The objective of the Follow App project is to set-up and test a graduate tracking method supported by digital tools designed to track employment and career progression of apprentices in DUAL VET programmes, addressed to VET teachers, counsellors, in-company trainers and learners, improving the responsiveness of VET to the changing demands in the labour market and strengthening the Quality Assurance in VET.

As work is ongoing on the project, INQS has recently been investigating European resources focused on the area of graduate tracking in order to better understand the area and the range of available resources and research in this space.

One such resource is the European Commissions European graduate tracking initiative demystified’ guide developed in 2021.

This is a short PDF, similar to a powerpoint presentation or a flyer, which helps to articulate the concept of EU graduate tracking and which outlines the benefits, the resources and the key results of the Eurograduate pilot survey, as well as outlining how graduate tracking is done in each EU member state – before offering a series of short recommendations on graduate tracking from an expert group.

This is a short but highly useful resource which could be used as a means to introduce VET organisations to the concept of and benefits of graduate tracking. It is written in clear English with easy to understand information which is focused on elements of interest to VET organisations.

This report can be accessed online at https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/48419706-cd83-11eb-ac72-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-335989597

For more on the Follow App project, please see the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/FollowApp.Project