Overall results

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INTRAACP ACADEMIC MOBILITY SCHEME  SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS’ IMPACT SURVEY RESULTS

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2. OVERALL RESULTS

2.1. Main features of the survey results

The purpose of this section is to demonstrate that the sample is a scale model for the entire

Programme based on comparisons of data between the respondents and all scholarship holders

discussed below.

A total of 922 scholarship holders from 58 Programme countries participated in the survey. This gure

represents around 53 of the 1.741 scholarship holders who were granted a mobility opportunity

under the Intra-ACP Programme.

Figure 1 presents a comparison between the number of respondents to the survey and the number

of selected scholarship holders encoded in the EACEA Mobility Tool. When comparing the gures, it

can be seen that on average every second scholarship holder participated in the survey. In addition,

participation across all types of mobility exceeded 50 with an exception of sta where the rate of

participation was 36%.

Africa is the most represented region in the survey (81) followed by the Caribbean and the Pacic

(19 - Caribbean 12, Pacic 7). The regional distribution of the real scholarship holders is

proportionally nearly identical to the results of the survey. The African beneciaries account for 80

of the total scholarships awarded (1.397) while the percentage for the Caribbean and the Pacic is

around 20 (344).

Figure 1 - Number of respondents to the survey per type of mobility compared to the real number of

scholarship holders

Figure 2 - Respondents' distribution by region (n=922)

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81%

174

19%

Africa Caribbean and Pacific

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Programme / Type of

mobility

Number of

respondents to the

survey

Number of selected

scholarship holders

Percentage of

scholarship holders

who participated in

the survey

Master students 568 998 57

Doctoral candidates 230 400 58

Sta 124 343 36%

Total 922 1741 53%

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14 INTRAACP ACADEMIC MOBILITY SCHEME  SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS’ IMPACT SURVEY RESULTS

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In regard to the type of mobility, the majority of the respondents are scholarship holders at Master

(62) or Doctoral level (25) while the Academic sta and Administrative sta constituted 13 of

all respondents (Figure 3). The distribution of the respondents per type of mobility is comparable to

the real scholarship holders whereby 57 were Master students, 23 Doctoral students, and 20

sta. This distribution is pre-dened by the Programme’s requirements where a range of minimum-

maximum mobility per type is permitted.

However, the ratios of the respondents per type of mobility dier in the two Lots. Lot 1 - Africa has

a higher representation of Doctoral mobility ows, while Lot 2 – the Caribbean and Pacic has the

highest percentage of both Master level (70) and Administrative sta (12) respondents.

In terms of gender balance of the sample, the gender distribution among the respondents and the

real gures of scholarship holders are analogous. The overall rate of male survey participants (66)

is nearly double that of the female (34). Equally, the real male scholarship holders represent 66

(1149 mobilities) of all mobilities while the female ones account for 34 (592 mobilities).

Beneciaries from all the 20 Intra-ACP projects selected during the three Intra-ACP Calls for Proposals

participated in the survey to a varying degree (Figure 4).

The rate of participation of the scholarship holders from the African projects is comparable to their

counterparts from the Caribbean and the Pacic. On average 55 of all the grantees per project in

Africa expressed their views via survey, while the rate of student and sta participation per project in

the Caribbean and the Pacic is 52. Out of 20 projects, nine projects had higher than the average

participation rate.

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Figure 3 - Respondents' distribution per type of mobility (n=922)

Lot 1 – Africa

Lot 2 – Caribbean and Pacic

2. OVERALL RESULTS