEST’ variable – NOT ‘activity’ or ‘working’

Reporting the AGS � Tables A 1 – A 16 include standardised results for bachelor degree graduates ◦ ◦ ◦ Domestics – all, male & female, under 25, honours Internationals Domestics + Internationals ATSI, NESB & disability (access & equity) Other levels of award including, graduate certificates, graduate & postgraduate diplomas, masters coursework & research and Ph. Ds

Reporting the AGS � Tables B 1 – B 16 show standardised labour market status of graduates available for full-time employment ◦ Based on ‘AVAILFT 2’ variable – NOT ‘activity’ or ‘working’ variables ◦ ‘AVAILFT 2’ is derived from ‘DEST’ � 1 In full-time employment � 2 Working part-time & seeking full-time employment � 3 Not working & seeking full-time employment

Reporting the AGS � Tables B 1 – B 16 employ same categories as Tables A 1 – A 16 � Tables B 1 – B 16 and ‘AVAILFT 1’ and ‘AVAILFT 2’ are best when examining full-time employment outcomes

Reporting the AGS � Clean national data file late November � Grad. Stats and Grad. Files summary publications produced in December – Sent to SMs � Preliminary data file to DEEWR in December � Final national data file checks in January

Reporting the AGS � Start work on AGS reports: AGS (new), Graduate Destinations, Graduate Salaries, Graduate Course Experience (CEQ), Postgraduate Destinations, Postgraduate Research Experience (PREQ) late January ◦ Summary reports, all tables and graphics still produced ◦ Sent to SMs � CEQ files for START February ◦ Mean and percentage agreement figures ◦ Tables show CEQ results by institution, level of award and field of education ◦ SMs advised

Reporting the AGS � GDS files for START February ◦ Tables A – J ◦ Destinations, Employment and Salaries ◦ SMs advised � National AGS files available to institutions ◦ GDS+CEQ and GDS+PREQ ◦ Word document describing data files ◦ No institutional identification in GDS+PREQ files

Reporting the AGS � Hobsons ◦ ◦ March To be discussed in more detail later VC authorisation Cut-down GDS file supplied by GCA (to all) CEQ tables supplied by GCA (to all) � Files for Careers Services March ◦ Employer details ◦ Further study information ◦ GDS information important to careers advisers