Transcript Exchange of student data Vlaanderen Netherlands

Exchange of student data
Flanders <-> Netherlands ?
IAAO conference 2014
Berlin / Bote Folkertsma
Agenda
• Goal of the project with Flanders
• Information on the Groningen declaration,
– what , who, when, actions
– Is there a relation with the IAAO?
• Mobility of international students in the Netherlands
– Enrollment of international applicants
• The project with Flanders
• Conclusions
Goal project
• Pilot to investigate and develop or use a method to
exchange data of students / applicants in Flanders
and Netherlands as part of the enrollment process in
both countries.
Why this project
• Outcome of signing the Groningen declaration by
DUO
– Need for pilots: practise what you preach
• DUO = Government agency that
– has the diploma register for all secundary diplomas
– Has a register of all present students and there history
– Determins the number of funded students at each HE
institute
– Handles all student loans
– And some other things…..
Infrastructure Netherlands
Student
Front-Office
Studielink
Database
Broker
Dashboard
Institutions
Groningen declaration
• 2012 -> meeting in Groningen organised by DUO to
discuss possibilities to collaborate on the topic of eexchange of student data
• Result of the meeting: signing a paper document, called
the Groningen declaration
• Interesting in perspective of Studielink
– Not one IAAO member was invited or has signed!
– Not one institute was involved.
– Are there more organisations directly involved in admission in
HE (apart from government departments, SIS suppliers, …)?
Goal of the declaration
• “To make Digital Student Data Portability happen.
Citizens world wide should be able to consult and
share their authentic educational data with
whomever they want, whenever they want,
wherever.”
– > accent on the (re-) usability of data in depositories
(mostly at governemental organisations)
– > not specific or only intended for supporting enrollment of
students but also f.i. for companies that will check a
diploma of a potential employee
Participants of the declaration
• See:
http://www.groningendeclaration.org/signatories
• Connections with:
– Eunis
– RS3G
– Commercial vendors
• Relation IAAO and Groningen declaration?
Benefits of project with Flanders
• To deminish the administrative burden
– Costs to admit an international student are high
• Netherlands: estimated € 500 (domestic student estimated € 50)
– Save time of the total duration of admittance process
• From 2/3 months to 2 weeks?
– To promote simplicity of the process
• For students and institutes
• To prevent fraude
– Exchange of trusted diploma information
• To stimulate student mobility
– By removing barriers
Why project with Flanders
• Many Dutch students go to Flanders
– Escape for some barriers like the lottery for medicine
• We are neighbours
– Language!
– …
• We know each other
– Relations DUO and Ahovos (=Flanders goverment agency)
• Think big, act small
– Flanders + Nederland: let us just start…
Mobility of Dutch students
Mobility is rising
Where do students go?
- 6287 UK
- 5694 Belgium (Flaanders)
- 1798 USA
- 1549 Germany
Mobility to the Netherlands
Number of international students is
growing:
- 58.453 students in 2012-2013
- 8% of total admissions in that
year
Destination in 2012 – 2013:
- 25.021 germany
- 4.513 China
- 2.442 België (Vlaanderen)
Project Flanders Netherlands
• Present situation
– Fase of scanning possibilities
– Two sessions organised: in Groningen and Brussels
– Exploring the situation in each country
• Understand eachother! Vocabulary!
• Some assumpions
– Re-use of existing products and processes
– With respect to the specific national education system
– Follow and use European developments like Stork
What did we do 2
• Explore the need of data
must have
Available
nice to have
Not available
Available
Not available
officiel name
courses
region institute (like postal
code)
officiel first name
number of hours
study results
adress
figures
residence status
sexe
language level
nationality
grade specification (M of
science)
native
relevant diploma
diploma given on
enrollment data
What did we do 3
• Explore the developments on technical
developments
– Stork 2.0
• Use of national e-ID in other countries
• Implementation of national hubs (PEPS) to transport
data
• Knowledge of each national infrastructure
– Netherlands -> Studielink: everything is handled digitally
– Flanders -> no (sub) national infrastructure with institutes,
a lot of actions are processed on paper
Stork 2.0
What did we do
• Explore some process flow
– The student is in charge…… (privacy aspect!)
• A Dutch person wants to study in Flanders
• A person in Flanders wants to study in the Netherlands
– The governmental environment in charge
• Is that allowed?
• Explore some legal challenges
– Can we use the Dutch eID in Flanders?
– Flanders uses a eID system with cardreaders. Can that be
used in the Netherlands?
Issues to be tackled
• Short term <-> long term
– Stork 2.0 is not in production: when?
– Can we make some shortcuts?
• Project development
– Who is in charge?
– Who will invest in the project?
• Legal restrictions
– Use of data outside your country
• Developments in other projects?
– Results of pilots in Stork in field of education
– RS3G results?
Conclusions
• Lots of differences between our countries
– Infrastructure is complete different
– Understanding each other: we speak the same language!
• Involvement of institutes is essential
– Lots of enthousiasm
– Participation is low
• Project funding is crucial
– Potential -> realisation
• Our next session is planned
– Results in our next IAAO meeting
End