Enhancing Mobility and Strengthening Academic Ties through the eLINK Project in Bhutan
The eLINK project in Bhutan has successfully enhanced academic mobility among its community, involving a total of 30 participants, including 12 undergraduates and 10 postgraduates, along with 8 academic staff members. The project focuses on faculty capacity building, encouraging student and faculty exchange, and fostering long-term relationships within an educational network. The initiative has spurred enthusiasm for participating in further Erasmus-Mundus projects and is yielding positive outcomes in capacity building and intercultural understanding, contributing to a vibrant learning community.
Enhancing Mobility and Strengthening Academic Ties through the eLINK Project in Bhutan
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Bhutan Mobility under eLINK Number of Undergraduates: 12 Number of Postgraduates: 10 Number of Academic Staff: 08 Total: 30
Expectations from the project • Faculty Capacity Building (very helpful) • Encourage Faculty/Student Exchange (positive impact) • Build networks and long-term relationships (on-going and progressing well) • Foster a learning community through interactions with the outside world (already happening)
Conclusion • The ELINK Project is seen as a success story by RUB • Encouraged the University to apply to two other Eramus-Mundus projects • Expected to achieve good results – have positive impact on capacity building, building lasting relationships with partner universities, learning from the best practices of other universities, understand and appreciate EU countries better, foster good person-to-person relations • Good experience and happy to be a partner • Thanks to EU and partner universities for support and cooperation
