We are participating in the KA.1 project of Erasmus+ for the following reasons: - To enable our students and staffmembers to follow a traineeship abroad with the financial support of an Erasmus-grant - To enable our students study with a partner institution within Europe - To give staffmembers the opportunity to gain work experience in another European country Within Erasmus+ we have had the following amounts of participants: Students for traineeships: 82 Students for studies: 8 Staff for teaching: 8 Staff for training: 1 Participating in Erasmus+ supports us in achieving our internationalisation goal of preparing our future agro-food professionals for the international working environment both within and outside the Netherlands. The spearheads as mentioned in our Erasmus Policy Statement are: For students: - To integrate international (English taught) modules in the curriculum - To improve the quality of the international work placement - To participate in international (graduation) projects from internationally operating companies For staff: - To attend international activities within the Netherlands and abroad - To counsel and/ or operate in international (graduation) projects - To enable lecturers to realise the spearheads as mentioned for students The following activities have taken place/ are currently in progress: - Information on Erasmus+, the Charter, partner institutions etc. has been developed and upgraded on the website. - Development of more English taught modules/ minors by staffmembers; information on these minors are published on our website for the information of a.o. exchange students - Students participate in projects from internationally operating companies - Staff is travelling more abroad to invest in partnerships with partner institutions - Staff is participating in diverse projects abroad - All items mentioned as being part of the Course Catalogue are being listed item by item to review it's status