Emerging Modes of Cooperation between Private Sector Organisations and Universities, 2014

The EMCOSU programme (Emerging Modes of Cooperation between Private Sector Organisations and Universities) reinforces the link between education activities and HE graduates’ employability needs and the promotion of cooperation with HE tools in particular. Current major national and international mechanisms providing indications to contribute to this aim are closely related to cooperation between higher education institutions and enterprises which represents the main focus of the EMCOSU project which addresses the following questions: a) Which are the most relevant modes of cooperation between universities and enterprises and why? b) How can these modes be logically systemised according to stakeholders’ particular needs, countries, study fields and sectors? What are the differences and similarities in these areas? c) What are current characteristics of cooperation modes and their future developmental needs? d) Which are key developmental drivers and motives on cooperation on the side of universities and enterprises? e) What potential do identified improvements hold vis-à-vis established policy tools: credit points and HE sector-specific qualification frameworks? Which sectors and jobs in the selected partner countries and the EU have the greatest potential in the future to absorb HE graduates? In the study there are enterprises mainly from the EMCOSU countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Spain) and other Non-EMCOSU countries/regions: Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Continental countries, Ex-YU countries, Scandinavia and Russia. The whole EMCOSU research produced data for companies, specific sector and associations. In the Slovenian Social Science Data Archives, data are available for companies only.