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RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS:EU policy level

EU policies Guidelines for how to deal with E nationally

Refocus on intensive language courses

Europe to keep European dimension as a prime objective

Disciplinary related data?

Increase Intensive Programmes

Best practice and case studies

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RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS:EU policy level

EU policies Objective quantity of mobility or quality of mobility and education?

Promoting ERASMUS should reckon with the fact that many countries integrate it with other mobility initiatives and funds

Improve support for facilitating students and staff

Promote secondary school mobility

Promote good practices (portal)

Enlarge opportunities for students from partner countries and improve guidelines, joint programs

Analyse why ESC and ERASMUS-label is not used in many institutions

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RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS:EU policy level

EU policies Erasmus too much a social image, mobility interesting for

employers but not Erasmus

Companies want longer stays

Recognition better organised in learning agreements and verified that they stick to it

Specify guidelines per type of program and type of mobility

Not shorten duration of stay, leave it to the merit of the mobility an allocate money on merit also

Improve the use of Erasmus labels and make more easy to get

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National policies

Develop E-distribution along target groups

Organise teamwork on recognition

Mobile student feedback research

Keep EU philosophy going, promote European dimension

Find co-funding

Language provision remains a cornerstone

Make E-distribution on basis of national/institutional needs

Identify national context barriers to mobility

Bologna experts must promote Erasmus (too)

RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS:National policy level

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National policies

What do countries want to get out of mobility for Europe and the national setting (quantity or what type of quality)?

Need to differentiate between Erasmus and other mobility? Can we brand mobility as E if it includes many other mobility funds?

Bologna experts promote mobility, not Erasmus as such

Use Erasmus as a way to improve internationalisation at home

Develop at national level additional schemes to Erasmus

Integrate SES status in distribution of grants

Stimulate secondary school pupils in area of mobility (preparatory lectures/activities)

RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS:National policy level

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Institutional policies Continuous communication, open days, councelling that reckon

with perceptions about mobility, etc

Provide accommodation for international students

Stimulate academic staff

University leadership has to make statements about relaxed recognition culture

Mobile student feedback research

Enhance the industry internships

Co-funding and stimulate European dimension

Promote ERASMUS strongly

RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS:Institutional policy level

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Institutional policies Consider objectives, measures and potential resources

Integrate mobility window in curricula

Keep joint programs separate from Erasmus mobility

RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ERASMUS:Institutional policy level