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Higher education student and staff mobility project
Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: May 31, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

By making globalization of the campus a priority for its development, the University of Orléans considers developing student, teaching and administrative mobilities is an imperative action. 240 students (114 of them are women, 126 of them are men) travelled in the frame of the Erasmus mobility in 2014/15 thanks to the Erasmus + programme. In total, 206 of them travelled in the frame of their studies while 34 of them travelled in the frame of an internship. These figures are higher than those which were expected when the convention was signed. Fewer than 50% of them came from a disadvantaged area. These mobilities, compulsory or not, are particularly organized in the linguistic, technical or professional sectors. On average, they last for 6 months in the frame of studies, and for 3 months in the frame of an internship. Most of the University of Orléans’ students apply for the United Kingdom, Poland, Finland, Spain, Ireland, Romania and Germany. As for the staff mobility, 44 teachers and 3 administrative agents (19 of them are women, 28 of them are men) benefited from the programme. Contrary to the student mobility, the staff mobility experienced a decrease in 2014/2015. This can be explained by the implementation of the new programmeme. Teachers who travelled in the frame of the staff mobility went to Romania and Poland, as they enable to experience the double-degree programmes, which keep on growing every year thanks to the Erasmus + programme. The main goal for the staff is the self-development thanks to the exchange of skills, teaching methods. These mobilities certainly have an impact on UO' staff members methods. In the long term, we hope we will enable more students to benefit from a study or internship mobility, reaching 250 student mobilities for Studies (SMS) and 80 Student Mobilities for Placement (SMP) by 2020. We hope we will reach about 100 Staff Teaching Assignments (STA) missions and around 20 Staff Training Mobilities (STT) by 2020, improving promotion on these missions for example. By joining the Erasmus + programme, the University of Orléans also develops a qualitative approach, making sure outgoing students as well as incoming students are assisted in their mobility project. 95% of the students who are concerned are generally happy with their mobility experience. These mobilities, which are an added-value for our students, enable them to acquire linguistic and technical techniques by offering them a better employability on the European labor market. In the end, these Erasmus + student, internship, teaching and training mobilities contribute to the attractiveness and the standing of our institution, at both European and International levels. This programme provokes a bigger interest of students and teachers for Europe and mobility. Moreover it enables them to be open-minded and help make them feel European citizens. The Erasmus + programme is not only a lever which stimulates the student mobility, but also gives the opportunity to every student to experience mobility. The University of Orléans makes sure to convey this view and has strengthened its communication strategy according to it, by organizing the International Mobility Week.

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