Magister Artium - MA (Psychology) / The present study aimed to determine the employment and employability profiles of alumni from structured professional Masters programmes in psychology. Issues of low enrolment rates and high attrition rates are at the fore of transformation efforts in the South African higher education sector. The concern of graduate employability and the relevance of skills training received to the labour market are of international concern. Graduate tracer studies have been successfully implemented internationally to attempt to understand these issues. Training relevance is of particular concern for the field of psychology in South Africa, as there is a significant shortage of mental health professionals. Understanding where graduates from professional Masters degrees in psychology find employment, as well as understanding their employability, may lead to greater absorption of graduates from these programmes into the workforce. Permission to conduct the present study and ethics clearance was obtained from the Senate Research Committee of the University of the Western Cape, and all relevant ethics principles were adhered to. An incentivised, online survey was conducted with a sample of 29 Masters-level graduates from two professional psychology programmes at a historically disadvantaged university. The study used a modified version of the Standard Instrument for Graduates. The survey had a 50% response rate (29 of 58) after at least four electronic reminders. Respondents graduated between 2008 and 2013, 13 from the clinical Masters programme and 16 from the research Masters programme. Descriptive statistics were used to depict the employment and employability profiles of the alumni. Most of the respondents were female (n=21), and about a third were first generation students (n=11). Most of the respondents were currently employed (n=25). They were employed in a variety of fields, predominantly health (n=10) and higher education (n=7), and largely clustered in the public sector (n=17). This suggested a transferability of skills. The training received was perceived to be relevant, in terms of accessing employment and conducting current work. Most of the clinical graduates were registered as clinical psychologists (n=12) with the Health Professionals Council of South Africa. There were varied registrations held by graduates from the research programme and some were not registered. The respondents held generally positive attitudes towards their alma mater. These descriptive results were interpreted through the use of McQuaid and Lindsay's (2005) framework of employability, based on the interaction between their individual factors, personal circumstances and external factors. Through this frame, the results highlighted the complex nature of the employability of these graduates.

Magister Artium - MA (Psychology) / The present study aimed to determine the employment and employability profiles of alumni from structured professional Masters programmes in psychology. Issues of low enrolment rates and high attrition rates are at the fore of transformation efforts in the South African higher education sector. The concern of graduate employability and the relevance of skills training received to the labour market are of international concern. Graduate tracer studies have been successfully implemented internationally to attempt to understand these issues. Training relevance is of particular concern for the field of psychology in South Africa, as there is a significant shortage of mental health professionals. Understanding where graduates from professional Masters degrees in psychology find employment, as well as understanding their employability, may lead to greater absorption of graduates from these programmes into the workforce. Permission to conduct the present study and ethics clearance was obtained from the Senate Research Committee of the University of the Western Cape, and all relevant ethics principles were adhered to. An incentivised, online survey was conducted with a sample of 29 Masters-level graduates from two professional psychology programmes at a historically disadvantaged university. The study used a modified version of the Standard Instrument for Graduates. The survey had a 50% response rate (29 of 58) after at least four electronic reminders. Respondents graduated between 2008 and 2013, 13 from the clinical Masters programme and 16 from the research Masters programme. Descriptive statistics were used to depict the employment and employability profiles of the alumni.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-16T15:18:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 688903 bytes, checksum: 5b63f2d44a03cad3a59e9a7446903773 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-07-11 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This study aims at knowing what is expected from students who graduated in Visual Arts at UFPB and how they are finding a position in the job market. This is a desk research, which uses as reference the National Guidelines for Undergraduate Courses, the National Exam for the Evaluation of Visual Arts Undergraduate Students, the Pedagogical Project of the Visual Arts Undergraduate Course, its resolution and the resolution that created the Undergraduate Course in Artistic Education, as well as my personal experience as a Visual Arts major and applicant for a position in the job market. It is a case study research, which aims at interviewing students who graduated in Visual Arts in 2007 and 2008. This is still an ongoing research. / Esta investigação tem como objetivo conhecer o que se espera dos egressos da Licenciatura de Artes Visuais da UFPB e como estão se inserindo profissionalmente. Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória, qualitativa e empírica, que mescla a análise de documentos e a entrevista com os estudantes egressos dos anos de 2007 e 2008. A análise toma como referência as Diretrizes Nacionais de Licenciaturas (DCNs), o Exame Nacional de Avaliação de Desempenho dos Estudantes da Licenciatura em Artes Visuais (ENADE) e o Projeto Político Pedagógico do Curso de Licenciatura de Artes Visuais, bem como a Resolução de sua criação na UFPB. No questionário foram coletados, os dados pessoais e profissionais dos egressos, compondo um perfil de jovens e adultos, sendo em sua maioria do gênero feminino, que declaram afinidades com a Arte, e destacam a pertinência nos seus estudos acadêmicos. Os egressos expõem algumas dificuldades atribuídas ao curso e à inserção profissional. Apenas um número reduzido atua na área de Artes Visuais e percebem salários classificados entre médios e baixos.

unregelmäßig erscheinende Zeitschrift über aktuelle Themen der TU Chemnitz

unregelmäßig erscheinende Zeitschrift über aktuelle Themen der TU Chemnitz

A university’s alumnus grouping is one of its most valuable assets in terms of its potential financial, strategic and social contribution towards the credibility and longevity of the institution. The goodwill and support of a primary stakeholder grouping such as the alumni is crucial to the aspirations of a Higher Education institution wanting to prosper in a fast-changing and highly competitive market. Alumni members have the capacity to assist in strategically positioning a tertiary institution as a market leader in the South African Higher Education Sector (SAHES) by means of representation on the institutional council and their involvement in networking, lifelong learning, career services, mentoring, fundraising and community development activities. In light of the restructuring and transformation that this sector has undergone since 1994, building and maintaining valuable relationships with alumni stakeholders of tertiary institutions in South Africa has become a new and more difficult challenge. The integrated network approach of relationship management could give an institution the opportunity to create a win-win situation for all stakeholders involved. Information technology has had a significant impact on the power structure and relationship between organisations and their publics, stakeholders and the media. It has become extremely difficult for organisations to define and segment these audiences as, for example, Internet audiences are widely spread across geographical, cultural, and economic boundaries. This makes the packaging and dissemination of information a much more challenging task, as information needs to be generic enough to be commonly understood, but should also be personalised in such a way that it still addresses the different audience segmentations effectively. However, the identification and profiling of target audiences is critical for successful information dissemination, as this knowledge will guide the information managers within organisations in compiling relevant (to the target audiences) content and packaging the information in a way that is most suitable to the needs and resources of the targeted group. At the core of developing an alumni network is a secure database with an interactive Web-based platform allowing the alumni management teams and members to disseminate and share relevant information freely. According to a research project (the first phase of a longitudinal study) about disseminating information to UJ alumni, 98,2% of the respondents indicated that they wanted to have contact with the UJ Alumni Relations Office (Barnard, Rensleigh & Niemann, 2005). The majority of respondents, 86,7%, indicated that they preferred to receive the information via electronic mail or from the website. The research findings indicated that the UJ alumni stakeholder group is part of a privileged section of the South African population in the global and national digital divide. Thus, the alumni management of UJ had the opportunity to explore and use the information-sharing options offered by online and digital technologies. This research project forms the second phase of the ongoing research project in an attempt to discard the “one-size-fits-all” notion with regard to information sharing with the alumni stakeholders of tertiary institutions in South Africa. The aim of this research project is to determine the extent to which an online community portal could manage the information needs of alumni stakeholders in the SAHES, using the alumni of the University of Johannesburg as a case study. Establishing an online (virtual) community Web portal for UJ alumni will support a customised approach in terms of information content, dissemination, context and commerce. An online community environment will offer alumni opportunities to re-establish contact with peers and nurture relationships with one another through frequent social interaction (chat). Such a facility would allow and encourage conversations that are of value to all stakeholders, as these communities can exist beyond the boundaries of location and time. They foster not only the potential to promote business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C), but also consumer-to-consumer (C2C) interaction and could even exploit the possibilities of human-resource placements. The research consisted of an extensive literature review followed by a quantitative empirical survey and a qualitative discussion forum. The purpose of the literature review was to establish a theoretical framework in order to lay a solid foundation from which the empirical research was conducted. The different components of the research problem were discussed as well as possible variables that could influence the research problem. The restructuring of the South African Higher Education Sector was investigated, with specific focus on the University of Johannesburg and its alumni stakeholder group, taking an in-depth look into the value that an alumni stakeholder group holds for an institution. The management of alumni information needs was discussed, using Web-technology as focal point. Online community portals were defined, emphasising the benefits that this information tool could have for Higher Education alumni. As part of the quantitative study, an empirical survey was conducted in April 2006 among the alumni of the University of Johannesburg to determine their information needs concerning an online community portal, and the content required of such an online community model. A total number of 10 380 questionnaires was distributed to graduates of the University of Johannesburg at the Autumn Graduation ceremonies. The questionnaire consisted of four sections, namely Section A: Biographical Information, Section B: Online Activities, Section C: Alumni Information Services and Section D: Alumni Community Needs. In total, 1 703 questionnaires were completed and returned by these graduates to the UJ Alumni Relations Office. In addition, a qualitative discussion forum was conducted among 35 alumni management representatives from fourteen SAHES institutions during August 2006. The representatives indicated how information was disseminated electronically to alumni target audiences and their opinions towards alumni online community portals were tested. The research results indicated that an online community portal, could manage, to a great extent, the information needs of alumni in the South African Higher Education Sector (UJ alumni case study). Consequently, a prototype was proposed for an online community portal for SAHES alumni that would have a significant impact on the information and communication methods used to build alumni networks, for the benefit of both the alumni stakeholders and the Higher Education institutions in South Africa. Although the alumni of the University of Johannesburg served as a case study for this research project, the proposed prototype could be tailored to the needs of other alumni organisations throughout the South African Higher Education Sector. In terms of inter-institutional collaboration, this research project offers an opportunity to liaise and share information with other alumni organisations of the SAHES. This could result in successfully identifying a best practice model for managing the information needs of alumni stakeholder groups of tertiary institutions in developing countries, which is significantly different from the philanthropic approach to these stakeholder groups in first world countries. As a result, the employment sector of Higher Education institutions in South Africa could gain from the research outcomes, as the proposed prototype will offer an ICT and Web-based solution which could be applied for the mutual benefit of the relevant stakeholder groups and the institutions. / Prof. Chris Rensleigh

Aus dem Begleitwort: "schön, dass Sie diese Broschüre zur Hand genommen haben. Die Mitarbeiter unseres Alumni-Teams haben in fleißiger Arbeit eine Menge Informationen zusammengetragen, von denen wir annehmen, dass sie Ihnen nützen werden. Doch zunächst möchte ich Ihnen zu Ihrem Studienerfolg sehr herzlich sowohl im Namen des Rektorats der TU Dresden als auch ganz persönlich gratulieren. Hinter Ihnen liegen viele Stunden voller Ausdauer, Fleiß und Selbstdisziplin. Diese Stunden haben sich nun ausgezahlt, denn mit einem Abschluss der TU Dresden haben Sie sich eine Position erarbeitet, die Ihnen ein hervorragendes Rüstzeug für einen Start in den Beruf oder für die Fortsetzung Ihrer akademischen Laufbahn bietet.":Absolventen und Netzwerk Aus den Augen – aus dem Sinn? 4 Internationale Alumnikontakte leicht gemacht 5 Das Alumni-Jahr 2013/2014 6 Was machen TU-Absolventen heute? 8 Die Fakultäten und ihre Absolventenbeauftragten 10 Campusbüro Uni mit Kind sucht Freunde aus seinen „Kindertagen“ 14 Absolventenvereine 15 nexus – in Verbindung bleiben 16 Spätverkehr – der listige Absolventenverein! 17 Absolventenfeiern 18 Universitätsarchiv und Alumni 20 „Mit dem Motorrad durch den Zeuner-Bau“ 21 Universität und Campus Zeitgeist und Zukunft zugleich 22 Wussten Sie schon, dass 24 Kurz-Geschichte 26 TU-Highlights 2013/2014 27 Zwei Jahre Exzellenz-Universität TU Dresden 29 Die Leitung der Universität 30 Die Besten 32 Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen 2013/2014 34 Praxis und Weiterbildung Überzeugende Gründe für ein Auslandspraktikum 36 Berufseinstieg? Mit Mentoring dort ankommen! 37 Mit dresden exists von der Idee zum eigenen Unternehmen 38 Der Career Service als Türöffner zur Berufswelt 39 Vom Bachelor zum Master 40 DIU/TUDIAS 41 Zentrum für Weiterbildung 42 Stifter und Stipendien Die Freunde und Förderer der TU Dresden 43 Deutschlandstipendium – gemeinsam Zukunft fördern 44 Nach dem Studium: Wissen stiften! 45 Fördervereine (Auswahl) 46 Termine und Veranstaltungen TUD-Termine 48 Kontaktmessen 49 TU-Präsente vorgestellt 50 Campusplan 51

This research paper is a study of the alumni of the Department of Social and Cultural Ecology Programme on Faculty of Humanities, Charles University (or "SKE"). The research is grounded in Bourdieu's reflexive sociology. In Bourdieu's terms, it studies the habitus of the SKE alumni in relation to the field of SKE. Inspired by Wacquant's carnal sociology, I do not put myself in the classical ethnographic position of "a researcher amongst bushmen": I am one of those I study. The main method used for studying the field of SKE was the observant participation of Loïc Wacquant. In the second part of the research, a questionnaire in combination with qualitative methods was used to identify the habitus of the alumni. As a result of the research, the field of SKE was described and basic contours of habitus were identified. With regards to reflexive sociology demands, a straight ethnographic confrontation of respondents would have to be conducted in order to identify the precise parameters of habitus. Therefore, I present the actual results as mere portal to a future enquiry. Key words: Alumni, Social and Cultural Ecology, milieu, habitus, reflexive sociology, carnal sociology.

Alumni loyalty is a relevant research field, which includes different possibilities for investigation. This dissertation focuses on the particularly relevant research gaps in the AL literature. Specifically, this thesis adds to the AL research by developing a more accurate conceptual IAL model for the explanation and prediction of AL. This model includes main internal and external factors (i.e., gender and culture) and could serve as a basis for further theoretical research or could be applied in practice as it is. The findings of this thesis provide deeper insight into the mechanism of alumni university interactions and help to implement an effective, pragmatic plan of AL by taking into consideration cross-cultural and cross-gender differences of alumni. Specifically, the dissertation could be beneficial to educators, researchers, and managers. Educators could integrate the pertinent information into their teaching materials for courses in non-profit marketing and management. Researchers could use the provided reference tool and obtained findings to identify colleagues with similar research interests, to recognize directions for future investigation into the subject, and to develop a deeper and more detailed understanding of AL. The managers could use the results of this dissertation to determine areas which need to be stressed to enhance AL. Additionally, the derived ideas and strategies of AL could assist managers in better analyzing nonprofit organizations and developing an in-depth understanding of the commonalities across various types of alumni groups, “and patterns in the differences among them” (Pettit, 1999, p. 105). The author of this thesis believes that the dissertation can bring “a new era to alumni research” by developing a body of research-based knowledge about a variety of important issues related to AL (Pettit, 1999, p. 105).

The alumni survey conducted at Portland State University School of Social Work by second year students had two purposes. One purpose was to fulfill the research practicum requirements of a Masters of Social Work degree by providing experience in the area of applied survey research. The other was to provide a data base for future alumni research at the school.