For the purposes of this report the terms Study Abroad and Erasmus+ are synonymous. Participation, management and administration of the Erasmus+ programme is vital to the realisation of a number of the priorities of both the University and the Office for Global Engagement where the Erasmus+ programme sits. For reference: The University of Warwick Strategy: Goal One: Enable our students to succeed. Provide a life-changing education, an outstanding student experience, a global perspective Objective Six: Develop every student’s international perspective, preparing them for an increasingly globalised society through intercultural learning and opportunities to study overseas. Office for Global Engagement: The International Office has recently been redeveloped and in the process has presented a three-tiered statement for direction. Global: Reach, Students, Campus. ‘We want all our students to Go Global. The University partners with over 230 Universities across the world. Study Abroad offers opportunities either through Erasmus+ or with our worldwide partners. We also have a variety of short-term options. Students can develop their intercultural skills through our innovative training programme and get involved in the many student-led societies in the Students’ Union’. The Erasmus+ programme is integral to the offering of Study Abroad opportunities to students participating in degrees in all departments and on most programmes. Student participation for this project realized 210 study placements and 115 work placements, including language assistantships. The students were hosted across Europe in 16 of the 32 eligible countries, with France (113), Germany (88), Italy (36) and Spain (29) as the most popular countries. This matches the general trend of students within Europe. However, whilst the Czech Republic, Luxembourg and Finland hosted only 1 student each, the importance of maintaining these wider partnerships shouldn’t be under estimated. Providing opportunities within Europe that are outside of the traditionally popular countries, provides a stimulating alternative for students looking for an experience that is infinitely distinctive from the UK. Such students may have a preference for a placement outside of Europe but would welcome the opportunity to experience the cultures of the less well known European nations to help to satisfy their personal aims and objectives. Degree programmes at Warwick can include Study Abroad in two ways: 1) The year abroad is a compulsory part of the programme and the student is obliged to fulfil specific academic requirements. The student accepts the regulations of the course from outset and confirms their agreement to a year overseas 2) Intercalated year – this is a degree programme where the study abroad year is optional and students can make the decision to change their degree to incorporate a year abroad. Students are able to commence their degree on with an intercalated year or decide to convert between the 2nd and 3rd years to ensure the inclusion of the Study Abroad year. Breakdown of students in the 2014/2015 cohort: Students 310 Total 209 on a mandatory year abroad (with 13 students doing two mutually exclusive placements) 101 on an Intercalated degree (with 3 students doing two mutually exclusive placements) Faculty: 180 Arts 157 on a degree with a language element 105 Social Science 29 on a degree with a language element 27 Science Breakdown of Gender: Female 201 [65%] Male 109 [35%] Nationalities: 6 participant’s who were Nationals of the country of their host destination. This was acceptable as they did not prevent any alternative student from taking that particular opportunity. New Participant’s: 4 students from departments who have not previously been able to successfully incorporate the Erasmus+ programme or from new degree programmes Conclusion: The Erasmus+ programme for 2014/2015 has proved to be another successful year for the University of Warwick. Provision of the opportunities has extended to wider student community in previous years. Feedback from the students (which will be considered further on in this report is by means of a Questionnaire. The Study Abroad Questionnaire was distributed the 2014/15 cohort in summer 2015 received a higher response rate than in previous years and gave an overwhelmingly positive response to the study abroad opportunity. Observations have been collated about academic, social, work (for placements) experiences and then general feedback to be made available (with permission) to prospective students for future years. This report is available to departmental co-ordinators for Study Abroad and is circulated widely across the University, to maximise the effectiveness of student’s feedback. Financially the University was able to meet all grant amounts in full, and utilised OS funds for support of students who required additional financial assistance and departmental activity in support of participating students.