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FIRST programme in the Finnish-Russian Higher Education Cooperation West Finland HEInet FIRST Decennial Anniversary

FIRST programme in the Finnish-Russian Higher Education Cooperation West Finland HEInet FIRST Decennial Anniversary Seminar 23.-24.4.2013 Sini Piippo, Senior Programme Adviser, Higher Education Cooperation, Centre for International Mobility CIMO.

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FIRST programme in the Finnish-Russian Higher Education Cooperation West Finland HEInet FIRST Decennial Anniversary

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  1. FIRST programme in the Finnish-Russian Higher Education Cooperation West Finland HEInet FIRST Decennial Anniversary Seminar 23.-24.4.2013 Sini Piippo, Senior Programme Adviser, Higher Education Cooperation, Centre for International Mobility CIMO

  2. FIRST Programme in the Finnish-Russian Higher Education Cooperation • FIRST programme in the context of Finnish-Russianhighereducationcooperationand studentmobility • FIRST since 2000: summary of the experience, statistics • Somefutureperspectives

  3. Finnish-Russian Student and Teacher Exchange Programme FIRST • Networkcooperationprogramme for Finnish and North-Western Russian highereducationinstitutions • Operatingsince 2000 • Financedby the FinnishMinistry of Education and Culture • Administeredby Centre for International Mobility CIMO • Programmepurposespromotingpartership and reciprocalmobility: • strengthening the existing and creating new highereducationco-operation • reachingbalancedteacher and studentmobilitybetween the countries • Annualprogrammebudgetdecided on a yearlybasis, 2013-2014 approx. 770 000€

  4. Student mobility RussiaFinland

  5. Student mobility RussiaFinland RUSSIAFINLAND 2011 Degreestudents in Finland total 17634 Incomingexchangestudents 9172

  6. Student mobility Finland  Russia

  7. Student mobility Finland  Russia FINLAND RUSSIA 2011 Degreestudentsfrom Finland total 5848 Outgoingexchangestudents 9931

  8. Finnish-Russian Student and Teacher Exchange ProgrammeFIRST • Supportedprogrammeactivities: • Bilateralstudentand teachermobilitybetween Finland and North-WesternRussia • New: alsopracticaltraining/internships • Intensivecoursesin Russia • Accessibility grants • 2012-2013 • 25 networks, of which 10 coordinatedbyFinnishuniversities and 15 byFinnishuniversities of appliedsciences • 52 Russian and 38 FinnishHEIsinvolved in networks

  9. FIRST Programme budget

  10. FIRST-studentmobility

  11. FIRST –teachermobility

  12. FIRST Intensive courses • short study periods providing students and teachers with an opportunity to work together in a Russian-Finnish group • The minimum duration one week • 5 days + travel days • Participating students and teachers equally from Finland and Russia • The course must take place in Russia • The financial support for organizational costs only, such as travel and accommodation of participants - may not cover salaries

  13. FIRST intensivecourses

  14. FIRST Intensive courses • For HEIs: • Short-time, interesting theme with experts involved, practical orientation • efficient tools to increase international functions in HEIs • can lead to other joint projects between partner institutions • Cooperation has been smooth and easy between Finnish and Russian partners • For participants: • Group working and visits to companies have been ”eye-openers” to many of the participants • Courses have been popular among students • For Finnish students often 1st visit to Russia • Many students would like to go for an exchange to Russia for a longer period of time, but their Russian language skills are not good enough for studying

  15. FIRST Studentmobility2010-2011 • North-WesternRussia: • majority of Russian partners in St.Petersburg • Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, Syktyvkar, Kaliningrad

  16. The role of FIRST in FI-RU higher education cooperation? • Facilitating the Finnish-Russianhighereducationcooperationsince 2000: • basis for long termcooperation and mobility • enhancesalso new openings • Broad spectrum of differentlevelcooperation and networks • Small scale and largenetworks • Almostall of the FinnishHEIsincluded in the networks • establishedcooperation • offers an opportunity for studentsallover the country • Offeringpossibilities for Russian students and teachers

  17. The role of FIRST in FI-RU higher education cooperation? • Intensivecoursescanintensify the cooperation •  jointstudyperiods  jointdegrees • Level of fundingmodest, but for the HE- cooperationbetween Finland and North-WesternRussiasignificant

  18. The future of FIRST? • 2000-2013 stabile with onlyfewchanges • HEIs: • Increasedneed for funding and moreactivities • Geographicalscopeotherparts of Russia? • The Nordic-Russian Cooperation Programme in Education and Research 2012-2015 offers funding also for FI-RU HE-cooperation • 2014: • Erasmus for All2014-2020 will open the mobilityalso to and fromRussia • Modest volume of mobility? • Need to adjust FIRST?

  19. CIMO publications related to FIRST • Study on FIRST (2012): • http://www.cimo.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/cimowwwstructure/27188_FIRST_selvitys.pdf • Intensive courses: experiences and best practices (2013): • http://www.cimo.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/cimowwwstructure/28230_Intensiivikurssit_kokemuksia_ja_hyvia_kaytantoja.pdf • Study On Intensive Courses And Institutional Impacts On Higher Education Establishments In Finland (2012) • http://www.cimo.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/cimowwwstructure/24818_Intensiivikurssien_vaikuttavuusselvitys_web.pdf

  20. Thankyou for yourattention! www.cimo.fi/first first@cimo.fi sini.piippo@cimo.fi +358 295 338 595

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