Erasmus
Presentation
Presentation
EuRopean Community ActionS for the Mobility of University Students
ERASMUS is a part of the LIFE LONG LEARNING Programme. The purpose of Erasmus is to improve the quality of higher education and strengthen its European dimension. It does this by encouraging transnational cooperation between universities, fostering the European mobility of students and teachers, and contributing to improved transparency and academic recognition of qualifications and studies throughout the European Union.
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Operational objectives
- To improve the quality and to increase the volume of students and teaching staff mobility throughout Europe
- To improve the quality and to increase the volume of multilateral cooperation between higher education institutions in Europe
- To increase the degree of transparency and compatibility between higher education and advanced vocational education qualifications gained in Europe
- To improve the quality and to increase the volume of cooperation between higher education institutions and enterprises
- To facilitate the development of innovative practices in education and training at tertiary level, and their transfer, including from one participating country to others
- To support the development of innovative ICT-based content, services, pedagogies and practice for lifelong learning.
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Types of activity
- Mobility of students for the purposes of studying at a higher education institution or carrying out placements in enterprises, training centres, research centres or other organisations in another participating country (‘Erasmus Students’)
- Mobility of teaching staff from higher education institutions or invited staff from enterprises to carry out teaching assignments at a higher education institution abroad
- Mobility of teaching or other staff in higher education institutions for purposes of undergoing training abroad
- Erasmus intensive programmes organised on a multilateral basis a key area of teaching and learning
- Multilateral projects focusing on innovation, experimentation and the exchange of good practice in the areas mentioned in the specific and operational objectives by...
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developing and implementing study programmes or virtual campuses; promoting cooperation between higher education and enterprises or developing strategies to modernise a specific aspect of higher education.
The objectives of such mobility are:
- To enable students to benefit educationally, linguistically and culturally from the experience of learning in other European countries;
- To promote co-operation between institutions and to enrich the educational environment of host institutions;
- To contribute to the development of a pool of well-qualified, open-minded and internationally experienced young people as future professionals;
- To facilitate credit transfer and recognition of periods abroad, using ECTS or a compatible credit system.
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Objectives and description of
the action
the action
A placement is a period of time in an enterprise or organisation in another participating country, with a view to helping individuals to adapt to the requirements of the Community-wide labour market, to acquiring a specific skill and to improving understanding of the economic and social culture of the country concerned in the context of acquiring work experience. The period may be supported as appropriate by preparatory or refresher courses in the host language or working language.
Host organisations for student placements may be enterprises, training centres, research centres and other organisations.
The characteristics of the individual placements are:
- The student must be provided with a Training Agreement regarding the programme...
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of the placement period; this agreement must be endorsed by the home higher education institution and the host organisation
- At the end of the period abroad, full recognition must be given by the home higher education institution for the period spent abroad as agreed in the Training Agreement.
The period of placement must be covered by a placement agreement between the student beneficiary and his/her home higher education institution. The Placement Agreement is based on the Training Agreement, a key part of which is the Quality Commitment of all parties relating to the placement.
ERASMUS OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITY
Objectives and description of the action
A placement is a period of time in an enterprise or organisation in another participating country, with a view to helping individuals to adapt to the requirements of the Community-wide labour market, to acquiring a specific skill and to improving understanding of the economic and social culture of the country concerned in the context of acquiring work experience. The period may be supported as appropriate by preparatory or refresher courses in the host language or working language.
Host organisations for student placements may be enterprises, training centres, research centres and other organisations.
The characteristics of the individual placements are:
- The student must be provided with a Training Agreement regarding the programme...
ERASMUS OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITY
of the placement period; this agreement must be endorsed by the home higher education institution and the host organisation
- At the end of the period abroad, full recognition must be given by the home higher education institution for the period spent abroad as agreed in the Training Agreement.
The period of placement must be covered by a placement agreement between the student beneficiary and his/her home higher education institution. The Placement Agreement is based on the Training Agreement, a key part of which is the Quality Commitment of all parties relating to the placement.
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Teaching Assignments for Teaching Staff from Higher Education Institutions
The objectives of the Erasmus Teaching Assignments are:
- To allow students who are not able to participate in a mobility scheme, to benefit from the knowledge and expertise of academic staff from higher education institutions in other European countries
- To promote exchange of expertise and experience on pedagogical methods
- To encourage higher education institutions to broaden and enrich the range and content of courses they offer.
- The teaching assignments may be carried out by teaching staff from higher education institutions or by invited staff from enterprises. In all cases, teachers undertaking a teaching assignment must be integrated into the department or faculty of the host institution...
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The partner higher education institutions must have agreed in advance on the programme of lectures to be delivered by the visiting teachers. Where the person carrying out the assignment is from a higher education institution, the assignment must be based on an inter-institutional agreement between the home and host institution.
Beneficiaries from higher education institutions are selected by the sending institution, beneficiaries from enterprises by the host institution.
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Staff Training for Teaching and Other Staff in Higher Education Institution
Objectives and description of the action
Within the broad objective of training of staff this action encompasses the following types of mobility :
- Mobility of teaching staff from a higher education institution to another higher education institution or to an enterprise, for the purpose of receiving training.
- Mobility of administrative and other non-teaching staff from higher education institution going to a partner higher education institution or to an enterprise, for the purpose of receiving training.
The purpose is to allow the beneficiaries to learn by transfer of knowledge or know-how from the experiences and good practices of a partner institution or host enterprise, and thereby to acquire practical skills relevant for their current job...
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and their professional development. The activities can be very varied: seminars, workshops, courses and conferences, periods of practical training, short secondments, etc.
The stay in the partner institution can be called a variety of names: short secondment period, job-shadowing scheme, study visit, etc.
Beneficiaries are selected by the sending higher education institution.
A prerequisite for the awarding of any grant is the submission of a work plan agreed by both the sending and the receiving institution or enterprise. The plan must consist of at least: overall aim and objectives, expected results in terms of training or learning activities to be carried out and a programme for the training period.
The Bilateral Agreement must specify:
- duration of contract in academic years
- names, codes and contact details of the co-ordinators in the Home and the partner institution
- any incoming student mobility (subject area and code; numbers of students and total months)
- any outgoing student mobility (subject area and code; numbers of students and total months)
- any incoming and outgoing teaching mobility
- any incoming and outgoing staff mobility
Please note: Bilateral Agreements are contractual legal documents and should be treated as such. These are subject to change ONLY if both parties are in agreement.
