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Year Abroad Meeting

Join us as we cover health and safety tips, academic requirements, meeting German speakers, and developing mindsets for your year abroad. Discover courses, accommodations, and writing expectations during your exchange. Prepare for a successful Junior Honours Year.

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Year Abroad Meeting

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  1. Year Abroad Meeting Semester 2 Annette Götzkes

  2. DELC YEAR Abroad Info Year Abroad handbook: http://www.delc.ed.ac.uk/year-abroad/ DELC Year Abroad Office: delc.yearabroad@ed.ac.uk Year Abroad Coordinator for GERMAN agotzkes@ed.ac.uk

  3. What we will cover today: • Health and Safety • Academic Requirements and Learning Agreements • Meeting German Speakers • Exploring and Developing Mindsets: developing graduate skills

  4. Health Insurance • EHIC • Might not cover ongoing health issues such as • Chronic illness requiring regular medication • Ongoing mental health issues, requiring regular medication or therapy • Check with your doctor In the UK/ home country and EHIC to ensure you will continue to receive the right treatment

  5. Year Abroad = Junior Honours Aims: • Language Acquisiton • Development of Academic Skills • Personal and Professional Development, graduate mindsets

  6. Academic Work during Year Abroad Year abroad is your Junior Honours Year and counts towards your degree!!! You need to bring back 120 credits • Language acquisition through residence (speaking and writingskills) • E-learning course • Year Abroad Activity

  7. Single Honour German

  8. Joint Honours: Two MEL Languages

  9. Joint Honours: German and OSNAL

  10. Erasmus Students Your exchange is through German, so you will be enrolled for Germanistik at most of our partner universities (some unis like Freiburg organise their database via bilateral agreements-- the one that matches Edinburgh university is via Freiburgs English department. This is purely an administrative issue, so please select English as your 1st subject (although you won´t take classes from this department) and German as your 2nd. Germanistik is part of the Philosophische Fakultät (Humanities)

  11. University Course choices • Language courses: starting point CEFR level B2 + leading towards C1 or C2 • Courses should be picked from the regular „Vorlesungsverzeichnis“ (course catalogue) • Content courses specifically designed for Erasmus/ visiting/ international students should be avoided • You may pick ONE course designed for Ersmus courses, either language or content but it must not be worth more than 8 ECTS credits per term • Courses have to be taught in German • Courses must be taught during regular term time • Courses have to be assessed and awarded a mark (not pass/fail) • Courses have to reflect your degree programme, i.e have to do with the language, culture, literature or history of the German speaking countries

  12. Students on Works Placements Students on work placements have to do some academic writing for German : • Year Abroad Essay • Dissertation preparation Type of written work depends on Year Abroad Plan and degree programme (see following slides/ Year Abroad APP)

  13. German + OSNAL You need to check your DRPS and liaise with the Erasmus coordinator from your OSNAL subject about their YA requirements: Degree Regulations and Programmes of Study: http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/16-17/dpt/drps_llc.htm

  14. Learning Agreements • All students have to fill in a signed Learning Agreement • Learning agreements have to be signed by 2 people: 1) Year Abroad Coordinator at partner university OR mentor for work placement 2) German Year Abroad Coordinator in Edinburgh • Learning Agreements must be send to the DELc Year Abroad Office BEFORE you start your university course/ internship and require my signed approval • If you change courses/ work placement, you need to fill in the „During the Mobility Form“ of your Learning Agreement and have it signed by me and the coordiator of the partner institution

  15. Learning Agreements Learning Agreements for Erasmus students ensure: • You have enough credits • You selected the right type of courses for German • Your course choices prepare you for your 4th year Learning Agreements for students on work placements ensure: • Your work placement is the required length and quality • Your work placement offers enough opportunity to bring your language level up to C1 • Your work placement prepares you for your 4th year

  16. Accomodation • Studentenwohnheim • Facebook • Gumtree • Arrive in plenty of time!!!!

  17. DAAD: Virtuelle Studienreise: www.study-in.de • Begleitung von internationalenStudieninteressierten auf ihremWegnach Deutschland • Angebot von allewichtigenInformationenals „Digital Storytelling“ • In einemmultimedialen Reportage-Format werdenalleSchrittemitentsprechenden Links, Fotos und Videos dargestellt Die Student Journey gliedertsich in folgendeEtappen: • Etappe – Deutschland entdecken • 2.Etappe – Studienmöglichkeiten in Deutschland • 3.Etappe – Die Bewerbung um einenStudienplatz • 4.Etappe – Finanzierung des Studienaufenthaltes • 5.Etappe – DeineAnkunft in Deutschland

  18. Maximise your time abroad Summer Schools Work placements Erasmus funding for 2- month Volunteer work Go-Abroad Fund for volunteer work, eg. Working with Refugees Apply for extra credits through SLICCs: http://www.ed.ac.uk/employability/slicc/apply

  19. Language Ambassadors: Inspire a class! • Meet a class of German pupils in an Edinburgh Secondary School and talk about your plans for your Year Abroad • Stay in touch during your Year Abroad via facebook, skype, photos, film clips Contact: Annette Götzkes Email: agotzkes@ed.ac.uk

  20. £ 350,-Year Abroad Awards • available for students taking part in some kind of international experience this summer.  • This opportunity is open to all fully-matriculated students • Applications are now open and will close at 12 noon on Monday 25 March, Next information by Go Abroad team: Monday 11 March 2019 Appleton Tower – Lecture Theatre 1 13:00 – 14:00 • The go abroad team are happy to answer any questions or provide more information if necessary.  • Please contact them directly at  goabroad@ed.ac.uk.

  21. Info, Advice and Support abroad • Student support office at partner universities • Your Erasmus coordinator at partner universities • Your workplacement mentor

  22. Make sure you really have a Year Abroad experience and …get out of the Erasmus bubble! Meet native speakers: • Tandem • Couch -Surfing • Stammtisch • Facebook • Flatmates • Volunteering …..

  23. Brexit Charley Jeffrey, Senior Vice-principal: • “I want to reassure you how much we value the wellbeing of our students and staff – it is crucial that you feel informed and supported throughout what many will find an unsettling period. We have created a new section of ofThe University and Europe webpages with FAQs for all students, staff and managers. These answer many of the concerns that have already been raised around living and studying in the UK post-Brexit, fees and funding, travel and visas, Erasmus+, and insurance. https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/eu/advice/brexit-planning

  24. Group work Discuss sample Learning Agreements

  25. Young people who study or train abroad are half likely to face long-term unemployment    • 64% of employers think international experience is important for recruitment (37% in 2007). • 64% of employers say graduate with an international background are given greater professional responsibility European Commission Newsletter, September 24, 2014. The study, compiled by independent experts, is the largest of its kind and received feedback from nearly 80 000 respondents including students and businesses.

  26. Developing your mindset Mindsets can evolve and change with time and experiences.  They are our usual ways of thinking about something and our attitudes towards it – here our attitude towards knowledge and learning. • https://www.ed.ac.uk/employability/graduate-attributes/framework

  27. Mindset: Enquiry and Lifelong Learning

  28. Mindset: Aspiration and Personal Development

  29. Mindset: Outlook and Engagement

  30. Skills: Research and Enquiry

  31. Skills: Personal and Intellectual Autonomy

  32. Skills: Personal Effectiveness

  33. Group work: What do you expect to get out of the Year Abroad? Enquiry and Lifelong Learning • … • … Aspiration and Personal Development • … • … Outlook and Engagement • … • … Research and Enquiry • … • … Personal and Intellectual Autonomy • … • … Personal Effectivenes • … • …

  34. Some examples of personal and professional development: Problem solving Resilience Communication / people skills Flexibility Cultural Awareness

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