Background/objectives: The University of Sheffield?s internationalisation strategy supports our vision that we will be one of the best universities in the world, renowned for the excellence, impact and distinctiveness both of its research and its research-led learning and teaching. The 4 key themes are: ensuring global visibility of the University and what it stands for; developing a truly international University community; promoting our research globally and enhancing knowledge transfer opportunities through our international engagements; and celebrating, promoting and increasing the volume of the work that we do to improve the lives of others through our international relationships, locally and abroad. In addressing each of these themes, we put particular emphasis on the extent to which we establish, develop and maintain effective international partnerships and work collaboratively across the institution to foster and raise the profile of these. The experience of both home and international students is of great importance to us and we promote cultural agility and encourage an international ethos. We strongly support all our students to participate in a mobility period and have managed to increase participation over the last five years. Staff are also encouraged to participate in a teaching or training mobility period to embrace cooperation with colleagues around the world and to expand the knowledge of their chosen field. Staff who have experienced a mobility period abroad make the best ambassadors for the scheme and promote the opportunities to students. Through our internationalisation work we aim to add value to our core business; improving teaching, research and overall service. In order to achieve this we endeavour to attract and work with the best international researchers, and to increase our awareness of and engagement with EU and other international research funds, sponsors and partners. The University is involved in Erasmus Mundus programmes and has a wide range of collaborative taught and research programmes with international partners including dual awards and jointly-delivered degrees. Number and type of participants: In terms of student mobility, geographic decisions are largely dictated by the respective degree programmes that students are enrolled on and the largest number of our over 300 bilateral agreements are with France, Spain and Germany due to students studying the language as part of their degree. These are also the countries where we place the largest numbers of students for traineeships. Where the degree does not entail a compulsory period abroad, the decision is based on the best fit in terms of subject area concerned, and if we already have an existing relationship in terms of research or other staff cooperation. The Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark are of particular interest to our students on non-language degrees as many of the institutions based there teach in English and students are not required to be fluent in the language of the host country. We make a concerted effort to reach out to engage students from under-represented groups; the University?s Equality and Diversity Strategy and Action Plans aim to achieve excellence through inclusion. Student and staff disability is fully supported by HR and the student welfare team. Commitment to diversity extends to proactively engaging with currently under-represented groups in HE through activities targeting schools, colleges and community groups. Most of our students have an opportunity to study abroad; we actively encourage students from non-language degrees to participate in the Erasmus+ scheme and to study abroad as part of their course. All students are encouraged to study another language and in addition to the most widely-spoken European languages being taught there is particular provision for linguists to study languages which would be considered 'minority' languages within the context of UK Higher Education. Our degree courses demonstrate the importance of the European dimension and courses include 'International History & International Politics', 'European, International and Comparative Law', 'German with Dutch', ?International Studies?, an LLM in ?International and European Law? and Erasmus Mundus Masters such as ?Crossways in Cultural Narratives. Result/impact/benefits: The overall feedback from students and staff participating in an Erasmus+ period (both those coming to Sheffield and those going abroad) has been very positive. Post mobility, students are more confident and globally aware and have developed inter-cultural awareness as well as enhanced employability skills.They are more likely to engage with international students on campus and act as ambassadors to encourage other students to participate in Erasmus+. Staff feel more satisfied in their jobs and particularly value the networking and developmental opportunities. This has a tremendous impact on their teaching and professional work.