erasmus+ international dimension in higher education presentation (1/2)
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• To be considered as part of the wider
negotiations
• UK NA strongly supports continued membership
of Erasmus+ and liaison with DfE is ongoing
• Commitments made while the UK is a Member
State will be underwritten by UK Government
• The UK Erasmus+ website remains the most
accurate source of information
International Credit Mobility
Travel distances Amount
Between 0 and 99 KM € 20 per participant
Between 100 and 499 KM € 180 per participant
Between 500 and 1999 KM € 275 per participant
Between 2000 and 2999 KM € 360 per participant
Between 3000 and 3999 KM € 530 per participant
Between 4000 and 7999 KM € 820 per participant
8000 KM or more € 1,500 per participant
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ICM Envelopes EC budget
Budget
Awarded
Remaining
budget
Utilisati
on
IPA Western Balkans 2,284,980.00 277,526.00 2,007,454.00 12.1%
ENI Eastern Partnership 1,748,278.00 605,025.00 1,143,253.00 34.6%
ENI South Mediterranean 2,343,399.00 1,925,584.00 417,815.00 82.2%
ENI Russian Federation 1,055,089.00 1,053,170.00 1,919.00 99.8%
EDF African, Caribbean, Pacific
States 460,922.00 457,810.00 3,112.00 99.3%
DCI Asia 1,465,511.00 1,463,947.00 1,564.00 99.9%
DCI Central Asia 428,704.00 428,704.00 0.00 100.0%
DCI Latin America 475,877.00 475,124.00 753.00 99.8%
DCI Middle East 202,434.00 194,810.00 7,624.00 96.2%
DCI South Africa 134,074.00 118,574.00 15,500.00 88.4%
DCI/EDF outgoing cycles 1 and
2 633,117.00 631,670.00 1,447.00 99.8%
PI Industrialised America 484,500.00 484,500.00 0.00 100.0%
PI Industrialised Asia 508,587.00 506,980.00 1,607.00 99.7%
TOTAL 12,225,472.00 8,623,424.00 3,602,048.00
Top tips
Key resources
Delivering an E+ICM Project
Dr Nosheen Rachel Naseem,
Erasmus and Exchanges Manager
Middlesex University, London
23/11/2017
Erasmus+ UK National Agency
International Dimension in Higher
Education workshop 17 November, 2017
Go Abroad, Go Further
Alexandra Baybutt, PhD Candidate (School of Media and Performing Arts)
Erasmus+ ICM study placement in the University of Belgrade, Serbia
23/11/2017
“By affording me the space and time to develop a closer relationship
to place and people, this experience is already changing my research
outlook in multiple ways, both small and large.
…Here in Belgrade…I am discovering more about how the politics
and economics of cultural production is both similar and different to
other sites of fieldwork across the continent of Europe, so this time is
crucial for comparative depth and understanding.
…In future, I hope this experience will benefit my
employability through an increased awareness and critical
understanding of creative practices across
the continent of Europe that enrich my academic research,
but also in ways of working with individuals.”
I. 2015, 2016 & 2017 Funding Summary
II. 2015 Project – Realisation
III. Applying for an ICM project
IV. Managing and implementation
V. Successes and looking to the future
VI. Dissemination
VII. Challenges
VIII. Things to take forward & new projects
Today’s presentation
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I. 2015, 2016 & 2017 Funding Summary
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EUR 100,000.00
EUR 150,000.00
EUR 200,000.00
IPA ENI DCI PI EDF
Breakdown of ICM Funding to Middlesex University: 5 Instruments
2015, 1st round
2015, 2nd round
2016
2017
• Instrument for Pre-Accession Western Balkans (IPA)• European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI)• Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI)• Partnership Instrument (PI)• European Development Fund (EDF)
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I. 2015 Funding Summary – Round 1 by countryFunding amount: €487,000
Serbia22%
Azerbaijan3%
Egypt6%
Israel12%Russian
Federation15%
China16%
Malaysia7%
Kazakhstan5%
Brazil6%
Chile3%
USA5%
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Staff Mobility (ST)42%
IncomingStudent Mobility
41%
Outbound Student Mobility
17%
Student Mobility
(SMS)58%
Student Mobility: Incoming vs. Outbound
Student Mobility
(SMS)58%
Incoming Staff Mobility
26% Outbound Staff Mobility:
16%
Staff Mobility
(ST)42%
Staff Mobility: Incoming vs. Outbound
I. 2015 Funding Summary – Round 1 by mobility type
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I. 2015 Funding Summary - Round 2 by countryRound 2 results: €313,370 for 6 additional Partner Countries
Albania9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
11%
India25%Pakistan
33%
Palestine12%
Georgia10%
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Staff Mobility (ST)32%
IncomingStudent Mobility
(50% of total funding)
OutboundStudent Mobility
(18% of total funding)
Student Mobility
(SMS)68%
Student Mobility: Incoming vs. Outbound
Student Mobility
(SMS)68%
Incoming Staff Mobility
(19% of total funding) Outbound Staff
Mobility: (13% of total
funding)
Staff Mobility
(ST)32%
Staff Mobility: Incoming vs. Outbound
I. 2015 Funding Summary – Round 2 by mobility type
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II. 2015 Project - Realisation
Staff mobility
• 24 outbound staff
• 46 inbound staff
Student mobility
• 5 outbound students
• 35 inbound students
Total number of
participants: 110
19 participating
countries
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II. 2015 Project - Realisation
Round 1 Round 2
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• Start well ahead of the deadline
• Do not be daunted by the application
•Gather requests and recommendations from faculty from existing contacts in
Partner Countries.
• Assess partner country HEI’s internationalisation strategy/proposal as
prospective partner
• Be as specific as possible when answering four Quality Questions
• Be optimistic yet remain realistic when requesting funding (evaluate previous
year’s project and take changes into account)
III. Applying for an ICM projectOur experience
23/11/2017
Step 1: Preparation before Implementation
• Financial spreadsheets: getting all the numbers right
• Paperwork, paperwork: creating templates for IIA, GA, LA/MA, additional annexes,
sub-annexes…
KA107 programme requires institutional structure, framework and attention
• Timeline: gaining interest of participants well in advance of mobility periods
• Internal coordination for breaking new ground with ICM: coordinating with insurance
team, financial services…
IV. Managing and implementation
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Step 2: Communication
• Being a bearer of good news
• Simple contact ICM partner: requires extensive contact and explanation
• Signing of ‘new’ Inter-institutional agreements: electronic and hard copies
• Notable benefit of a 26-month vs 16-month project in the pilot year:
Year 1:
• Establish partnerships and procedures
• Update webpages for staff and students for KA107 alongside KA103
• Promote programme heavily through (e.g. workshops, opening calls, e-mailing)
Year 2: In the words of one Chilean partner,
“Now we start making mobility!”
IV. Managing and implementation (contd.):
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Step 3: Coordination: making the mobilities happen
• Matching funding with partner HEI’s needs and curricula offerings
•Adapting to partners’ varying academic calendars with respect to learning weeks (for
SMS mobilities and STA visits)
• Maximising funding and mobile participants (e.g. allocating leftover months of funding
to additional participants)
• Prioritising patience and understanding,
especially with regard to cultural differences
IV. Managing and implementation (contd.):
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“At Middlesex, my student lifestyle was really great! The orientation program helped me to avoid
cultural shock. During university events and workshops organized by Research Advising Team, Erasmus
exchange coordinators, the Learning Enhancement Team, I’ve met different PhD students and professors
from all over the world and had a chance to discuss and share our research experience and activities, as
well as practice communicational and language skills. Thank you again for the opportunity to increase my
research capabilities and to learn international scientific methods and techniques. It was an incredible
experience which raised the level of my scientific mind to the advanced level!”
-Olga Rotar, 2015/16 Incoming Doctoral Student through Erasmus+ ICM, St Petersburg State University of
Economics (UNECON), Russian Federation
V. Successes and looking to the futureIncoming Students
Tatjana Milosavljevic, 2016/17 incoming Doctoral student
Erasmus+ ICM University of Novi Sad, Serbia
23/11/2017
My name is Lejla Chandra Romano and I am a student from theUniversity of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). I am studyingGenetics and I am doing an exchange research program for myMaster thesis. Thanks to the Erasmus+ exchange program I have theopportunity to do my research work, which I wasn’t able to do at myhome university due to lack of laboratories and researchopportunities. I am very grateful for this experience because I thinkit is the highlight of my academic journey so far, and it is a lifechanging opportunity. Apart from the academic work, me and otherMiddlesex and Erasmus students founded the MDX Erasmuscommunity that aims to connect exchange international studentsand Middlesex students through different types of activities, so I amtrying to take the most out of my staying in this beautiful country(October 2017- January 2018).
Heashin Park, 2016/17 PhD Dance, Erasmus+ Exchange in Beijing,
China.
Heashin created a blog (both in English and Korean) to help English students
who will go to study at Beijing Dance Academy (BDA) or just visit Beijing in
the future adapt to the Chinese culture. The blog includes useful information
on how to get to BDA from Beijing Capital Airport, how to buy and later get a
refund for your public transport card and she also has some suggestions of
several restaurants near BDA and must see places in Beijing.
http://blog.naver.com/parkbert82
Some of her posts:
• Good restaurants near the BDA at Beijing 베이징댄스아카데미근처맛집들
V. Successes and looking to the futureOutgoing Students
• 국가도서관 National Library [출처
• 모던레이디중국화장품 Chinese cosmetics,
Modern Lady
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• First Joint Erasmus+ European & International Credit Mobility Staff Week (8th-12th February 2016)
“ “Changing Lives through Mobility and Cross-border Cooperation”
V. Successes and looking to the futureIncoming Staff
• Staff Training Week celebrating 30 years of Erasmus+ (26th-30th June 2017)
• Currently we are preparing for our first teaching week (February 2018) and our next Staff
Training Week (4th-8th June 2018)
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“Very hospitable people, Niš was a good university with
all of the lecturers all researching and presenting at conferences…
[and whose students] were all a very high level.
Thanks for the opportunity; I think it was a very successful exchange.”
-Nancy Wallace, Academic Manager, Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes
2015/16 Outbound Staff Mobility for Teaching visit (STA)
through Erasmus+ ICM to the University of Niš (Serbia)
V. Successes and looking to the futureOutgoing Staff
“The experience for a design student to experience living and working in a total different
environment from London would not only greatly enrich them as graphic designers but
help in their overall development personally. I am at present teaching an MA graphic
design student from USM and this is made easier as I understand better the background
environment and culture of the student.”
-Prof, Phil Cleaver, Professor in Creative Industries, 2016/17 Outbound Staff Mobility for Teaching visit (STA)
through Erasmus+ ICM to the University Sains Malaysia (Malaysia)23/11/2017
• Processing grant payments with the University’s financial services
New with ICM: payments made to incoming participants
Forecasting delays = advance planning (e.g. closures over summer)
Multiple exchange currencies and payment procedures for different audiences
• Internal communication channels: turnaround time for responses for incoming ST nominations
• Acquiring sufficient support from Deans/HoDs to:
Promote new student exchange possibilities in new territory (added workload; no direct
revenue to the University, despite awarded budget significantly raises the University’s profile)
Integrate staff exchanges in professional development portfolio and workload patterns
VI. Challenges: initial, ongoing and foreseen Internal
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Initial
• Adapting to delays in partner responses about proposed partnership
• Bringing partner HEIs up to speed with Erasmus+ (as frequently their first ICM
partner)
Vocabulary, language scale, Bologna process…
Consequential contractual paperwork (requiring their legal approval)
Procedures and formal framework
VI. Challenges: initial, ongoing and foreseen
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Ongoing
• Allocating grants effectively with consideration to UKVI visa requirements
Minimum monthly living allowance requirement for Tier4 visas to Middlesex:
2015/16: £820
2016/17: £1265 (London weighting) – consequence?
STS visas often preferred over Tier4 visas – consequence?
More short-term mobilities require more coordination and planning
• Dealing with questions that arise during pilot year (vires, adding partners, post-May 2017
mobility dates), contacting the UK E+ NA for approval or further clarification
VI. Challenges: initial, ongoing and foreseen
23/11/2017
Foreseen
• Nurturing partnerships from 2015 project in Partner Countries where 2016 funding was not
(sufficiently) awarded to Middlesex (e.g. Brazil, Chile, China, USA)
Big picture concern: ICM programme sustainability?
• Need for Certificate of Financial Sponsorship to be approved and accepted by UKVI ECOs or info
added to CAS?
(Possibility of BC raising this at the programme level rather than the institutional level?)
Preparing for the Unforeseen?
VI. Challenges: initial, ongoing and foreseen
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• EAIE - Navigating global mobility with Erasmus+ (Glasgow, September 2015)
• UK National Agency Erasmus+ 2015 Conference - Erasmus+ at MDX (Edinburgh, September 2015)
• Quality, Skills and Mobility in Higher Education Conference – International Dimension at Middlesex (Sarajevo,
November 2015)
• Erasmus+ HE Coordinators Workshop. Presentation: ICM breakout session (London, June 2016)
• EAIE- Imagine .... student led academic mobility: Peer mentoring for enhanced exchange student experience
(Liverpool, September 2016)
• Mahatma project meeting-Capacity building final project (KA102) (Yerevan, Armenia, September 2016)
• FUSE - Tempus project visit (Malaga, October 2016)
• FUSE - Dissemination conference (University of Belgrade, Serbia, November 2016)
• KA2: REALISE Project - Erasmus+ strategic partnership project (Montpellier, France, November 2016)
• Erasmus+ and the International Dimension in Higher Education- presentation ICM project (London, November
2017)
• Future events: TCA recognition- presentation on recognition of Staff mobility (Leipzig, Germany, November
2017)
VII. Dissemination
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VIII. Things to take forward & new
projects
• Consult partner universities to apply for 2018 project
• Organise teaching week with open lectures (February 2018)
• Inform students & partners about academic recognition,
specially doctoral students on non-credit bearing exchanges
• Traineeships: Introduction of traineeships for students
between Programme and Partner Countries, both inbound
and outbound
Application deadline: 1st February 2018, 11am (UK time)
• Other updates: Staff training with enterprises, for staff from
enterprises to teach at an HEI and staff from HEIs to train at
an enterprise.
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Contact: Erasmus and Exchanges Office Middlesex University London
Dr Nosheen Rachel NaseemErasmus and Exchange [email protected] 411 5962
Thank you!
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1. What is your institution’s main priority/interest in ICM?
2. Should you use ICM to strengthen/further existing partnerships or to
develop new partnerships/country links?
3. How would you encourage participation from PhD students
(incoming and outbound) and provide suitable support for them,
given that some of the EU funding instruments restrict much of the
outbound student mobility to 3rd cycle?
4. Any recommendations to the National Agency?
23/11/2017
UK ERASMUS+ INFO DAY
London, 17 November 2017
Remzije Istrefi
Local Coordinator, Kosovo Erasmus+ Office
Higher Education System in the
Republic of Kosovo
Kosovo Context
About 2 million inhabitants
Unemployment: around 40%
Population under 25 years: >50%
Each year about 25.000 students complete secondary education
About 20.000 intends to continue their education in HEI each year
HE Background
•The first higher education institution in Kosova was established in
1959.
•Currently, Kosovo has:
9 Public universities
21 private colleges
..offering 418 different study programs, with slightly over 100,000
students currently enrolled
•Actual inclusion of group-age 20-24 is 62.7%, which is the exact EU
average
•Provision is delivered in five languages: Albanian, Serbian, Bosnian,
Turkish and English
Introduction of Bologna reform•The University of Prishtina adopted the Bologna Declaration in 2001,
making it one of the first universities in Europe to start with the
reforms called for in the EHEA.
•In the spirit of the Bologna Declaration a new Law on Higher
Education was drafted in 2002 and adopted in 2003, which was revised
again in 2011.
•As a result of implementation of these reforms in higher education in
Kosovo today all institutions of higher education implement the ECTS
credit system, curriculum reform, three cycle degree system, student
and staff mobility, diploma supplement and decent quality assurance
system.
Legal and Policy Framework
•Law no. 04/L-037 for Higher Education in the Republic of Kosova
(2011);
•Law no. 04/L-135 on Scientific Research (2013);
•Law no. 03/L-060 on National Qualifications (2008);
•Kosovo Education Strategic Plan 2011-2016;
•Higher Education Strategy 2005-2015;
•National Qualifications Framework (2011);
•National Research Program (2010-2015);
•National Innovations Strategy 2015-2020 (draft);
•Career Guidance Strategy (draft);
HE System in Kosovo – HE Law
(2011)
•First cycle – three (3) to four (4) years of studies by which the student
reaches 180, respectively 240 ECTS =>Bachelor Diploma.
•Second cycle – one (1) to two (2) years of studies after completion of
the first level by which the students reaches 60, respectively 120 ECTS
=> Master Diploma.
•Third cycle – doctoral studies with academic and independent research
scientific character.
•Any other post-secondary education in the levels 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the
European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning, for which
credits may be given (ECTS).
Main regulatory authorities of HE in Kosova
•Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST)
- Sets the policy framework for higher education and oversees
its implementation
•The Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA)
Ensures the external quality assurance in HE in full accordance
with ENQA Guidelines and Standards for QA – full member of
ENQA since September 2014
•The National Qualifications Authority (NQA)
- Regulates the qualifications according to National
Qualifications Framework and EQF
•The Kosova ENIC Office
-Responsible for recognition of foreign diplomas and degrees in
accordance with Lisbon Convention on Recognition
International Cooperation in HE
•Promoting partnerships and cooperation among HEIs -
Participation in Erasmus + program;
- Bilateral agreements (between governments with different countries);
•Increasing mobility opportunities
•Participation in CEEPUS Program;
•HEIs in Kosovo are partners of many Erasmus Mundus Consortiums;
•Governmental funds for international mobility (scholarships for study
abroad, research mobility and participation in int. conferences and
events);
Thank you for your attention!
Remzije Istrefi
Kosovo Erasmus+ Office
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.erasmuspluskosovo.org
Tel: +381 (0) 38 609 884
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Erasmus+ in Azerbaijan and possibilities for cooperation
National Erasmus+ Office in Azerbaijan
Parviz Baghirov
www.erasmusplus.org.az
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Azərbaycan
• The largest country in the South Caucasus region
• Population: 9.9 Mio (2016)
• Area: 86.600 km²
• Capital: Baku
• Language: Azerbaijani
• Government: Presidential republic
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Higher Education System in Azerbaijan
Three cycle degree system (bachelor, master and PhD)
ECTS fully adopted and Diploma supplement issued
Most common model 240+120 credits (4+2 years)
Unified admission exams by a separate government body “State Committee on Student Admission”
Quality assurance mechanisms:
– At institutional level – quality assurance departments – self-assessment, surveys, improvement oriented
– At national level – Accreditation Unit at Ministry of Education (institutional and programme accreditation)
National Qualification Framework – still in the process of development (possible area of cooperation?)
Higher Education System in Azerbaijan (as of 2017)
Total # of HEIs 52
Type Public (36) Private (16)
Students BA MA PhD Total
Sum 126518 32 835 3 941 163 146
Total # Teaching staff 16 993
Current HE reforms in Azerbaijan
Curriculum Development (Focus on joint degree programmes)
University Autonomy
Development of NQF-based academic standards
Programme accreditation (in regulated professions: medicine, education, law)
Improvement of university quality and management
New financing formula development (student voucher)
Development of Competitive Innovation Funds for
EU PROGRAMMES Bologna process membership since 2005
67% of HEIs involved
In Tempus since 1995 (ENI East)
Experience of regional and cross-regional cooperation
45 Tempus projects total. In Tempus IV (2008-2013) 30 projects awarded, 22 on-going, 26 institutions involved.
3 (2015) + 3 (2016) + 1 (2017) national CBHE projects
675 (2015) + 840 (2016) + 782 (2017) Erasmus+ credit mobility scholarships with more than half of programme countries (including 18 EU countries)
Network of “Tempus-experienced” public and private HEIs
National Erasmus+ Office in Azerbaijan
Overall objective:
“to improve relevance, effectiveness and impact of the Erasmus+ Programme in the country through assistance to European Commission’s services and national authorities in the Erasmus+ programme implementation”
Specific objectives: Promotion of the programme and assistance to potential applicants Monitoring of CBHE Projects Promoting Bologna process and providing information on the
implementation of reforms (organization of seminars, conferences, conducting studies)
Engagement in more structured dialogue with educational authorities, involving higher education stakeholders.
AREAS OF COOPERATION UNDER ERASMUS+
- Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE-former Tempus)
- Credit mobility
- Joint Degree Master Programme
AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL PRIORITIES UNDER CURRENT ERASMUS+ CBHE CALL
Curriculum Development – VALID ONLY FOR JOINT PROJECTS!
- Education
- Biological and related sciences
- Environment
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Engineering and engineering trades
- Architecture and construction
- Agriculture, forestry, fishery and veterinary
- Health
- Welfare
- Transport services
AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL PRIORITIES UNDER CURRENT ERASMUS+ CBHE CALL (CONTINUED)
Improving management and operation of Higher Education Institutions – (valid for both Joint and SM Projects)
- Governance, strategic planning and management of HEIs (such as human resource and financial management)
- Internationalisation of higher education institutions (including recognition mechanisms and mobility, international relations capacities)
- Quality assurance processes and mechanisms (such as development of mechanisms and benchmarks,for QA in different segments of HE – academic contents and services)
- Development of research and innovative capacities (excluding research activities)
AZERBAIJAN NATIONAL PRIORITIES UNDER CURRENT ERASMUS+ CBHE CALL (CONTINUED)
Developing the Higher Education sector within society at large – valid for both Joint and SM Projects )
- University-enterprise cooperation (such as support for students` practical placement, entrepreneurship, employability of graduates etc.)
- New technologies in Higher Education (support to the modernization of Higher Education systems through the development of open educational resources, connectivity, the acquisition of digital skills and learning methods and mobilization of stakeholders including teachers, learners, economic and social partners)
- Definition, implementation and monitoring of reform policies (including evidence based policies, financing of education, governance, quality assurance of public and private higher education sector, introduction of transparency tools and standards and guidelines)
REGIONAL PRIORITIES UNDER CURRENT ERASMUS+ CBHE CALL
Region 2 (Eastern Partnership Countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Territory of Ukraine as recognized by International Law)
Curriculum Development – VALID ONLY FOR JOINT PROJECTS!
- Education
- Social and behavioural science
- Law
- Physical Sciences
- Agriculture, forestry, fishery and veterinary
- Health
- Environment
REGIONAL PRIORITIES UNDER CURRENT ERASMUS+ CBHE CALL (CONTINUED)
Region 2 (Eastern Partnership Countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Territory of Ukraine as recognized by International Law)
Improving management and operation of Higher Education Institutions – valid for both Joint and SM Projects)
- Governance, strategic planning and management of HEIs (such as human resource and financial management)
- Internationalisation of higher education institutions (including recognition mechanisms and mobility, international relations capacities)
- Quality assurance processes and mechanisms (such as development of mechanisms and benchmarks,for QA in different segments of HE – academic contents and services)
- Equity, access to and democratisation of higher education (including the disadvantaged groups of people and regions)
REGIONAL PRIORITIES UNDER CURRENT ERASMUS+ CBHE CALL (CONTINUED)
Region 2 (Eastern Partnership Countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Territory of Ukraine as recognized by International Law)
Developing the Higher Education sector within society at large – valid for both Joint and SM Projects
- University-enterprise cooperation (such as support for students` practical placement, entrepreneurship, employability of graduates etc.)
- Knowledge triangle, innovation (such as reinforcing links between education, research and business)
- Definition, implementation and monitoring of reform policies (including evidence based policies, financing of education, governance, quality assurance of public and private higher education sector, introduction of transparency tools and standards and guidelines)
Cooperation with UK Universities
Tempus III
2002
2006
Designing Quality Assurance Systems in Azerbaijani Universities
Mr Geddes Tommy- University of Winchester
To develop and restructure higher education in Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences in Azerbaijan
Mr Lydard Peter – University College London (University of London)
Cooperation with UK Universities
Tempus IV
2009
Development of the e-learning and distance learning courses and assessment in Biomedical Sciences
Ms Nino Porakishvili – The University of Westminister
2011
Modernising Undergraduate Medical Education in EU Eastern Neighbouring Area
Ms Trudie Roberts – The University of Leeds
2013
Establishment of Multidisciplinary Innovative Centres for the Development of Virtual Laboratories (MICVL) in Biology and Medicine
Mr Peter Lydard – The University of Westminster
The development of a curriculum and establishment of a regional training platform for haematology in life sciences and medicine
Mr. Michael Gordge – The University of Westminster
Cooperation with UK Universities
Erasmus+ CBHE
2015
Advocacy Establishment for Students through Ombudsman Position
University of Warwick
2016
Paving the way to interregional mobility and ensuring relevance, quality and equity of access
Middlesex University
2017
Establishment and Development of Quality Assurance Centers in Azerbaijan Universities
Middlesex University
Some recommendations for future proposals
→ Pay particular attention to the eligibility criteria (e.g. minimum number of HEIs in consortia);
→ Insist on cost-effectiveness, wider impact, and sustainability of results –especially in respect of target groups (and bearing in mind project budget)
→ Insist on the need to empower the Partner Country partners from the early stages of the
proposal preparation;
→ Be innovative in the content and methodologies described in your application
→ Capacity/level of institutions for addressing certain topics of the projects
→ Avoid overlapping with current/previous Tempus/Erasmus+ or other EU projects
Azerbaijani HEIs active in international cooperation
Experienced HEIs
– Baku State University – 8 Tempus projects
– Azerbaijan Languages University – 5 Tempus projects (first Tempus grantholder in Azerbaijan)
– Azerbaijan State Oil Academy – 7 Tempus projects
– Azerbaijan Technical University – 6 Tempus projects
– Azerbaijan Medical University – 6 Tempus project
– Khazar University (private) – 7 Tempus projects (Recent project grantholder for CBHE)
– State Universities in Sumgayit, Nakchivan, Ganja and Lenkoran (up to 7Tempus projects)
Very ambitious HEIs
– Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy
– Baku Engineering University – 7 Tempus Projects
– Tourism University
Contacts
NEO Azerbaijan www.erasmusplus.org.az
Parviz Baghirov
E-mail: [email protected]@gmail.com
Phone: (994 12) 4974865
(994 50) 2038865
Thank you!
THE GO INTERNATIONAL: STAND OUT CAMPAIGN
CATRIONA HANKS
Outward Mobility Policy Lead, Universities UK International
@UUKIntl
www.international.ac.uk [email protected] @UUKIntl
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
A NATIONAL STRATEGY AND TARGET
www.international.ac.uk [email protected] @UUKIntl
VISION
To double the percentage of UK, full-
time, first degree students who study, work or volunteer
abroad as part of their degree to 13% in 2020.
www.international.ac.uk [email protected] @UUKIntl
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
www.international.ac.uk [email protected] @UUKIntl
MOBILITY RATES – INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
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Australia: 19.3%
USA: 15.1%
Germany: 25%
The UK: 6.6%*
% of the 2014/15 UG graduating cohort who were mobile
*this is the full cohort, not the same cohort as is used in Gone International, which is students
responding to the DLHE.
Australian data from the Australian government ‘Research Snapshot’, January 2017
US data from Open Doors 2016German data from DAAD (2017) Facts and Figures
www.international.ac.uk [email protected] @UUKIntl
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2015
2014
2013
2012
THE VALUE OF AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
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www.international.ac.uk [email protected] @UUKIntl
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www.international.ac.uk [email protected] @UUKIntl
Aberystwyth UniversityAston UniversityBangor UniversityBirmingham City UniversityCanterbury Christ Church UniversityCardiff Metropolitan UniversityCardiff UniversityCity, University of LondonCoventry UniversityDe Montfort UniversityEdge Hill UniversityEdinburgh Napier UniversityEdinburgh UniversityGlasgow Caledonian UniversityGoldsmiths, University of LondonHarper Adams UniversityHeriot-Watt UniversityKing's College LondonLancaster UniversityLeeds Arts University
Leeds Trinity University
Manchester Metropolitan University
Middlesex University
Northumbria University Newcastle
Oxford Brookes University
Queen Mary University of London
Queen's University Belfast
Southampton Solent University
Swansea University
The University of Bath
The University of Birmingham
The University of Chichester
The University of Essex
The University of Hull
The University of Kent
The University of Leeds
The University of Leicester
The University of Liverpool
The University of Reading
The University of Sheffield
The University of Surrey
The University of Warwick
The University of Westminster
University of Bedfordshire
University of Bristol
University of Derby
University of Dundee
University of Exeter
University of Gibraltar
University of Glasgow
University of Greenwich
University of Hertfordshire
University of Keele
University of Portsmouth
University of Roehampton
University of Southampton
University of St Andrews
University of Sussex
University of the West of England, Bristol
University of York
OUR 60 UNIVERSITY PARTNERS
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ACCESS THE CHARTER AND PLEDGE FORM AT:
WWW.UNIVERSITIESUK.AC.UK/STANDOUT
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PROPOSED CAMPAIGN OUTPUTS
•Policy priorities
•Making the case to UK government
•Minimising barriers with overseas governments
•Academic champions
•Alumni
•Business communities
•Campaign pages on website
•Downloadable toolkit
•Charter and institutional action plans
•Campaign short report
•Gone International IV, V and VI - annual cohort studies
•Other relevant programmeresearch
Evidence base
Resources for
universities
Advocacy
Networks (embedding
culture change)
Annual Calls to Action
YEAR 1: UNIVERSITIES
YEAR 2: ALLIES, ACADEMICS AND ALUMNI
YEAR 3: EMPLOYERS
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www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/standout
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HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?
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1. Feedback on proposed campaign activities, and tell us what would be most helpful in supporting your institution to boost and broaden mobility.
2. Sign up for regular updates and promote the campaign to your networks – promote link on website, intranet, email, Twitter, events
3. Identify case-studies and spokespeople from your university community and alumni base that highlight the value of mobility on individuals, the economy and society
4. Attend and host campaign events at your university