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Mobility of higher education students and staff supported by internal policy funds (KA131-HED) - Coordinator: CIFP EASO POLITEKNIKOA DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN LHII

2023-1-ES01-KA131-HED-0001132192023Mobility of higher education students and stafffinalized
Countries: ES|DE|IS|IE|IT|NO|PL|PT|UK · Grant: €35,050

Objectives

The main objective of this project was to implement student and faculty mobility as previously planned. This year, there was a change in Erasmus coordination, and due to illness, information transmission was not possible, leading to several glitches throughout the process. However, broadly speaking, a large number of mobility projects were possible, and the results were very positive. I explain the types of mobility projects carried out below: - Most were student mobility projects for internships. In this regard, we believe the results were very good, as we sent many students from various academic years to Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Ireland. From previous years, we had established relationships with these countries, so it was easy to find companies. The country was chosen depending on the academic year and preferences. Upon returning, the students were very happy with the experience. However, there were more problems in Vibo Valentia, where several of the students went, and the companies we found weren't as good, but it helped us decide whether or not to consider companies in the future. For example, the Cork company in Ireland has had very good results for electrical students, and along with Hodei, a Higher Level electrical student, another Intermediate Level electrical student went to Cork. The two students who went to Portugal are from the same program and were very happy. Those who went to northern Italy also did very well, although they were somewhat more disappointed with the accommodation there. The last large group went to Poland (Wroclaw and Krakow). This country has a wide range of companies from various programs, and the prices for accommodation and living there are quite affordable, so it's very good. Overall, I would say that we tried to offer similar mobility programs to previous years and maintain the pace, since, as mentioned before, there was no experience in coordination. - The other part of the mobility programs was through Job Shadowing. This is where there was an error that was corrected while this report was being prepared. When calculating the scholarships, the distance taken into account was incorrect, as we were told that it was done in a different way than the correct one. For this reason, the distances calculated are greater than those calculated by the distance calculator. Actually, we've also had this error with student mobility, but in these cases, the scholarship awarded remains unchanged. When preparing the final report for the 2023 KA121 project, we realized that the distances were incorrect, so we corrected them, and at the time of submitting this report, they are all correct. Due to the lack of experience in Erasmus coordination and the lack of information on how it is done that year, it was difficult to understand the entire Erasmus process, so objectives such as carrying out more international mobility projects could not be achieved. However, many mobility projects were carried out, and the Erasmus program was maintained that year. In 2024, we did not have a KA131 project, only a KA121 project, and all the Advanced Level mobility projects were carried out with the Basque Country association Ikaslan. In 2025, we have secured the KA131 project and we want to take Easo students on different Erasmus experiences.

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