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Why should you participate?

By sharing your experiences institutions can use the findings to improve course offerings, student services and campus facilities. The results of this survey also help the government enhance teaching and learning in Australian higher education institutions to lead to better graduate outcomes.

How will the data be used?

Data collected through the QILT suite of surveys – including the GOS - drives the ComparED website. Prospective students can use ComparED to explore and compare Australian higher education institutions and courses, based on the real-life experiences of current students and recent graduates.

Prize draw

You could win a prize by completing the GOS. The earlier you complete the survey, the more chances you have to win.

Your privacy

The Social Research Centre respects your privacy and complies with the Australian Privacy Principles. Click below to view the GOS Privacy Notice.

Frequently Asked Questions

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The Social Research Centre is commissioned as an agent of the Australian Government Department of Education (the department) under the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to conduct the QILT suite of surveys, including the GOS.
The survey takes approximately 10-15 minutes, depending on your answers and program of study.
All graduates invited to participate in the GOS are initially approached via email. Some graduates may also receive an invitation via SMS or telephone call.
The GOS measures employment and study outcomes and gathers feedback that institutions can use to improve courses and outcomes for future graduates. Based on experiences from graduates, institutions have been able to create better places to study and learn by improving their courses, learning resources, support services and campus facilities.

The results of this survey also help the higher education sector and the government improve students’ course experience and enhance teaching and learning in Australian higher education institutions to improve graduate outcomes.

Results from the GOS also provide the underlying information for the ComparED website where prospective students can explore and compare Australian higher education institutions and study areas based on the real-life experiences of current students and recent graduates. 

So your participation is an important part of improving the quality of tertiary education in Australia. 
The GOS has three data collection periods in the months of November, February, and May.

When you enrolled in your course, your higher education provider (institution) collected your personal information to process and manage your enrolment. These details, such as your contact details, course details, citizenship and residence status and disability status, amongst other details, were provided to the Social Research Centre by your institution for the purposes of administering the data collection for the GOS.

Your responses to the GOS will be linked with personal information (such as your age group, citizenship and residence status, and your disability status) and course data provided by your institution. This allows the questionnaire to be shortened as we do not need to ask specific details about your background or your course in the survey.

The Social Research Centre complies with the Australian Privacy Principles. All personal contact information such as name, email and phone number is removed from the final data. Only aggregated data is used in the research findings published on the QILT and ComparED websites.

Please see QILT: Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS) Privacy Notice for more details.  

If you have any questions about your participation in the survey or would like to make a time for an interviewer to call you, please call the Social Research Centre on 1800 055 818 (a free call).
In total there are four prize draws open to participants. Detailed information regarding the prize draws, including the prize draw terms and conditions, and publication of winners can be found here: www.srcentre.com.au/gostcs.