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Enhancing Student Mobility: Sharing Experiences in an Enlarged Europe

This seminar explores the benefits and challenges of student mobility in a digital world, with a focus on sharing experiences in an enlarged Europe. Key topics include international cooperation, student motivation, recognition, provision of information, and financial issues.

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Enhancing Student Mobility: Sharing Experiences in an Enlarged Europe

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  1. Enhancing student mobility in a digital world : Sharing experiences in an enlarged Europe SUMIT SEMINAR 11 & 12 October 2007

  2. Facts about Paris 3 • 17 000 students enrolled as of september 2006 among which 5 100 international students (free-movers) 10 500 undergraduates (Licence) 5 000 graduate (Master) 1 500 doctoral (Doctorat) in different fields : Languages, Literature, Arts and Modern Societies

  3. International cooperation • 220 university partners, 130 of which european • 1 000 exchange students • 700 incoming & 300 outgoing • 540 Erasmus students • 460 non European students • 200 PhD in joint supervision by 2 university partners

  4. Erasmus Student Network Survey 2006 Key results • Students’motivation :  to have new experiences and to practise a foreign language (80%)  to be independent, to improve academic knowledge and to enhance future employment perspectives (20%)

  5. Three main issues  Recognition  Provision of information  Financial issues

  6. Recommendations Universities should improve the quality of providing information, both for outgoing and incoming students, before, during and after the period of mobility.

  7. Students helping students • In case of problems, students most often asked for help  other exchange students  local students  international relation officers  coordinators  student organisations & student unions

  8. Online reports & blogs This project was developed in partnership with the Department of Communication

  9. WHAT IS BLOG ? • DEFINITION OF BLOG A website for finding and exchanging information on a wide variety of topics and for locating groups and people with common interests.

  10. Student to student information The interactive blog is meant to provide authentic student’s experience at host institution : « reading from someone who has been there and has done it is really useful » Students appreciate the honesty in personal perspectives, pratical advices, helpful financial, academic and cultural information. « It is a great resource extemely helpful »

  11. A real taste of international student life • « May be you will want a job while you are here ! » • « There are lots of jobs and they’re pretty fun. » • « I work in a coffee shop. It is really nice there » • « The course is examined by two short essays (1 500 words), worth 25% each, and a final exam 50% ».

  12. Easy and free • francais.erasmusblog.com MON-NOM.erasmusblog.com • overblog-com

  13. An another tool online • Perspective : • Students will be able to search the blog country by country, university or discipline online. You have to encourage prospective students to post comments and ask questions.

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