Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013 – an update on ERASMS work placements from the perspective of the European Commission Patricia De Smet, Higher Education – Erasmus Principal administrator European Commission, Brussels Eracon conference Lisboa Session – Erasmus Work Placements 8 May 2008
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Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013 – an update on ERASMS
work placements from the perspective of the European Commission
Patricia De Smet,
Higher Education – Erasmus
Principal administrator
European Commission, Brussels
Eracon conference LisboaSession – Erasmus Work Placements
8 May 2008
Overview– Placements – their place in the overall policy context and the
promotion of closer cooperation between higher education (HE) and the world of work
– Erasmus placements & other actions in the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) supporting cooperation between HE & enterprises
– Placements – why are they important?
– Erasmus Placements - one year after the launch of the LLP
– Placements – the new challenge for Erasmus institutions
• A strategy for cooperation with enterprises
• Promoting a comprehensive approach to placements
• Delivery models for placements
• Dissemination of results and exchange of good practice
Erasmus Policy context
• Lisbon and Bologna
• Lifelong Learning (LLL) – Delivering LL for knowledge,creativity &
- Political development - Languages- ICT - Dissemination
The new Lifelong Learning Programme
2007 - 2013
Min. 40 % Min. 25% Min. 4%
Transversal Programmes
Jean Monnet
Min. 13 %
3.1 billion € for 7 years
LLP –Erasmus-specific objectives
– Erasmus: specific programme objectives• Support achievement of a European Area of HE • Reinforce HE and advanced VET contribution to innovation
– Erasmus operational objectives• Student and staff mobility (quality + volume) 3 Mios st 2012• Multilateral cooperation between HEI (quality + volume)• Qualifications: Improve transparency and make HE –
advanced VET qualifications more compatible • HE-enterprise cooperation (quality + volume)• Development and transfer of innovation• Innovative ICT based content, services, pedagogies and
practice for LLL
LLP- Erasmus actions
– Decentralised actions : Mobility• Students ( new : placements at all 3 cycles)
• ‘Soft’ skills (problem-solving, teamwork, coping with the unexpected…) , job-seeking competence
• Awareness of the enterprise culture (different objectives and time constraints, need for confidentiality,..)
– Improving foreign language competence
– Promoting inter-cultural understanding and knowledge of other European countries
– Contributing to the stimulation of other forms of HE-enterprise cooperation
The importance of placements for enterprises
– Influx of new ideas at low cost
– Testing phase for potential future collaborators
– Promoting stronger links with higher education institutions and their staff
– Adding an international dimension (especially for smaller locally based enterprises)
– Win/Win situation
The importance of placements for HEI
– Better motivated and competent students
– Input for modernisation ( CD, ..)
– Links with enterprise leading to other forms of collaboration
– Improving awareness and competence of staff (teaching and administrative)
– Strengthening links with the local community,
– Contribution to the local economy
Placements – part of education-enterprise cooperation in the LLP
– Within Erasmus• Placements (and language preparation)• Training for HEI teaching staff in enterprises• Training for HEI non-teaching staff in enterprises• Mobility of staff from enterprises to HEI
(2007:training; 2008:teaching)
• Intensive programmes• HE-Enterprise in Multilateral Projects• HE-Enterprise in Erasmus Networks• Preparatory Visits• Accompanying measures
– Within the LLP
Erasmus Placements - one year after the launch of the LLP – Taking stock of Year 1, Improving through:
• Feedback from National Agencies : Helsinki March/April 2008• Feedback from HEI : Eracon 2008, reporting,..• Feedback from consortia• Feedback from enterprises• Feedback from students
– Transition from LdV to Erasmus• Quantitative trends• Consortia• Challenges and new role for NAs• New rules
• Challenges for HEIs
Erasmus Placements - one year after the launch of the LLP – a
challenge for HEI
- HEI not yet familiar with student mobility for placements
- Promoting a comprehensive approach to placements
- NEW delivery models for placements
- Dissemination of results and exchange of good practice
– Optimising effectiveness and impact, minimising bureaucracy
Key factors: HEI mission, proactive, integrated approach, new culture
Erasmus Placements - one year after the launch of the LLP- from
mobility for study to mobility for placements
New requirements at the different stages of the mobility
- New type of needs ( non academic actors)
- Need for promotion of the action - Selection - planning and criteria of enterprises - Funding levels - possible enterprise contribution,
- minimize loss of traditional facilities - Finding a host partner out of the academic world=>adapting the internal organisation
=> involve new external actors- Preparing the mobility : training agreement
Quality commitment
Erasmus Placements - one year after the launch of the LLP- from mobility for study to mobility for placements
• Quality commitment:– interlinkage with study, – learning outcomes,– recognition within and out the CD– mentor in enterprises– logistical support, specific issue (insurance,..)
• Increased Monitoring: – keep in contact – mentor in enterprise, contact in the home university
• Reporting
Optimising delivery modelsfor placements
– Higher education institutions as stand-alone senders
– Placement consortia
– The need for support and counselling mechanisms
– Learning from Leonardo da Vinci experience
– Recapturing pre-Leonardo experience
– Input from other placement schemes– Listening to students
Dissemination of results,exchange of good practice
– Analysing reports
– Meetings and seminars
– Exchanging information via the net
– Organisational level (HEI, consortia)
– Local and regional level
– National level
– European level– Sharing experience with the rest of the LLP
???Three questions to the audience
• Suggestions to boost placements in their institutions