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Building University - Enterprise Relationships
for the Benefit of Students and Companies
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Topics

• Structure of KOOR/BEST
• The new Integrated Programme
• The new Erasmus Programme
• Cooperation HE/Industry
• International Placements
• Regional Quality Reference Centers

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KOORdinierungsstelle für die Praktischen
Studiensemester der Fachhochschulen in
Baden-Württemberg

• Baden-Württemberg partnership for the
• Exchange of Students, graduates and technology
• Transfer ?

KOOR BEST?
?KOOR
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Structure KOOR/BEST?

• All Universities in BW (33)
• Enterprises in BW for incoming
• Enterprises abroad for outgoing
• Intermediate partners
• Regional office since COMETT

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Requirements
Requirements for the target group of Graduates
and Young Professionals
Analytical and strategic thinking
Excellent academic results
Practical training(first practical training in
industry during study)
Entrepreneurial thinking and acting
Initiative and open to changes
Excellent Language competences(Mother tongue and
English)
Communicative
International experience(International practical
training)
Open minded and open to Lifelong Learning
Team working
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The New Integrated Lifelong Learning Programme -
ILLP
ILLP

• Grundtvig
• Adult education

• Leonardo da Vinci
• Initial and continuing VET

• Erasmus
• Higher education, advanced Training

• Comenius
• School education

• Transversal programme
• 4 key activities Policy development Language
  learning ICT Dissemination

Jean Monnet programme
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The New ERASMUS Programme

• Short and long term teaching staff mobility
• Teaching staff mobility with enterprises
• Non teaching staff mobility
• Student mobility
• Accompanying Actions (preparation/language)

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Student Mobility

• Three action lines for students
• Erasmus Standard ?up to now Erasmus student
  exchange
• Erasmus Special ?Joint Master Programme (new)
• Erasmus Placements ? up to now Leonardo
  exchange
• (Erasmus-Mundus, planned 2009)

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Erasmus Placements

• Duration 3 12 months
• Eligible students and recent graduates (12 m)
• Grant 500 /month (higher than for Standard)
• Payment Grant as a lump sum (max. 5.000 )

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Question?

• Who is controlling the quality ??

• Study courses at universities
• Ministry in the respective host country
• Accreditation Agency in the host country
• In addition Long known partnerships

• Placements at enterprises
• The sending organisation ?
• The student ?
• The enterprise itself ?
• The programme contractor ?!

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Application Documents

• Application form with
• Confirmation of University
• Letter of Appointment (offer)
• Learning Agreement !
• (European) CV
• Language test
• Intercultural Questionnaire !

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Letter of Appointment
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Letter of Appointment
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Documents after termination

• Final student data form
• Evaluation of the placement by the student
• Testimonial for the student by company
• Evaluation of the student by company (form)
• Professional experience report, 2-3 pages
• Cultural/personal experience report, 2-3 pages
• Recognition declaration by University (form)
• Rap4Leo

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Question?

• Why is that so complicated ??

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Number of Host Organisations

• All undertakings in the public or private sector
  whatever their size, legal status or the economic
  sector in which they operate, and all types of
  economic activity, including the social economy
• Excluded are
• All Universities and connected institutions
• European institutions as well as the
  organisations managing the Community programmes,
  in order to avoid possible conflicts of interests
  
• Representations of the beneficiaries countries,
  e.g. embassies, consulates, cultural institutes,
  , due to the requirement of transnationality

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35 Eligible Countries

• The 25 Member States of the European Union
• The countries of theEuropean Economic
  AreaIceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
• The pre-accession countriesBulgaria, Romania,
  Turkey
• Switzerland as a silent partner (actions
  self-financed by Swiss Govt)

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Number of Students increasing
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The difficulties

• Distance to the companies in 35 countries
• Different traditions in placements
• Often no financial subsistence by companies
• Misuse of students as cheap labour force
• Permanently new and unknown companies
• The Reason
• No quality review of placements beforehand

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Country A
University / Student
Regional quality reference center
University / Student
University / enterprise contact
European Network
Regional Quality Center Network
Definition, Preparation, Valorisation
Regional quality reference center
University / Student
University / Student
Accreditation of enterprises
Country B
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Questions ?