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Explore the impact of ICT on student mobility in an Enlarged Europe, sharing experiences in preparing graduates for the job market and promoting European ideals.

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  1. SUMIT Enhancing student mobility in a digital world – sharing experience in an enlarged Europe Jolanta Urbanikowa

  2. SUMIT • Student mobility • ICT • Enlarged Europe • Experience • Sharing • Enhancement Jolanta Urbanikowa

  3. Bologna process • Preparation of graduates for the European/intl. labour market • Academic mobility • Professional mobility • Recognition of qualifications • Enhancement of competences, personal development • Education for and promotion of European citizenship • European identity • Active participation in democratic process Jolanta Urbanikowa

  4. STUDENT MOBILITY • Internationalisation • Innovation and modernisation • Curricular reform • Quality of provision • TRUST • Recognition • Mobility Jolanta Urbanikowa

  5. STUDENT MOBILITY • Promoting European ideals • Responding to Euroscepticism • Paving the way for institutional reforms • Promotion of institutional convergence • Promotion of people-to-people contacts Jolanta Urbanikowa

  6. STUDENT MOBILITY • EUROPE as a place to work and develop careers • Exchanges (incl. Erasmus) help form workforce • Open • Flexible • Mobile • Multilingual and multicultural Jolanta Urbanikowa

  7. Mobility to 2012 • 1987 - 2002 – 1 mln • 2004/5 over 144,000 • 2012 - 3 mln target • Annual growth rate 8% per year • A feasible goal, but … Jolanta Urbanikowa

  8. Challenges • Funding • Imbalance between incoming and outgoing students • UK, Ireland, Spain – more in-coming • Central and Eastern Europe – more out-going • Minority can enjoy and benefit it Jolanta Urbanikowa

  9. Solutions • Increase in grant level (per Figel: average grant 200€) • Erasmus – vehicle for quality mobility • Recognition (ECTS) • Mobility arrangements • Proper documentation • Lingusitic support • Social and cultural support • Information and communication Jolanta Urbanikowa

  10. Solutions • Digital world – not a remedy but essential support instrument • Identification and mapping of what is already available at HEI level • Stocktaking of grass roots initiatives • Incorporation into the system • Quality enhancement and assurance • Empowerment of all student and staff Jolanta Urbanikowa

  11. Solutions • Dissemination of good practices • Example of the University of Warsaw • University Study-Oriented Support System (USOS) • Centre for Open and Multimedia Education (COME) • University System of Language Provision (USNJO) • University Library Jolanta Urbanikowa

  12. Solutions • Internationalisation at home • Students • Staff • Curriculum • Virtual mobility Jolanta Urbanikowa

  13. Quality • QUALITY – FITNESS FOR PURPOSE • PURPOSES OF MOBILITY • NOT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF MOBILITY • QUALITY ENHANCEMENT • MOBILITY A DRIVER OF CHANGE Jolanta Urbanikowa

  14. QUALITY • Assurance and enhancement mechanisms • OECD report on Internationalisation and Trade in HE: Opportunities and Challenges • ENQA standards and guidelines … • European Parliament and Council Recommendation on transnational mobility…: European Quality Charter for Mobility Jolanta Urbanikowa

  15. SUMIT • ACCESS TO INFORMATION • PRE-EXCHANGE ICT-BASED SERVICES • LINGUISTIC SUPPORT • POST-EXCHANGE ICT-SUPPORTED SERVICES • MOBILITY AS AN LEMENT OF INTERNATIONALISATION STRATEGY • VIRTUAL MOBILITY & INTERNATIONALISATION AT HOME • SOCIAL NETWORKING SOFTWARE TO SERVE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY • THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Jolanta Urbanikowa

  16. SUMIT Thank you for your attention. Jolanta Urbanikowa

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