The International Dimension in Higher Education: ‘Europe and Beyond’ Welcome from the British Council and the UK International Unit

Agenda 1000 Welcome and Introduction Erasmus+ UK National Agency and UK International Unit 1010 The EU context: the development of Erasmus+ Roisin McCabe, European Commission 1025 Jean Monnet – Roisin McCabe 1045 International Credit Mobility - David Hibler, British Council 1145 Refreshments 1200 Case study: Erasmus Mundus Action 2 - Anna Dukes, Cardiff Metropolitan University 1230 Questions and answers 1300 Lunch 1345 Capacity Building in Higher Education - Roisin McCabe 1430 Case study: Tempus - Peter Popov, City University London 1500 Refreshments 1515 Joint Master Degrees - Roisin McCabe and David Hibler 1600 Conclusion and close

Context and opportunity Budgets and finance Regulation and balance Application and Assessment Introduction

Credit mobility between Programme and Partner Countries For students and staff (for learning and teaching) Action managed by National Agencies located in Europe Use of Erasmus Quality Framework Context and opportunity

Erasmus-like conditions All levels (short cycle, Bachelor, Master, PhD) and recent graduates and all disciplines three to twelve months for studies two to twelve months for traineeships (from 2016 for Partner countries) Up to 12 months per study cycle For staff – from five days to two months Student and Staff Mobility

Erasmus Charter for Higher Education – for Partner Countries, the principles of the Charter are embedded in the inter-institutional agreements Inter-institutional agreements to set mobility flows and preconditions - signed before mobilities start Learning Agreement for students Erasmus Quality Framework

Covers three international actions and Jean Monnet All regions except ACP Deadlines for centralised actions Capacity building: 10 February 2015 Jean Monnet: 26 February Joint Master Degrees: 4 March Deadline for decentralised action Credit mobility: 4 March Second Erasmus+ Call

Budgets and Finance

Deadline: 4 March ,000 mobilities for 2015/16 academic year €121 million NAs to publish number of mobilities and secondary criteria on their website Programme Budget 2015/16

2015 Call - €121.3 million 10 Budget envelopes ENI South, East, Russia DCI Latin America, Asia, Central Asia, South Africa IPA Western Balkans PI North America, Industrialised Asia Instruments and Envelopes

10 Budget Envelopes in 2015

UK Budget Allocation per Region and Country Instrument / Region Credit mobility (€) 2015 Number of credit mobilities 2015 % of Total Budget Programme Country % of Total Budget Programme Country % of Total Budget Programme Country ENI SOUTH26,439,4414, %AT1.318%IE0.288%IS ENI EAST19,970,2163, %BE9.603%IT0.073%LI Total Russia (ENI & PI)*12,382,7881, %BG1.331%LT1.218%NO DCI Latin America5,598, %CY0.253%LU3.557%TR DCI Asia17,213,9502, %CZ1.066%LV0.046%FYROM DCI Central Asia4,842, %DE0.236%MT DCI South Africa1,567, %DK3.239%NL IPA22,354,8863, %EE7.078%PL PI USA Canada5,318, %EL2.664%PT PI Asia industrialised, Australia, New Zealand 5,642, %ES3.690%RO Total121,329,83519, %FI1.926%SE %FR0.948%SI Cost of credit mobility used to estimate "numbers of mobilities"= 6250 EUR. A weighted average of 93% student mobility calculated as 6 months x 850 € travel, € OS; and 7% staff mobility calculated as 5 days x 160 € travel + 350€ OS 1.188%HR1.469%SK 2.208%HU8.089%UK *Total Credit mobility budget envelope for Russia includes million from European Neighbourhood Instrument and 2.26 million from the Partnership Instrument. For ease of reference, grouped under ENI envelope when broken down by Programme Country

UK Budget Allocation UK (8.1%) Credit mobility (€) 2015 Number of credit mobilities ,138, ,615, ,001, , ,392, , , ,808, , , ,814,5411,570

Student Unit Costs Incoming - €850, €800, €750 Outgoing - €650 Group 1 higher living costs DK, IE, FR, IT, AT, FI, SE, UK, LI, NO Group 2 medium living costs BE, CZ, DE, EL, ES, HR, CY, LU, NL, PO, SI, IS, TR Group 3 lower living costs BG, EE, LV, LT, HU, MT, PL, RO, SK, FYROM

Staff Unit Costs Receiving CountryPer Diem DK, IE, NL, SE, UK 160 BE, BG, CZ, EL, FR, IT, CY, LU, HU, AT, PL, RO, FI, IS, LI, NO, TR 140 DE, ES, LV, MT, PO, SK, FYROM 120 EE, HR, LT, SI 100 Partner Countries 160

Travel Travel distances (km) Amount € / participant ≥

Regulation and Balance

Specific budgetary regulation I: ENI countries (not Russian Federation) Outgoing mobility ≥ 10% Applies to National Agency over each three year planning period Restrictions may be applied at time of assessment Regulation and Balance

Specific Budgetary Regulation II: DCI countries No short-cycle, BA or MA outgoing mobility from DCI budget NA may elect to use ‘Heading 1’ budget to fund this Limit of 20% of relevant DCI envelope Regulation and Balance

Aims to achieve geographical balance Minimise and maximise specifics for DCI Asia ( max 30% India and China; min 25% LCDs) and DCI Latin Americas (max 35% Brazil and Mexico; min 25% LCDs) Enforced at EC level NAs required to take corrective measures during evaluation to distribute budget as widely as possible No rules for incoming vs outgoing mobility for IPA or PI General Budgetary Regulation

Application and Assessment

Annotated pdf format available on-line: plus/discover/guide/documents-applicants_en.htm plus/documents/form/mobility-programme-partner- countries_en.pdf On-line form to be ready in January 2015 The Application Form

Information on applicant Information on mobility flows foreseen Budget per item (IS, OS, travel) Quality questions Checklist / Data protection Notice Declaration of honour Structure of the application form

Qualitative assessment Relevance of mobility project Internationalisation strategy Types of mobility Impact & dissemination Impact on different levels Dissemination measures Quality of project design & implementation Selection, support and recognition Quality of cooperation Previous experience Definition of responsibilities & tasks

How Partner Country fits applicant's internationalisation strategy How project reinforces capacities and international scope of participants. How mobility fits internationalisation/ development strategy(ies) of specific Partner Country HEIs chosen Explanations for requested incoming and outgoing mobility flows of staff (training/ teaching) and/or students (different cycles) with regard to internationalisation strategies of HEIs Relevance of mobility project Internationalisation strategy30pts Types of mobility

Planned cooperation arrangements. Previous mobility project with chosen Partner Country is an advantage, regardless supported by EU (e.g. Erasmus Mundus) or other funds Existence of previous or running cooperation agreements between applicant HEI and partners setting out respective roles and tasks Quality of cooperation Previous experience30pts Definition of responsibilities & tasks

Practical implementation of mobilities Clarity, completeness & quality (prep., implementation and follow-up) Participant selection incl. equal opportunities and promotion of disadvantaged persons Information and support prior to mobility, e.g. accommodation, agreements, insurance, visa, etc. Recognition mechanisms envisaged for learning outcomes (e.g. ECTS or other) How HEIs recognise and reward outgoing staff mobility Quality of project design & implementation Selection, support and recognition 20pts

The evaluator will assess potential impact and dissemination of mobility flows with a given Partner Country in terms of: potential impact on individuals and HEIs, during and after project lifetime results dissemination at faculty and institution level, for all participants strategy for monitoring and evaluating the outcomes Impact & dissemination Impact on different levels20pts Dissemination measures

To be eligible for funding ≥70% per set of mobility flows by Partner Country ≥ half of max. points per award criterion Thresholds

Flag ineligible flows Score each set of mobility flows per Partner Country according to four quality criteria Give a range of advice to NA Expert Tasks

Retention of entire set of mobility flows for a Partner Country. Retention of only certain mobility flows Reduction of some/all mobility flows Rejection of entire set of mobility flows for a Partner Country Expert Recommendations

Each NA produces 10 ranking lists (1 per budget envelope) Evaluation committee makes proposal for flows to be accepted, partially accepted, rejected Funding allocated according to available budget by envelope in order of merit – exceptions to be duly justified Selection process

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