Erasmus programme at Perth College UHI

Erasmus is the EU's flagship education and training programme, enabling staff and students in Europe to gain international experience through studying, teaching and working abroad.

The Programme is named after the humanist and theologian Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1465-1536) whose travels for work and study took in the era’s great centres of learning, including Paris, Leuven and Cambridge. Like the man, the Erasmus programme places great importance on mobility and furthering career prospects through learning.

For students

• Current exchange links
• Language training support
• Apply

For staff

• Training abroad
• Teaching abroad

For students

Studies show that a period spent abroad not only enriches students' lives in the academic field but also in the acquisition of intercultural skills and self-reliance.

Erasmus is a great opportunity to spend between 3 and 12 months in another European country, and have it count towards your degree. You get to experience another culture and a new way of looking at your subject, make new friends and grow as a person.

Current exchange links

Academic year 2009/10 is the first year of running the programme at Perth College UHI. Although we are new to the programme we have already developed links with:

 

Kujawy and Pomorze University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Kujawsko-Pomorska Szkoła Wyższa w Bydgoszczy, Polska.

This dynamic university specialises in pedagogy, economics and administration. Based in the thriving city of Bydgoszcz it has a wide variety of activities to offer – from quality study to social programme at the newly created Centre for International Students. See www.kpsw.edu.pl

• Subject area of exchange: Child and Youth Studies (BA) Language of tuition: Polish.
• In addition to pre-departure and in-country training students are eligible to apply for EILC (please see ‘language’ section for information on available support)
• Faculty Erasmus contact at Perth: Mei-Li Roberts

• Erasmus institutional contact at Perth: Anna Kociolek

 

University of Applied Sciences, Aschaffenburg, Germany Hochschule Aschaffenburg, Deutchland

This modern university is orientated on practical learning with two main Faculties: in Business Administration and Engineering. See www.fh-aschaffenburg.de

• Subject area of exchange: Engineering Systems (HND)
• Language of tuition: German.
• Pre-departure training fund and in-country language training available (please see ‘language’ section for information on available support)
• Faculty Erasmus contact at Perth: Jim Thompson
• Erasmus institutional contact at Perth: Anna Kociolek

 

Variety of support programmes for language training is available for outgoing Erasmus students

 

Pre-departure training

Once you get accepted on Erasmus exchange you can apply for a scholarship for language training to be undertaken while still at Perth. You will be responsible for organising your training and the scholarship will cover either full cost of training, or part of it.

 

Training in-country

An allowance of up to one month’s study grant can be awarded to students for linguistic preparation in the country where they will complete their Erasmus period of study. Language preparation must be delivered by a recognised provider of language-training and be held in the host country immediately prior to the study period. 

 

Erasmus Intensive Language Course (EILC)

Erasmus Intensive Language Courses are specialised courses in the less widely used and less taught languages of the countries participating in the programme which serve to prepare students for their Erasmus period abroad. An additional study grant can be awarded to students for attendance on an EILC. The grant is intended to offset the additional costs of taking part in an EILC before the student has commenced their Erasmus mobility period. The additional study grant is paid for the duration of the EILC of between 2 to 6 weeks.

 

How to apply for EILC

1. Fill in an application form (http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/doc902_en.htm)

2. Send the application to the Erasmus coordinator at Perth College UHI (see contact details) by 24 May 2010 (for courses starting in 2010) or 25 October (for courses starting in 2011)

3. Your application will be considered by the hosting institution abroad – you will be informed about the results by the end of June/November

To see what courses (in Poland) are available for students wishing to apply for EILC in Polish visit http://www.erasmus.org.pl/index.php/ida/75/

 

Apply

If you are interested in taking part in Erasmus please see our current list of exchange partners to check that your academic department has Erasmus links and contact your academic contact for Erasmus in the first instance.

Once you have made your choice with the academic staff and gained initial approval, you will have to submit an outgoing exchange application form to the International Centre (contact details at the bottom).

 

Deadline for applications

For academic year 2010/11: 16 April 2010 For academic year 2011/12: 25 February 2011

There are two possible ways of participating in the programme:

 

Erasmus offers great opportunities for academic and administrative staff at Higher Education Institutions to teach or work elsewhere in one of the 30 other participating countries in Europe. Staff training is an option for teaching and non-teaching staff who want to take part in the Erasmus programme.

 

This is an option if you are:

 

• Going to another HEI which holds an EUC

 

• Going to an enterprise

 

Within the broad objectives of staff training it encompasses things such as short secondments, job-shadowing and study visits.

 

Mobility can be undertaken by staff to another HEI which holds an EUC and with which Perth College UHI has an Inter-institutional Agreement.

 

The recommended minimum duration for teaching assignments is five days and they may not exceed a maximum of six weeks. Teaching assignments shorter than the recommended period must include at least five teaching hours.