Life Long Learning Programme

Information for staff

For those of you who are not familiar with the Erasmus programme, it can be best described as a world class higher education programme for all kinds of people, enabled by the promotion of reciprocal exchanges and European-wide projects.

With internationalisation featuring prominently across many of the world's academic institutions, Erasmus is an excellent source of funding to enable the internationalisation agenda, providing funding to engage in various projects and mobility.

Benefits for staff

• Opportunities to:
  • engage in funded teaching or a work placement in another European country
  • enhance your language skills
  • add a European dimension to your teaching
  • share examples of practice with European colleagues
  • develop your international network
  • share your experiences with students and encourage more of them to participate in study or work abroad as part of their degree
  • improve the skills needed for your current job
  • good personal development and looks great on your CV
    
• Funding is available to:
  • spend a period teaching in a partner university
  • develop further links for the purpose of mobility
  • go to a partner institution to participate in training
  • exchange with counterparts to share and learn from the experiences and good practice of partner institutions
  • attend conferences, periods of practical training, short secondments etc
  • develop intensive programmes and multilateral projects with 3+ European HEI partners
  • develop international Masters courses under Erasmus Mundus

If this sounds interesting, what is the next step?  The University has agreements with over 100 institutions across Europe and across most teaching subjects, so either speak to your departmental coordinator, or contact Karen Ivey to find partners in your area.

Alternatively you may have your own contacts which you wish to develop and funding is available to visit potential partners, to further investigate possible mobility or project collaborations.

You may have seen a workshop which looks interesting, if so, please contact Karen Ivey who will investigate whether it is appropriate for funding.  A recent example was "How to organise quality work placements professionally under the new ERASMUS programme".  This workshop took place in Lithuania and was attended by a member of staff from one of our placement offices.

As there is no funding to cover your job or teaching whilst you are away it is important to obtain clearance from your line manager before you start planning your trip.  However, as it is an exchange programme you cold negotiate with your European counterpart to cover our commitments whilst you are covering theirs.

It may be the idea of a European project that interests you.  The programme covers such things as:

• Multilateral Projects - Curriculum Development (CD) projects which can be in any subject area and include: integrated programmes covering a complete cycle of study (Bachelor, Master or Doctorate level) and leading to a recognised double or joint degree; curricular and modules for continuing education designed to update knowledge obtained in the past; European teaching modules in highly interdisciplinary areas or in areas with a specific need for strong transnational cooperation in teaching.
• Mobility of Individuals - Intensive Programmes (IP) are short programmes of study bringing together students and staff from HEI, to encourage efficient and multinational teaching of specialist topics; multilateral groups of students and teachers benefiting from special learning not available at one single institution; exchange of views on teaching content and new curricula approaches.
• Erasmus Mundus - supports high quality Masters courses that enable students and visiting scholars from all over the world to participate in postgraduate study at European HEI's and also encourages outward mobility of European students and scholars to third countries.

If this sounds like something of interest, please contact your School Coordinator (below) or, if your School is not represented, contact  Karen Ivey.

School of Art and Design
School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
Nik Walker

School of Science and Technology
School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences
Stephenie Mudd

Nottingham Business School
Kirsty Kelly-Lewin

School of Arts and Humanities
Julie Eccles