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Erasmus+: the context. David Hibler British Council. Introduction. Wider EU strategic context How the programme reflects this Where does the UK sit?. EU/EC strategic context. EU 2020 Jobs and growth Conditions for smart, sustainable, inclusive growth
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Erasmus+:the context David Hibler British Council
Introduction • Wider EU strategic context • How the programme reflects this • Where does the UK sit?
EU/EC strategic context • EU 2020 • Jobs and growth • Conditions for smart, sustainable, inclusive growth • Specific indicators: employment; R&D; education; climate/energy; inclusion • Agenda for modernisation of Higher Education • Increase attainment levels • Improve quality and relevance • Strengthen quality through mobility • European Higher Education in the world • Supporting agenda for internationalisation • Promotes mobility and cooperation between universities, EU MS and non-EU countries • To enhance quality of European education
Other strategic contexts: the Bologna Process • Supported and reinforced by the European Commission • Creation of European Higher Education Area • Mobility Strategy emphasises quality: “ Mobility is essential to ensure high quality higher education, and it is also an important pillar for exchange and collaboration with other parts of the world.” [NB Signed by 48 Ministers of Higher Education]
Emerging themes of strategic context • Jobs/growth/employability – universities and the labour market – the ‘skills gap’ • Europe as the preferred destination for mobile students – the EHEA. But, competition! • Quality – both quality endowed by mobility, and the quality of mobility
How has this influenced Erasmus+? • The scale of the programme – a ‘favoured child’: • 40% increase in budget (but, profile is not uniform) • implied growth in numbers • Changed frame of reference – a global dimension: • Europe in active competition: • for talent • to continue as largest importer of mobile students • Focus on quality: • instruments/tools of programme – ECHE; academic recognition • increased OS rates • increased budget for linguistic support
Where does the UK sit? • Growth in ambition • UK government support for outward mobility: • Tuition fee support • Outward Mobility programme • Institutions expressing new level of interest and commitment – targets for mobility etc. • Challenges: • Maintain growth in face of some financial pressure • Master structure and detail of new programme and use to best advantage