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

Our institution considers international relations as very important and fosters student and staff exchanges, especially within the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme (and, formerly, thanks to the Erasmus Programme, in which we took part since the 2006-07 academic year). It is also a member of the European Association of Conservatoires (AEC) and takes part regularly in the meetings organised by it. In December 2013 the European Commission granted us the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE), valid from 2014 to 2020. This project belongs to Key Action 1 (learning mobility of individuals). The most important objectives of our mobility activities are: - Creating an enriched environment for the educational community. - Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training. - Making it easier for students to access the job market in the future. - Increasing foreign language proficiency among students and staff. - Promoting equity, social cohesion and active citizenship. - Promoting creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. - Raising the institution's international profile and reputation. Within this project we have managed 20 outgoing and 21 incoming mobilities: 12 students from our institution did an Erasmus mobility for studies (11 in the 2014-15 academic year and one in 2015-16). All of them were enrolled either in the 3rd or in the 4th year of Bachelor studies in Music (level 6 of the European Qualifications Framework) and the average duration of their mobilities was 8 months. The countries where they studied were Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom. For the first time, we have implemented Erasmus training mobilities of our students: a recent graduate did an Erasmus training mobility in Italy for a little more than 2 months. We have hosted 3 foreign students in the academic year 2014-15, 2 during the first semester and one for the whole academic year. They came from Italy and Lithuania. 3 of our teachers did a teaching mobility abroad (in Italy, the Netherlands and Poland). The average duration of the courses they gave abroad was 3 days. The languages they used for their teaching were Italian and English. We have hosted 18 teachers from European institutions. They have taught our students and staff between 2 and 6 days each. The working language depended on the course: Spanish, French, English, Italian. The teachers came from Estonia, France, Italy, Lithuania and the Netherlands. 4 staff members (3 of them teachers) did an Erasmus training mobility lasting 5 days in Germany, France, Ireland and the United Kingdom. As results stemmed directly from the project, we have confirmed an improvement of the foreign language level of outgoing and incoming students. Moreover, several staff mobilities have made possible another mobility or have originated invitations for future outgoing staff mobilities. Discussions between staff (in ours and the receiving institutions) have allowed to improve the teaching and learning processes and have enabled us to assess our governance and organizational mechanisms and to come up with improvement ideas. The courses taught by incoming teachers have enabled students and staff that due to personal/economic reasons cannot do a mobility abroad to benefit from the Erasmus+ Programme. Furthermore, the collaboration with other institutions within the framework of the Programme has provided our students with additional information about educational opportunities. We believe that this will contribute to equal opportunities.
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