Lifelong Learning Programme ERASMUS Sectoral Programme

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Lifelong Learning ProgrammeERASMUS Sectoral
Programme
European Union Programmes Agency
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Erasmus Sectoral Programme

• Forms part of the LLP 2007-2013
• Supports mobility between HEIs
• Students can participate directly in a
• Student Mobility Study
• Student Mobility Placement

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Benefits from the Erasmus Programme

• It provides funding to study in another
  participating country
• It gives the opportunity to integrate with other
  EU nationals
• It helps to improve your skills
• It increases employability
• You will learn a different language
• You will experience a different culture
• You will make new friends visit places you may
  otherwise not see
• You will return home a more mature confident
  person
• YOU WILL REGRET IT IF YOU DONT GO

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How can I apply for an Erasmus Mobility

• A student can participate in
• STUDENT MOBILITY STUDY (SMS)
• STUDENT MOBILITY PLACEMENT (SMP)

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Eligibility for Student Mobility Study

• A national of a participating country (or
  recognised by the country where he/she is
  resident as refugee, stateless person or
  permanent resident)
• Students must be registered at an HEI which holds
  an EUC
• EUC Erasmus University Charter (gives
  universities the right to participate in the
  Erasmus Programme)
• Enrolled in undergraduate or postgraduate studies
  (up to including doctoral level)
• First year students are not eligible
• Duration of mobility must be a minimum of 3
  months a maximum of 12 months

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Eligibility for StudentMobility Placement

• First 3 points of the eligibility for SMS apply
• First year students are eligible
• Students can do a placement at an eligible
  enterprise

• No need of bilateral agreements
• Duration of mobility must be a minimum of 3
  months a maximum of 12 months
• One can combine a study and a placement period
  but they must take place in consecutive periods

• Non-eligible enterprises are
• European Institutions
• Organisations managing EU programmes
• The national diplomatic representation of the
  student in the host country

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What should you expect as an Erasmus Student (1)

• Home host universities must have an
  inter-institutional agreement
• You must sign a Learning/Training Agreement with
  the sending receiving institutions before you
  leave
• For Erasmus Placements you must receive the
  Erasmus Quality Commitment
• No fees should be charged
• Full academic recognition from home institution
  for satisfactorily completed activities during
  the Erasmus mobility

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What should you expect as an Erasmus Student (2)

• You must be provided with a transcript of records
  at the end of your activities abroad
• During the Erasmus mobility you must be treated
  served in the same way as home students
• You must have access to the Erasmus University
  Charter (EUC) the European Policy Statement of
  the home host institution
• Your student grant or loan from your home country
  should be maintained

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What is expected of you as an Erasmus Student

• Respect the rules obligations of your Erasmus
  Grant Agreement with the home institution
• Ensure that any changes to the Learning/Training
  Agreement are agreed in writing with the sending
  receiving institution immediately when they
  occur
• Spend the full study/placement period as agreed
• Write a report on your Erasmus mobility period
  abroad when you return
• Provide feedback if requested by your home
  institution, National Agency or European
  Commission
• You must keep records of
• Flight ticket
• Boarding passes

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How to apply for an Erasmus Mobility

• University of Malta launches the call for
  applications at the beginning of the year for
  mobility taking place in the next academic year
• You should respect the deadlines given by the
  University of Malta
• One can download the application form from the
  Universitys website as well as the list of
  Universities in the participating countries with
  whom the UoM has bilateral agreements

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Selection of Students

• A set of pre-established criteria
• Example
• Academic performance of the student
• Time period chosen
• University chosen
• Knowledge of language
• Assessment results

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How is the Erasmus grant calculated

• For Erasmus mobility taking place in 2008/2009 -
  according to the maximum amounts of Table 5a
  (1-4) of the 2008 Call for Proposals
• 80 initial grant
• max. 20 final grant after approval of final
  report
• Contractual agreement between the student and the
  University of Malta

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Contact details

• Mary Jane Mifsud
• Programme Officer
• Lifelong Learning Programme
• ERASMUS Sectoral Programme
• 36, Old Mint Street
• Valletta VLT 1514
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email mary.jane.mifsud_at_gov.mt
• Web http//www.llp.eupa.org.mt

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