The survey

Step 2:

The Education Department of each institution will send a preliminary presentation of the research project to its alumni and seek their informed consent to participate in the next stages of the deployment of the questionnaire. A section of the email will contain a consent collection form and questions to obtain additional information prior to the questionnaire, notably an agreement to participate in the research protocol, the country of residence, the nationality, profession, etc.

Step 3:

Education Departments for each institution will compile data, hence providing a map of the population of alumni who have agreed to take part in the questionnaire and their characteristics. Aggregated results will once again be transmitted to the research team to enable them to prepare the sampling process.

Step 4:

A small sample of alumni will be selected to carry out a test of a first version of the survey. An email sent to them by the Education Departments will request their agreement to answer the pre-questionnaire and to participate in a Focus Discussion Group (FDG) organized to get feedback on the questionnaire and the possibilities for improving it.

Step 5:

Building on the sampling parameters provided by the research team and using the survey management software, Education Departments will select a sample from their restricted population and send an automatic email request to the alumni to participate in the survey. Answers will allow to validate the final sample.