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Key Action 1 – Higher education student and staff mobility

Key Action 1 – Higher education student and staff mobility. Rebecca Rogers. Overall objectives. Boost skills and employability Modernise education, training and youth work Focus on young people Easier to access, with simpler funding structure. Key facts.

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Key Action 1 – Higher education student and staff mobility

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  1. Key Action 1 – Higher education student and staff mobility Rebecca Rogers

  2. Overall objectives • Boost skills and employability • Modernise education, training and youth work • Focus on young people • Easier to access, with simpler funding structure

  3. Key facts • Cross-sectoral structure based on ‘Key Actions’ • Worth €940m to UK over seven years • Replaces Lifelong Learning Programme, Youth in Action and other EU programmes

  4. Erasmus+ is ‘the new EU programme for education, training, youth and sport’

  5. European policy context

  6. Overall budget breakdown

  7. Education and training breakdown

  8. Key Actions

  9. Key Actions • Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individuals • Key Action 2: Co-operation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices • Key Action 3: Support for Policy Reform • Some activities managed centrally, ie not by National Agencies • Organisation, not individual applications • No funding for preparatory visits

  10. Key Action 1 - Which actions are supported? • Mobility projects in the field of education training and youth. • Large scale EVS events • Joint Masters Degrees • Master Student Loan Guarantee

  11. Mobility Projects for Higher Education Students and Staff

  12. General eligibility criteria for an applicant organisation • Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) • Participant Identification Code (PIC) • Grant Application deadline 17 March (midday Brussels time)

  13. What is the role of the applicant organisation? • Follow the ‘quality framework’ as set out in the ECHE • Applying for the mobility project • Signing and managing the grant agreement • Managing Inter-institutional agreements for student study and staff teaching • Reporting to the National Agency

  14. Student mobility • Study period abroad at a partner HEI • Traineeship abroad in an enterprise

  15. Student mobility eligibility criteria • Students at all levels of higher education • Recent graduates (traineeships only) • 12 months per study cycle (includes participation in LLP) • From 3 to 12 months for studies • From 2 to 12 months for traineeships

  16. Student mobility eligibility criteria • Learning Agreement • Recognition • For study students must be in their second year of study or higher • For traineeships students are eligible from the first year of study

  17. Student mobility funding Monthly grant – study (page 43) • Group 1 countries - €400 per month • Group 2 and 3 countries - €350 per month • Students from disadvantaged backgrounds (WP) - €100 per month supplementary grant • Widening participation (study only) • Top-up for traineeships

  18. Student mobility funding Monthly grant - traineeships • Group 2 and 3 countries - €450* per month • Group 1 countries - €500* per month * Includes a monthly top-up of €100

  19. Linguistic support • Online courses through EC tool • Mandatory assessment prior to mobility and upon return • Voluntary courses • Available in the 5 main languages – EN, DE, FR, ES, IT • Funding for other languages from organisational support budget

  20. Staff mobility • Teaching period at a partner HEI • Training period e.g. training events (excluding conferences), job shadowing • 2 days to 2 months (excluding travel days) • Minimum 8 teaching hours per week.

  21. Staff mobility funding Travel (page 45) • Unit costs (flat rates) - Paid according to distance travelled. • Distance calculator will be provided by EC Subsistence (page 46) • Unit costs – dependant on receiving country • Travel days are not eligible for subsistence payments.

  22. Organisational support grant for HEIs (page 41) • A contribution to any cost incurred by the HEI in relation to activities in support of student and staff mobility • Up to 100th participant - €350 per participant • Beyond 100th participant - €200 per participant • Higher than LLP to accommodate for preparatory visits and linguistic preparation

  23. General info • Call for Proposals and Programme guide released in December 2013 • http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm • Application forms are now available : http://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/

  24. ECAS and PICs • Before being able to apply for Erasmus+ funding organisations online http://www.erasmusplus.org.uk/how-to-apply • Register your organisation on the European Commission Authentication Service (ECAS), if not already registered. For guidance on registration, see our How to Register on ECAS video and guide • Log in to the Participant Portal with your ECAS account details and register your organisation on the Unique Registration Facility (URF) to obtain your unique Participant Identification Code (PIC), if not already registered. The European Commission has produced a Participant Portal User Manual to help guide you through the process of registering on the portal.

  25. Find out more Lots of information including Call for Proposals and Programme Guide on EC site http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm EC twitter and Facebook: https://twitter.com/EUErasmusPlus and https://www.facebook.com/EUErasmusPlusProgramme All key information being added to UK website, www.erasmusplus.org.uk (UK website) – this is the best way of getting information about the programme #erasmusplusuk – BC/Ecorys hashtag British Council Customer Services 0161 957 7755 general.enquiries@britishcouncil.org Erasmus Helpdesk 02920 924311 erasmus@britishcouncil.org

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