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Higher education student and staff mobility project
Start date: Jun 1, 2014, End date: Sep 30, 2015 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The 2014/15 edition of the Erasmus+ project is a continuation of former Erasmus projects, in which the University of Namur has participated for over two decades. We continue to participate in this project, because we believe that an international experience is an important part of a student?s academic career for many reasons, but notably because an Erasmus Plus mobility offers the student the possibility to benefit from an exposure to a different language, culture and teaching/working environment, to internationalize its academic curriculum, because it forms a student by becoming more independent and responsible and because it improves a student?s curriculum vitae for his post-university professional career. In the 2014/15 Erasmus Plus programme edition, the University sent 78 student for a SMS mobility, 24 for a SMP mobility and four academics for a STA mobility. Participating students/academics came from all six faculties of the University of Namur and about 45 percent of students were at the Master?s level and 55 percent at the bachelor level. All SMS mobilities took place at partner universities of the University of Namur, while about 30 percent of the SMP moblities were organized at a partner university and 70 percent at a non-university institution. The STA mobilities consisted of five-day teaching assignements at a Erasmus+ partner university of the University of Namur. The results of the 2014/15 mobilities are overall very positive. Students generally reported that they liked the experience and that they would recommend such as experience to their pears. The credits and grades obtained by students during their SMS mobility were directly integrated into a student?s academic curriculum at the University of Namur and in addition to the academic gain, students had also gained personally by improving their language skills and by becoming more mature. Participants of a STA project also reported the experience as positive, as it gave them the possibility to benefit from a different teaching environment but also because it provide them with an opportunity to discuss one-on-one with colleagues at a partner university the establishment or continuation of joined research or other collaborations. The long term impact the University of Namur expects from the 2014/15 Erasmus Plus project are a higher quality of our graduating student and increased cooperation between the University of Namur and her partner universities.
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