Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Mobility beyond Europe May 2016

Erasmus+ overview ICM overview Countries involved Funding Benefits - why take part How to take part Support Case studies Presentation

Overview

Erasmus+ is the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport. It runs for seven years, from 2014 to 2020 It provides funding to send and receive students and staff from our European partners In 2015 a new action was introduced that enables us to apply for funding for mobility with partner institutions beyond Europe – known as International Credit Mobility Erasmus+ overview

ICM supports European Higher Education Institutions(HEIs) to co-operate and exchange students and staff with the wider world, outside Europe Similar activities as the core Erasmus+ programme - offers exciting opportunities for student study, staff teaching and training Similar benefits in terms of grant funding Do not need an already-established partnership with an overseas HEI in order to apply ICM funds both incoming and outgoing students and staff and provides a contribution to administrative costs (organisational support) ICM Overview

African, Caribbean and Pacific countries EU's neighbourhood regions: Eastern Partnership; South Mediterranean; Russian Federation Western Balkans Development cooperation regions: Asia; Latin America; Central Asia; South Africa Industrialised countries; Industrialised Asia; Industrialised America The different regions are grouped into a series of capped budget envelopes – so the bid process can be competitive! Regions involved

Funding

In UK higher education universities successfully applied for €5.7m Total budget in 2016 Call is almost €11m In 2016 round 1 over 40 UK institutions were awarded funding for a combined total of almost €5.6m Offering a 2016 second round for six of the under- subscribed regions with a combined total budget of almost €5.3m Funding to some of the more popular destinations is very competitive Funding

Eligible students going from the UK to Partner Countries receive a monthly grant of €650 and staff a daily contribution of €160 per day. Both students and staff also receive a travel contribution based on the distance they are travelling. In addition the two institutions taking part in the exchange share a contribution of €350 in organisational support per mobile participant) for both incoming and outgoing students and staff. Offers an additional stream of funding to help even more students in both the UK and the partner countries benefit from an international experience. Funding cont’d

Benefits

Offer an additional funding opportunity for activity with our current partners Provide an expanded international offering Increase the opportunities for staff and student mobility to travel overseas Foster new relationships and strengthen current partnerships Bring the outside world into our institution with incoming students and staff Support staff mobility/professional development to establish strong connections with new institutions for future courses and partnerships Why Take Part

Raise awareness of our institution with international students Promote the idea of mobility to our home students Use pre-existing partnerships developed through the Tempus, Erasmus Mundus and other programmes to expand our offering Act as a ‘soft trial’ for partners and international mobility beyond Erasmus+ Why Take Part cont’d

Focus on countries where staff and students are less able to spend time overseas due to the costs of travelling to a high cost country such as the UK Engage with new fields of international research Contribute to academic understanding across a range of subjects, knowledge transfer and the sharing of UK best practice with HEIs in other parts of the world. Why Take Part cont’d

Annual Call – two rounds in 2016, February and September In future years likely to be a single round in February Discuss with the Erasmus/International office When applying, read the European Commission’s 'Dos and don'ts for higher education institutions' ICM applicant’s guide at plus/library/credit-mobility-dos-donts_en How to take part

Review guidance and information on the National Agency website, including any support webinars credit-mobility credit-mobility Partnership offers from overseas National Agency partnership finding facilitation ECTS Users’ Guide EGRACONS Support

“We were aware that there would be fierce competition for some countries, especially where funding was limited, but wanted to make an application that did not only include traditional destinations for staff and student mobility, but that also embraced new opportunities and focussed our time and resource on countries where staff and students are less able to spend time overseas due to the costs of travelling to a high cost country such as the UK.” Gail Armistead, Associate Director, International Office, the University of Nottingham Case study 1

"The funding will not only provide grants to Middlesex students and staff for study, teaching and training visits to partner universities, it will also allow Middlesex to welcome students and staff from these partners to the university to contribute new socio- cultural perspectives to enrich its research and teaching. We look forward to both the enhancement of the student experience that this will bring, as well as engagement with new fields of international research”. Dr Nosheen Rachel-Naseem, Erasmus and International Exchange Manager, Middlesex University Case study 2

Erasmus+ is the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport. The Erasmus+ UK National Agency is a partnership between the British Council and Ecorys UK.