ERASMUS in Europe Facts and Trends

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1 ERASMUS in Europe Facts and Trends Johannes Gehringer Unit Higher Education & Erasmus Education and Culture Directorate-General European Commission, Brussels

2 Outline Erasmus student mobility 2009/10 Studies & placements Erasmus staff mobility 2009/10 Teaching assignment & staff training Erasmus intensive language courses (EILCs) Erasmus intensive programmes (IPs) Erasmus cooperation projects

3 Erasmus student mobility since 1987 SM : 213, Number of students : 3, / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / 10 Total number

4 Erasmus student mobility Reaching 3 million

5 Erasmus student mobility EU grant level

6 Erasmus student mobility EU grant level per country , ,03 Average monthly EU Erasmus grant in ,62 504,01 489,63 468,84 461,86 427,61 404,85 390,24 375,47 365,15 356,95 356,16 350,8 350,53 345,11 327,52 291,42 291,23 269,11 260,29 243,69 233,08 225,5 224,01 211,74 207, , ,11 151,52 144, LI CY BG GR MT RO TR IS EE SE PL UK SK LV SI NO HU LT IE PT LU DK NL FI BE DE IT CZ FR AT ES HR Home country

7 Erasmus student mobility (2008/09 => 2009/10) => mobile students (+7.4%) 213 => 257 students with special needs (+21%) 4502 => 7053 zero-grant students (+57%) 2658 => 2853 HEIs sent students on mobility Top sending countries: ES, FR, DE, IT Top host countries: ES, FR, UK, DE Gender balance: 60.7 % => 61.1 % females 7

8 Erasmus student mobility (2008/09 => 2009/10) Studies: => mobile students (+5.7%) Average duration: 6.4 => 6.4 months Average grant: 253 => 236 /month (-6.7 %) Placements: => mobile students (+ 17.3%) Average duration: 4.4 => 4.24 months Average grant: 433 => 386 /month (-10.9%)

9 Erasmus student mobility Placement growth SM P Erasmus Erasmus Leonardo da Vinci Erasmus 2006/ / / /10

10 Erasmus student mobility share

11 Erasmus student mobility Special needs

12 Student mobility growth (2008/09 => 2009/10)

13 (Im)balance in Erasmus student mobility flows

14 Erasmus mobility Active vs. passive institutions

15 Erasmus staff mobility (2008/09 => 2009/10) => mobile staff (+3.8%) 7 => 5 staff with special needs (-29%) 2154 HEIs sent staff Top sending countries: PL, ES, and DE Top host countries: DE, ES and IT Average duration: 5.6 => 5.7 days Average grant: 685 => 673 (-1.8%) Gender balance: 53% male

16 Erasmus staff mobility Growth under LLP

17 Erasmus Intensive Language Courses (2008/09 => 2009/10) 326 => 361 courses (+10.7 %) 5208 => 5386 student participants (+3.4%) Top host countries: IT, BE(nl), PT Highest increase for incoming EILC: LV and IT Highest proportion of incoming students: SI, EE

18 Erasmus intensive programmes

19 Erasmus intensive programmes (2008/09 => 2009/10) 319 => 384 courses (+20.4%) => students participating (+25.3%) 3499 => 4378 teachers participating (+25.1%) Top organising countries: IT, DE, FR, NL, AT Top subject areas: Social sciences, engineering, humanities and arts, science and maths Average duration: 12.2 => 12.2 days 19

20 Erasmus cooperation projects

21 Thank you for your attention ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus 21

22 Eurobarometer Survey (2009) Planning to study abroad

23 Eurobarometer Survey (2010) EMPLOYERS PERSPECTIVE Importance of various skills and capabilities when recruiting higher education graduates TOTAL Very important Rather important Rather unimportant Not important at all DK/NA Transversal competences eg. teamworking, communication, problem-solving very important in addition to sector-specific skills Teamworking skills Sector-specific skills Communication skills Computer skills Ability to adapt to and act in new situations Good reading/writing skills Analytical and problem-solving skills Planning and organisational skills Decision-making skills Good with numbers Foreign language skills Q3.2. Please rate the following skills and competencies in terms of how important they are when recruiting higher education graduates in your company. Base: all companies, % TOTAL 23

24 Eurobarometer Survey (2010) EMPLOYERS PERSPECTIVE Opinions about the skills and capabilities that higher education graduates should have in next 5-10 years TOTAL Communication, analytical, teamwork and foreign language skills gain importance in the future Sector-specific skills Good numeracy, literacy, computer skills Communication skills Teamworking skills Analytical and problemsolving skills Foreign language skills Ability to adapt to and act in new situations Planning and organisational skills Other 2 DK/NA 2 Q3.4. In your opinion, in the next 5-10 years, which skills and competencies will be the most important for new higher education graduates? Please choose the three most important ones! Base: all companies, % TOTAL 24

25 Eurobarometer Survey (2010) EMPLOYERS PERSPECTIVE Actions that higher education institutions should take to improve the employability of their graduates TOTAL Sector-specific work placements should be integrated into study programmes! Include sector specific work placements as an integral part of the study programme Include practical experience in courses Make courses more relevant to the needs of employers Provide better post-graduation support (facilitate relations between graduates and companies) Other DK/NA 5 Q7.1. Which actions should higher education institutions take in order to improve the employability of their graduates? Choose one of the following choices. Base: all companies, % TOTAL 25

26 Eurobarometer Survey (2011) YoM mobility benefits for young people Most important benefits of young people s longest stay abroad First response Second response In total Improved foreign language skills Improved awareness of another culture Greater ability to adapt to new situations Professional skills you did not already have Better interpersonal skills Improved opportunities for subsequent employment Improved academic knowledge Credits / points for the programme of study / training Other benefits DK/NA 1 1 Q8. Spending time abroad could bring several benefits. Please list the most important benefit of your longest stay abroad. And what would be the second most important benefit? Base: respondents who have been abroad for at least one of the tested learning moblity periods, % TOTAL

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