Questionnaire for Higher Education

Questionnaire for Higher Education
In its grant application, the CELAN project partnership undertook to carry out a survey among the higher education members of its partner networks with a view to establishing to what extent higher education institutions are aware of business needs and seek to align their language provision to these needs. This questionnaire is our principal means for carrying out the survey. It covers offerings for non-specialists only.
The questionnaire incorporates the results of the needs-related CELAN survey carried out among enterprises, as well as CELAN's identification of business-relevant language services, tools and resources prepared thereafter.
NB For clarity, a small glossary of terms used in the questionnaire is included here.
CELAN is the result of a long development of language policies at EU level. Its direct origin is the Business Platform for Multilingualism.
Whilst identifying and analysing existing language (and language-related) services, tools and resources relevant to business users the CELAN Partners have developed a questionnaire for higher education institutions.
The survey is designed to establish to what extent higher education institutions are aware of business needs and seek to align their provision to these needs (language offerings for students at bachelor and master level, continuing education, certification, customised services).
This short questionnaire is available here.
We would be grateful to receive your contribution by 30 September.
Were you to need any clarifications on the questionnaire, do not hesitate to contact EURASHE's Secretariat.
More information on the CELAN Network project here.
Origins
The platform was initiated in September 2009 by DG Education and Culture. Stakeholder in business: industry representatives, companies, associations, trade unions, language industry representatives and others, discussed the need for an enhanced awareness of the importance of languages in business.
From these discussions stems the core idea of CELAN: to create a network that provides language services to business stakeholders. The CELAN project, a network under LLP KA2 "Languages" started officially on 1 January 2011, with a duration of 24 months.
Activities
The project’s principal objective is to facilitate a dialogue in the language field between the business community and language practitioners.
The project activities include:
    Research on linguistic needs of European companies/SMEs in different sectors
    Analysis of existing language-related services and tools
    Development of on-line applications to support the language needs of business users
A strong and broad consortium - all members of the Business Platform for Multilingualism or linked to a member - will engage in dissemination and awareness raising activities to guarantee a Europe-wide reach-out.
Language Needs Questionnaire
The Language Needs Questionnaire is the main tool that is used to collect information to identify the needs of companies. The following points will be given particular attention:
- types of respondents - companies will be grouped in homogeneous categories (country/region, economic activity size etc.)
- questions designed to reach a proper understanding of how companies think, notably SMEs
- potential orientation, integrating know-how on existing tools available on the market.
The Questionnaire is also a main input into the interactive language needs analysis tool for companies that will be in work package 3.
Links: View the Questionnaire, Questionnaire analysis (Powerpoint).