LEO-NET Leveraging Education in Organisations - NETwork for Academic Mobility Your network for quality placements under the new LLP - ERASMUS programme CULS, IROICA Conf, Prague, June 2008Bruno Woeran

Overview LEO-NETwork for student/graduate mobility LLP New Lifelong Learning Programme The Swiss Experience Quality in work placements Network - Cooperation - Contacts

LEO-NET as a supporting tool Network for Academic Mobility throughout Europe Founded in 1999 in Maastricht with 60 members from 15 countries 150 members in 32 countries Grown to 150 members in 32 countries in 2008

Facts and Figures 150 member organisations in 31 European countries

Members Figures

LEO-NET LEO-NET Structure Members – 150 and counting! Board (4-6 elected members) Secretary General

Products/Activities so far JOE –Job Offers Exchange online database Globalplacement company search database List server and Website Workshops, Symposia, Conference presentations Student Insurance Passport IPS Support to the EC – Discussion Papers Annual member meeting held during EAIE

One-stop access point from over 200 Higher Education institutions and regional partners to enterprises in a Europe of 32 countries

Listserver Member activities over 160 s sent via List server last year 30 job offers posted on Leo-Net List server How to handle messages sent out via List server: messages not bigger then 100 KB give indications in subject line (content, country)

Interesting placement opportunities Interesting placement opportunities through JOE – the online Job Offers Exchange and Globalplacement.com database

Direct contact to prospective partners Direct contact to prospective partners via the members’ website area

Workshops and symposia 4 Concept papers on the New Programme LLP New Programme Symposium in Barcelona Training workshops on company quality standards and Training contracts

Practical Practical download information LEO-NET work placement Certificate Intercultural questionnaire Training Contracts Insurance for Students IPS Company Forms

Newsflash Newsflash with latest information on activities and project opportunities

Responsibilities of the Board arranging for network activities contacts with national authorities and the EC developing new initiatives searching for extra funding (sponsoring, projects, etc.)

LEO-NET Activities 2007/08 1/2 Membership drive 150 and counting! Member activities via list server - day to day contacts Several Promotion activities for LEO-NET, i.e. posters, leaflets, conference presentations 4 Concept papers on the New Programme LLP New Programme Symposium in Barcelona LEO-NET website –continuous update JOE Job Offer Exchange - placement database

LEO-NET Activities /2

Future activities 2007/08 09/07 – Presentation of LEO-NET at University of Granada 11/07 – Strategic Board Meeting in Antwerp 11/07 – Training workshop Vilnius 11/07 – Presentation LEO-NET at NA Stockholm meeting 11/07 – WS in Rome in cooperation with EU-Next 04/08 – EAIE/SWING Training WS in Vilnius 04/08 – Barcelona Symposium on Work Placements 05/08 – 60th NAFSA Poster Session, Washington, DC 06/08 – Training WS student management and selection 09/08 – 20th EAIE Sessions and workshops in Antwerp

NEW Easy to use Insurance coverage for students/staff/graduates worldwide through IPS

Lippmann insurance

LEO-NET Alumni List server Exchange of Knowledge Transfer through former LEONARDO Graduates Access with international Community Job Opportunities posted

LLP New Lifelong Learning Programme ERASMUS University/Industry co-operation Implications for the Erasmus placement mobility   Student work placements moved from LEONARDO da Vinci into ERASMUS  New Name – Familiar Structure/ Old Game

The Swiss Experience ERASMUS University/Industry co-operation Mirrored Programme Structures for Switzerland Three Regional Cooperation Bureaus Funding for Erasmus placement mobilities both for Incoming and Outgoing Students and LEONARDO Graduates

Quality topics in work placement Quality in preparation of students Are the students prepared for going on a work placement? Quality Standards in mobility How can we ensure the quality of placements abroad? Company Involvement Is the company prepared for receiving students? Networks and Regional Resource Centres The support of Quality Reference Centres for transnational placements in each European region?

Are the students prepared for going on a work placement ‘CV’ to present themselves ‘EQ’ Interpersonal Skills Intercultural preparation Language Skills Quality in preparation of students

How can they insure the quality of placements abroad? Background check of the company Clear understanding of learning outcomes Mentoring and Monitoring procedure in place Recognition Quality of University involvement

Is the company prepared for receiving students? Creating a win-win situation Internal company policy Selection process of interns Preparation of interns Company Involvement

The support of Quality Reference Centres in each European region? Support of a Network throughout Europe Functionality of exchange within network Large Europe wide Resource Base of companies and placement opportunities Cultural knowledge and preparation of local companies Language Skills – talking the same language with companies Networks and Regional Resource Centres

Outcomes  Quality in preparation of students:  ‚CV‘ of student‘s performance by themselves and through university  Quality in reference to host company:  Support the preparation through cooperation  Quality of Co-operation: Networking  Connect as much as possible; Needs of all; Networking personally/electronically/locally is making placement preparation life much easier

Network Quality Reference Center QRC

Accredited as Erasmus-Enterprises by the Regional Quality Centre Accreditation process of Enterprises University Partners in the Regional Quality Centre Direct contacts of Universities and/or Departments to Erasmus-Enterprises promoted by the Network of Regional Quality Centres Regional Quality Reference Center ERASMUS- Enterprise Quality Enterprise University Dept University / Dept Regional Quality Reference Centre Enterprise ERASMUS- Enterprise Quality ERASMUS- Enterprise University / Dept University /Dept Germany Spain ERASMUS- Enterprise Quality Accreditation of enterprises European Network University / enterprise contacts Definition, Preparation, Valorisation Regional Quality Centres in a European Network A functional outline of a network of Quality Reference Centres

Leveraging Education into Organisations - NETwork for Academic Mobility LEO-NET Leveraging Education into Organisations - NETwork for Academic Mobility Secretariat General: A-1070 Vienna, Zieglergasse t f

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