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Mobility of higher education students and staff supported by internal policy funds (KA131-HED) - Coordinator: LYCEE REGIONAL HOTELIER JEAN PAUL PASSEDAT

2024-1-FR01-KA131-HED-0002038312024Mobility of higher education students and stafffinalized
Countries: FR|DE|IE|IT|ES · Grant: €21,700

Objectives

The Jean-Paul Passedat Regional Hospitality High School in Marseille is a multi-disciplinary educational institution specializing in the hospitality, catering, and tourism sectors. It accommodates approximately 1,200 learners (across both initial and continuing education programs) ranging from vocational certificate (CAP) to advanced technician (BTS) levels. Regarding post-secondary education, two BTS programs are offered - Hospitality and Catering Management (MHR) and Tourism - alongside preparatory "bridging" courses (MAN). Depending on the year, these post-secondary programs enroll between 150 and 180 students in initial training. Internationalization is a core strategic pillar of the institution's project (see appendix) and is embedded in our European Development Plan; this aligns directly with training standards that incorporate intercultural skills and professional mobility as fundamental aspects of the target professions. This individual mobility project pursued three main objectives, directly linked to our European Development Plan: Objective 1: Enhance students' international employability The hospitality, catering, and tourism sectors are inherently international. An internship abroad provides our graduates with a significant competitive advantage in the job market. This project aimed to enable seven BTS MHR and BTS Tourism students to complete internships with European companies, allowing them to acquire professional skills in an intercultural context, master professional foreign-language vocabulary, and develop autonomy and adaptability—competencies directly assessed within their certification standards. We will show that six students ultimately undertook mobility placements as part of this project and will explain the reasons for our choices. The project involved long-term internship placements as well as—for the first time in our European strategy—hybrid mobility formats. Objective 2: Consolidate and expand a network of high-quality European partners Our institution set out to build a sustainable network of partner companies across several European countries, capable of hosting our students under conditions that meet our programs' educational requirements. For the 2024 session, we aimed to deepen existing partnerships in Ireland, Spain, and Italy, and to establish five new partnerships in Germany, Spain, and Ireland. This network represents a lasting resource for the institution. Objective 3: Foster staff professional development and pedagogical innovation Student mobility goes hand in hand with the teaching staff's commitment to monitoring progress, identifying new partners, and leveraging the skills gained during mobility. This project also aimed to strengthen the international competencies of the staff involved, modernize teaching practices by incorporating feedback from students who participated in mobility, and more systematically integrate an intercultural dimension into the curriculum taught at the school. While we had initially planned for only one staff mobility placement, we will demonstrate that we successfully organized five in the end. Alignment with Erasmus+ priorities and educational policies: These objectives align fully with the priorities of the 2021–2027 Erasmus+ program: inclusion and diversity, digital transition, European citizenship, and sustainable development. They also reflect the strategic direction of the Aix-Marseille educational authority regarding international outreach, as well as the requirements of the BTS (Higher Technician Certificate) curricula, which position professional mobility as a key differentiator for graduates entering the workforce.

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