So the
polls are in: Fun and educational reasons for going abroad leads the race, with
a slight lead to fun and excitement. Go figure!
Full degree students
torsdag den 22. august 2013
The free movement of the EU makes it possible for students in the EU to take a full degree education in other EU countries. If you fulfill the admission requirements, you are to be accepted at the applied study and university in another EU country on equal terms with the students in that country.
Countries with free education can be very attractive for students from countries, where they pay tuition fee. In some EU countries like Denmark, Sweden and Germany, students also become study grant from the state, so they can concentrate on their study without having to work so much in their spare time to make a living. Normally, study grants from the state are only intented for the students, who are citizen of that state. But in februrary 2013 Denmark was convicted by the European Court of Justice to pay study grant to students from other EU countries, if they had been working in Denmark before and therefore had been recognized as workers in Denmark. This is because workers from all EU Countries according to the right of free movement in Europe have to be treated on equal footing with the workers in the EU country, where they work. It means that they are entitled to the same social services as the citizen in that country – also study grant, if they decide to stop working and start studying.
The Danish Government are afraid that this judgment can be very expensive for Denmark, and therefore they are considering, if they can find a way to avoid paying study grants to students, who are not Danish citizens in the future.
As a full degree student in another country, you are not just facing a new study with new study mates. You are also facing a new country with a different language and different habits from what you are used to. In those circumstances it can be nice with support and advice from students in the same situation.
At Aarhus University in Denmark there are for the time being around 3400 students from abroad taking a full degree in Denmark. Most of them are from Latvia, Germany and the other Nordic countries. At the blog hey you AU http://fulldegreeheyyouau.wordpress.com/ they are blogging about, how it is to be a foreign student in Aarhus.
Picture: www.doek.dk -
Countries with free education can be very attractive for students from countries, where they pay tuition fee. In some EU countries like Denmark, Sweden and Germany, students also become study grant from the state, so they can concentrate on their study without having to work so much in their spare time to make a living. Normally, study grants from the state are only intented for the students, who are citizen of that state. But in februrary 2013 Denmark was convicted by the European Court of Justice to pay study grant to students from other EU countries, if they had been working in Denmark before and therefore had been recognized as workers in Denmark. This is because workers from all EU Countries according to the right of free movement in Europe have to be treated on equal footing with the workers in the EU country, where they work. It means that they are entitled to the same social services as the citizen in that country – also study grant, if they decide to stop working and start studying.
The Danish Government are afraid that this judgment can be very expensive for Denmark, and therefore they are considering, if they can find a way to avoid paying study grants to students, who are not Danish citizens in the future.
picture:www.mikandersen.dk -
As a full degree student in another country, you are not just facing a new study with new study mates. You are also facing a new country with a different language and different habits from what you are used to. In those circumstances it can be nice with support and advice from students in the same situation.
At Aarhus University in Denmark there are for the time being around 3400 students from abroad taking a full degree in Denmark. Most of them are from Latvia, Germany and the other Nordic countries. At the blog hey you AU http://fulldegreeheyyouau.wordpress.com/ they are blogging about, how it is to be a foreign student in Aarhus.
European Universities welcome the Erasmus+ initiative
tirsdag den 20. august 2013
Staff at the International Offices at both The English University of Surrey and The German University of Bonn are convinced that student mobility is important for the future cooperation between the membership countries of The European Union. When it comes to challenges facing the attempt to increase student mobility the offices mentions structural problems as finance and credit transfer.
Both Universities mentions the intercultural learning experience and the students great deal of self development as some of the most pronounced benefits for student mobility and for the Erasmus program.
Annette Kratz from the University of Surrey in England says: "The main benefits of student mobility are the fundamental changes that a person goes through when they have to choose to work or study in another country. It takes them outside their comfort zone."
Besides the personal development both Universities point out that an increase in student mobility can also increase the students feeling of being an European citizen. That is also an important goal for raising student mobility within the continent.
Andraes Archut from The International Office at The University of Bonn explain why student mobility in Europe is important:"The program gives intercultural learning and acedemic benefits, and it contributes to establishing a "European Identity" among young people, which especially is important in the current European crisis."
About challanges around the Erasmus+ program and increasing student mobility in Europe, the two offices point out multiple examples. Anette Kratz mentions communicating the benefits to the students, to get problems about credit transfer worked out so that the study period is not extended, financial problems and language barriers. Andreas Archut mentions integration of students into international programmes as well as overcoming language and structural barriers.
Both Universities mentions the intercultural learning experience and the students great deal of self development as some of the most pronounced benefits for student mobility and for the Erasmus program.
Annette Kratz from the University of Surrey in England says: "The main benefits of student mobility are the fundamental changes that a person goes through when they have to choose to work or study in another country. It takes them outside their comfort zone."
Besides the personal development both Universities point out that an increase in student mobility can also increase the students feeling of being an European citizen. That is also an important goal for raising student mobility within the continent.
Andraes Archut from The International Office at The University of Bonn explain why student mobility in Europe is important:"The program gives intercultural learning and acedemic benefits, and it contributes to establishing a "European Identity" among young people, which especially is important in the current European crisis."
About challanges around the Erasmus+ program and increasing student mobility in Europe, the two offices point out multiple examples. Anette Kratz mentions communicating the benefits to the students, to get problems about credit transfer worked out so that the study period is not extended, financial problems and language barriers. Andreas Archut mentions integration of students into international programmes as well as overcoming language and structural barriers.
If you want to join the Erasmus programme
If you want to join the Erasmus programme click here to read the Commissions advice about how to join in: http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/erasmus_en.htm
You can also click here to
visit the website of the Erasmus programme: http://www.erasmusprogramme.com/
From 2014 the new Erasmus+
programme will bring together in a single programme
the Lifelong Learning Programme, Youth in Action and five international
programs such as Erasmus Mundus. In this program sport will also be covered for
the first time, as it is a new area of the EU competence under the Lisbon
Treaty.
The exact details for the
Erasmus+ are not yet in place. But the duration of the exchanges between
programme countries that should be supported by the new Erasmus+ is:
· student mobility for studies: from 3 to 12 months
· student mobility for traineeships: from 2 to 12 months
· staff mobility: from 2 days (excluding travel time) to 2 months, with at
least 8 hours teaching in case of teaching assignment
Student Exchange (1987)
mandag den 19. august 2013
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