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Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013 – an update on ERASMS
work placements from the perspective of the European Commission
Patricia De Smet,
Higher Education – Erasmus
Principal administrator
European Commission, Brussels
Eracon conference LisboaSession – Erasmus Work Placements
8 May 2008
Overview– Placements – their place in the overall policy context and the
promotion of closer cooperation between higher education (HE) and the world of work
– Erasmus placements & other actions in the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) supporting cooperation between HE & enterprises
– Placements – why are they important?
– Erasmus Placements - one year after the launch of the LLP
– Placements – the new challenge for Erasmus institutions
• A strategy for cooperation with enterprises
• Promoting a comprehensive approach to placements
• Delivery models for placements
• Dissemination of results and exchange of good practice
Erasmus Policy context
• Lisbon and Bologna
• Lifelong Learning (LLL) – Delivering LL for knowledge,creativity &
innovation (Nov 2007)
• Higher Education reform (2006)– Curriculum reform– Governance reform– Funding reform
Erasmus Policy context
• An emerging policy to support cooperation between HE and enterprises – themes: curriculum, governance,funding,
mobility– clusters on HE modernisation – High level expert group on mobility (2008)– European University/Business Forum (2008)
• Increased coordination between policy and programmes => Lifelong Learning Pgm
School Education
COMENIUS
Higher Education
ERASMUS
3.1 billion €
Vocational Education
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Adult Education
GRUNDTVIG
Budget: 6.97 billion EUR (Proposal: 13.620 billion EUR)
- Political development - Languages- ICT - Dissemination
The new Lifelong Learning Programme
2007 - 2013
Min. 40 % Min. 25% Min. 4%
Transversal Programmes
Jean Monnet
Min. 13 %
3.1 billion € for 7 years
LLP –Erasmus-specific objectives
– Erasmus: specific programme objectives• Support achievement of a European Area of HE • Reinforce HE and advanced VET contribution to innovation
– Erasmus operational objectives• Student and staff mobility (quality + volume) 3 Mios st 2012• Multilateral cooperation between HEI (quality + volume)• Qualifications: Improve transparency and make HE –
advanced VET qualifications more compatible • HE-enterprise cooperation (quality + volume)• Development and transfer of innovation• Innovative ICT based content, services, pedagogies and
practice for LLL
LLP- Erasmus actions
– Decentralised actions : Mobility• Students ( new : placements at all 3 cycles)
• Staff from HEI ( new: all staff, training)
• Staff from entreprise (new, )
• Intensive programmes ( previously :centralised action)
– Centralised actions• Curriculum development
• Modernisation (new)
• HE-enterprise cooperation (new)
• Virtual campuses (new)
• Networks (new: structural network)
- transversal actions : preparatory visits, accompanying measures
NEW
Students
Obj LLP: Ø 200 €Average per
monthGrants
Students
Old/New
Actions
Duration
Standard Mobility
Target groups
Training in H.E.I. and Enterprises
OLD NEW
1-6 weeks
Teaching staff/ Administrative staff
Zero grant accepted (from 2008)
Ex-LEONARDO ProgrammeEx-LEONARDO Programme
Students
Placements
3-12 months ( *)
Obj: smooth transition from LdV -reasonable
Teaching Assign-ments
OLD
1-6 weeks
Teaching staff
Staff
3-12 months
Teaching in H.E.I.(2008-)
Training (2007)
1-6 weeks
Enterprise staff
NEW
Decentralised Actions of ERASMUS
OLD/New
Actions
Duration
Grants
Target groups
e.g. summer schools
OLD/NEW
10 days to 6 weeks
Teaching staff/Students
Av. 32.000 € per project
IntensiveProgrammes
Staff
n.a.
Organisation of Mobility
Student study periods
OLD
n.a.
H.E.I.s, Consortia etc.
4 categories
Studentplacements
n.a.
4 categories 4 categories
Decentralised Actions of ERASMUS (2)
U-E cooperation, enhancing employability etc.
NEW
H.E.I.s, enterprises
etc.
Max. 150.000 €per year
2 years
Actions
OLD/NEW
Target groups
Grants
Curriculum Develop-
ment
Contract Period
Modernisation of Higher
Education
University-Enterprise
Co-operation
Virtual Campuses
Thematic Networks
Joint curricula (BA,MA, DOC), European Modules (incl. language modules)
OLD
H.E.I.s, enterprises
etc.
Max. 150.000 € per year
2 (+1) years
Updating of curricula, enhancing quality, attractiveness etc.
NEW
H.E.I.s, networks
etc.
Max. 300.000 €per year
2 years
Increasing virtual mobility
NEW
H.E.I.s,enterprises
etc.
Max. 150.000 €
per year
2 years
Large-scale consortia (31 countries)/structural networks (less partners)
OLD/NEW
H.E.I.s, enterprises
etc.
Max. 150.000 € per year
3 years
Centralised ERASMUS Actions
The importance of placements
– For students
– For enterprises
– For higher education institutions and their staff
The importance of placements for students
– Familiarising students with the world of work
– Enhancing employability• Discipline-related skills
• ‘Soft’ skills (problem-solving, teamwork, coping with the unexpected…) , job-seeking competence
• Awareness of the enterprise culture (different objectives and time constraints, need for confidentiality,..)
– Improving foreign language competence
– Promoting inter-cultural understanding and knowledge of other European countries
– Contributing to the stimulation of other forms of HE-enterprise cooperation
The importance of placements for enterprises
– Influx of new ideas at low cost
– Testing phase for potential future collaborators
– Promoting stronger links with higher education institutions and their staff
– Adding an international dimension (especially for smaller locally based enterprises)
– Win/Win situation
The importance of placements for HEI
– Better motivated and competent students
– Input for modernisation ( CD, ..)
– Links with enterprise leading to other forms of collaboration
– Improving awareness and competence of staff (teaching and administrative)
– Strengthening links with the local community,
– Contribution to the local economy
Placements – part of education-enterprise cooperation in the LLP
– Within Erasmus• Placements (and language preparation)• Training for HEI teaching staff in enterprises• Training for HEI non-teaching staff in enterprises• Mobility of staff from enterprises to HEI
(2007:training; 2008:teaching)
• Intensive programmes• HE-Enterprise in Multilateral Projects• HE-Enterprise in Erasmus Networks• Preparatory Visits• Accompanying measures
– Within the LLP
Erasmus Placements - one year after the launch of the LLP – Taking stock of Year 1, Improving through:
• Feedback from National Agencies : Helsinki March/April 2008• Feedback from HEI : Eracon 2008, reporting,..• Feedback from consortia• Feedback from enterprises• Feedback from students
– Transition from LdV to Erasmus• Quantitative trends• Consortia• Challenges and new role for NAs• New rules
• Challenges for HEIs
Erasmus Placements - one year after the launch of the LLP – a
challenge for HEI
- HEI not yet familiar with student mobility for placements
- Promoting a comprehensive approach to placements
- NEW delivery models for placements
- Dissemination of results and exchange of good practice
– Optimising effectiveness and impact, minimising bureaucracy
Key factors: HEI mission, proactive, integrated approach, new culture
Erasmus Placements - one year after the launch of the LLP- from
mobility for study to mobility for placements
New requirements at the different stages of the mobility
- New type of needs ( non academic actors)
- Need for promotion of the action - Selection - planning and criteria of enterprises - Funding levels - possible enterprise contribution,
- minimize loss of traditional facilities - Finding a host partner out of the academic world=>adapting the internal organisation
=> involve new external actors- Preparing the mobility : training agreement
Quality commitment
Erasmus Placements - one year after the launch of the LLP- from mobility for study to mobility for placements
• Quality commitment:– interlinkage with study, – learning outcomes,– recognition within and out the CD– mentor in enterprises– logistical support, specific issue (insurance,..)
• Increased Monitoring: – keep in contact – mentor in enterprise, contact in the home university
• Reporting
Optimising delivery modelsfor placements
– Higher education institutions as stand-alone senders
– Placement consortia
– The need for support and counselling mechanisms
– Learning from Leonardo da Vinci experience
– Recapturing pre-Leonardo experience
– Input from other placement schemes– Listening to students
Dissemination of results,exchange of good practice
– Analysing reports
– Meetings and seminars
– Exchanging information via the net
– Organisational level (HEI, consortia)
– Local and regional level
– National level
– European level– Sharing experience with the rest of the LLP
???Three questions to the audience
• Suggestions to boost placements in their institutions
• Main barriers for HEIs
• Expected support from the NA and the EC