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.
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
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