Keele International: Study Abroad

Who?

Who can participate in Erasmus Administrative Mobility?

The ERASMUS programme gives university administrators the possibility to spend 5 working days to 6 weeks abroad.

Administrative staff mobility can be undertaken:

1) to an Higher Education Institution (HEI) which holds a standard ERASMUS University Charter (EUC) and with which a valid Inter-institutional Agreement is in place

The selection of administrators to undertake training must be based on a short "Work Plan" submitted by the administrator and which has been endorsed by both sending and receiving institutions. The essential elements of this should be: Aims & objectives of the mobility, activites to be carried out, expected results. 

Priorities

Priorities for awarding a mobility grant to university administrators

In addition to the national priorities which the Erasmus National Agencies communicate to the Universities, priority should be given also to candidates who participate for the first time in Erasmus Administrative Staff Mobility.

Grants

Grants

Mobility grants for staff are provided as contributions towards subsistence and travel and are paid on the basis of receipted expenditure.

You will be informed of your grant allowance if selected.

The maximum travel grant is €500.

Selection & Eligibility

Selection of Administrators

Firstly you need to get permission from your Line Manager. Then the selection of staff will be done by Senior Management on the basis of a "work plan" submitted by the applicant, which has been endorsed by both the sending and host institution or enterprise. The essential elements of the work plan should cover overall aims and objectives, expected results in terms of training or learning, activities to be carried out and, where possible, a detailed programme for the period abroad. This can be downloaded from the Downloadable forms section of the website.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible, staff involved in staff training must be

• employed by Keele University and be

• a national of a participating country or recognised by the UK as a refugee, stateless person or permanent resident

Training

Duration of training period

The duration of the training period is from 1 (5 working days) to 6 weeks, but is likely to be no more than 1 week.  Weekends or holidays falling in the period of the stay abroad are not considered for support, unless they are used as working or travel days. In such cases the work plan should demonstrate that training activities have been undertaken for the period reported. All payments, for both travel and subsistence, will be made on the basis of receipted expenditure and may be subject to audit.

Training report

Upon return from the training period, the staff member shall provide a short report with the main results. This can be downloaded from the Downloadable forms section of the website.

Confirmation of training period

At the end of the training period the host institution should provide confirmation of the duration of the stay.

When?

Period of activity

Erasmus grants for staff mobility are awarded only for mobility taking place during the period July 2012 to 31 July 2013. For 2012/2013 Keele will be accepting applications for visits between February 2013 and July 2013.

Period of activity

Deadline for submission of the work plan to Keele International Study Abroad office: 31st January 2013, Decision will be made middle of February.

Supplements

Supplementary allowances for staff with disabilities

Additional grants are available for staff with disabilities wishing to participate in the Erasmus programme. These allowances are offered in cases where disability leads to mobility costs which exceed the maximum grant allocations referred to above and which cannot be recovered from other sources.

In the first instance if you are interested in undertaking a training placement abroad, please express your interest via your Director and Business Faculty Manager as soon as possible, to enable us to bid for the grants.

What's On

International Staff Training Week in Nijemegen.
Monday 13 - Friday 17 May 2013

Would you:

1. Like to be informed about the latest developments in internationalization policy?
2. Do you want to deepen your knowledge on internationalization issues in higher education?
   
3. Would you like to learn how to organize all related aspects in your institution?

Well come and join many other international colleagues for a staff training week in Nijmegen.

In May 2013 the university will also be celebrating its 90th anniversary, so in addition to improving your professional skills you can enjoy an exciting social programme during the Staff Training Week.

These will be the main topics of the week:

1. Going international: strategic and practical aspects
2. Dealing with European Higher Education and Research Area 
3. Academic Entrepreneurship & Knowledge Alliances
4. Scouting talent: International student and staff recruitment

Please check this website for more information or contact stafftrainingweek@io.ru.nl to secure your reservation soon as there is only limited availability!
We also kindly request you to forward this invitation to your colleagues in other departments.

Umeå University invites all partners to third Staff Exchange Week!

Umeå warmly welcomes staff members from all partner institutions to take part in the third Staff Exchange Week!

During the week staff will have the opportunity to get to know Umeå university and its surroundings, receive information on how they work, with exchange programmes and other international activities.

This year, Umeå have chosen two workshop themes relating to social connections at the university: “Buddy Programme-social activities for international students” and “Alumni activities”.

Please find below, links to the following documents:

invitation

programme (may be subject to minor changes)

accommodation

travel & tourism

The event will be held from 25th February to 1st March 2013.

Register online by filling out this form (deadline for registration: 17 december 2012):

http://www8.umu.se/international_office/forms/staffexchangeweek/

The University of Gothenburg announce Global Week 2012

The University of Gothenburg is pleased to announce Global Week 2012 to be held from November 12th- November 16th.

The aim of Global Week is to create an informative, stimulating week both for visitors from our partner universities as well as our own students and staff. The main theme for Global Week 2012 is Humans’ Rights. This theme moves beyond the customary definition of human rights and aims at looking at the issue from a broader perspective.

During Global Week the University of Gothenburg will arrange a Staff Training programme for staff from our partner universities. During this week participants will have the chance to take part in the following:

• Plenary sessions and debates  on global issues
• Group sessions on topics related to internationalisation of higher education
• Workshops
• Individual study visits/ job shadowing at a faculty /department or unit of interest
• Networking with colleagues from our partner universities and University of Gothenburg staff and students.
• Social activities in the evenings

The programme for the Staff Training week will be adjusted to the interest and profile of the participants. Please specify in your application your function at your home university and your area of interest. We will do our best to match it with relevant study visits. We can welcome a maximum 30 trainers form our partner universities.

A draft programme will be available on the website shortly. You can find more information about the application, the programme from last year etc. at http://www.globalweek.gu.se/staff-exchange/

The deadline for application is October 1st  2012.

We encourage you to use this opportunity for personal and professional development at the University of Gothenburg- come and share your experiences and network with us!

We hope to see you in Gothenburg in November!

Forms

Our ERASMUS ID code is UK KEELE01

EUC No: 28059

Staff Training Work Plan (Word Document)

Expenses Claim Form (PDF)

Staff Training Report Form

Risk Assessment OS Travel (PDF)

Contact

For further general information, please view the Erasmus Administrative Powerpoint (Word Document) or contact Lisa Stoker on 34114 or l.j.stoker@keele.ac.uk