Dear all, I hope to find most of you relieved now that the main deadline for the Dissertation Report and the final Dissertation has passed. To the rest of you, I wish you luck! As some of you know, I attended a meeting as Course Representative in Lithuania 2 weeks ago. Some of the issues concern us all as Mundus students so I’m sending you a PDF document with all the relevant information gathered on that meeting. If you have any questions, you can email me directly. Also, I’d like to inform you that last week I was present in a meeting with the consortium coordinators where the future of our programme was discussed. I suggested some changes according to what was discussed in our General Meeting last November. At the moment I cannot tell you for sure if and what is going to change but I’m sure either Cheryl or Prof. Girard will inform you in due time. If I hear of anything certain I will let you know. Finally, I’d like to tell you that a new Crossways website is to be launched soon, with a different layout so check it out. I wish you all a great summer. Cheers, General Assembly of Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni Association 1. What is EMA? The Erasmus Mundus Student and Alumni Association Services Provided: Newsletter; Field Reporter; Website; New EMA statute; Magazine; Share Point (software); Live Meeting (online meeting; desktop share) EMA progress 2008/09: * Online voting for EMMC Representatives, President and Vice-President * Reaching out to members: Website content improved * Steering Committee Meetings, Liaison Group Meetings * IFISO: Informal Forum of international students’ organisations * Continued and extended support from the European Commission * Launching Erasmus Mundus II: * Input * Tuition fee (institutions have to demonstrate how it was calculated) * Fixed amount for student expenses * Quality Assurance of Erasmus Programmes * Erasmus Mundus II selection board 2. Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 09 Why Vilnius? • Vilnius was nominated along with Linz • Ancient role as a cosmopolitan city • To promote historic cultural links • To strengthen Lithuanian identity and knowledge of ecumenical commonwealth history • To increase positive long term effects • Vilnius used to be a twilight zone, now more visible The goals: Celebrate – special events (eg: opening event; Street music day) Discuss – conferences and conventions Create – European Art Programme Remember – Living History Programme (drama, handicraft, architecture, literature, 1984 survival time: 2 hours of survival in a bank during the soviet times) Communicate – culture (re)discovery programme Enjoy – People programme (eg. Children’s creativity festival; fashion weekend; Haiku for Vilnius) Nearly 90 projects (600 events), most of which are free. www.vilnius2009.lt 3. Graduate Impact Survey General Information: * Long-term study: 2007 – 2009 * Performed by ICUnet * Online survey among all Erasmus Mundus * Participants from 113 countries The Impact of the Erasmus Mundus Programme: - What does it influence the most? • 44.6% Attitude towards Europe • 42.5% Career • 40.2% Subject related expertise • On Personality and Career increase after graduation o Especially intercultural competence • On Private life: decreases after graduation - How long does it take to get a job? 1) Less than a month 2) 2-4 months 3) + 4 months 4) 1-2 months - 24.5% of the graduates have found a partner during the Erasmus Mundus Master Course Detailed report from July in www.em-a.eu 4. Erasmus Mundus Phase 2 General Information: * Between 2009-2013 * Erasmus Mundus I + EM External Cooperation Windows Erasmus Mundus I • 140 students (2004) 1957 students (2008) • 55% Asia; 16% South America; 14% Africa; 9% Europe; 5% North America; 1% Australia • Top Countries: 1) India; 2) China; 3) Brazil; 4) Ethiopia; 5) Russia Erasmus Mundus II: Programmes that… * Satisfy the identified needs * Have an impact on national legislation (e.g.: joint degrees) * Impact on attractiveness of EU Higher Education * Satisfy the need for better balance between non-EU and EU students * Satisfy the need for extending the programme to the Doctoral Level New Characteristics: * Integration of External Windows * Provide Joint Doctoral Programmes * Provide full-study scholarships for Europeans * More third country HEI’s * Reinforcement of the role of other socio-economic roles From 2010… Action 1: Joint Programmes (include scholarships) Action 2: Partnerships o Between HEI in EU and third countries/regions o 3rd countries covered by external co-operation instruments o Definition of priorities according to needs o Scholarships of varying lengths (3 months to 3 years) Action 3: Promotion of European Higher Education o Promotion Projects (employability, sustainability) o Information Grants for Erasmus Mundus national structures o EMA o Studies: Quality Assurance Initiative Budget: € 493 millions for Actions 1 + 3 € 460 millions for Action 2 Joint Doctoral Programmes in 2010 140 Applications 10 will be selected (results published in the summer) Expected Outputs (2009-2013): — 150 EM Master Course — 35 EM Joint Doctorates — 3500 EU Master Students — 330 EU Doctoral Students — 5300 Third country – Masters level — 450 Third country – Doctoral level The EMMC (Erasmus Mundus Masters Course) period will not be taken into account for scholarships applications when applying for a PhD. Useful Links: * ec.europa.eu/erasmusmundus * eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/index_en.php * www.study-in-europe.org 5. Changes to the EMA statute The following changes to the EMA statute were voted: * Addition of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctoral Programme to the association; * Collective Membership to organizations demonstrating an affiliation with EMA; * Minutes of the meeting available within 6 weeks; * Elections for the Vice-President - procedure; * Voting rights for Chapter Representatives; * Voting rights for Observers of the GA; * Candidates running for Presidency and Vice-Presidency simultaneously; * Observers in the GA active participation in Service Teams; * Mechanisms for the Course Representative elections provided by the Association; * Formation and recognition of regional chapters. If you require any additional information, you can ask me directly for the entire statute. 6. Chapters and Service Teams Chapters * An integral part of the internal EMA structure, representing the EMA in their geographical area; * Dedicated to support the implementation of the EMA mission within that region – improve networking and promote Erasmus Mundus as a European Programme of excellence * Chapters Functions: Information Sharing and events; Promotion and Marketing; Job Placement and Professional Development; Political Representation; Cultural, academic and professional cooperation. * Current Chapters: Africa, China, Commonwealth of Independent States and Mongolia, India, Latin America. * Chapters in construction: Europe, North America, Pacific Region, South East Asia. * Country Representatives: Promote the Erasmus Mundus within their country. Service Teams: * Provide specific services within the EMA to EMA members * Newsletter; Magazine; Jobs; Conferences; IT; Policy. 7. Elections President Candidates: Peter Bentley: * Focus on overcoming basic barriers such as level of education or accommodation * Academic quality; communication * Career prospects Jenny Lenhart: * Focus on a more direct involvement from EMA * Regional Chapters * More help to new students and alumni * More memberships Chunyu Liang: * Construction of a community * Networking; enhance the success of the community * Academic/professional networking * Thematic conferences * Support EMMC association * Self-dependent community Elected Candidate – Chunyu Liang Vice-President Candidates: Ricardo Chavez: * Focus on supporting the further development of chapters * Creating an archive * Interaction between the chapters and the European Commission * Focus on the students and alumni association * Establishment of forums * Promote the association of students in courses that don’t have one Salman M. Khan: * Introduction of new regional chapters * More coordination between EMA and the EC (jobs and conferences) * Quality Assurance between the Steering Committee and the European Committee * Assistance with Accommodation Jorge Marcano: * Regional Chapter * Promotion through youtube, 4 yearly numbers of Emanate (the magazine) * EMA support to previous, current, and former EM students Adedeji Ogunlaja: * Promote EM as an excellence programme * Social Networking with alumni and students * Improvement of welfare packages * Career advice Elected Candidate: Ricardo Chávez 8. Panel Discussion * E-voting/Elections * Improvements to the GA * Role of EMMC Representatives * More room for input * Improvements to EMA * Budget * Transparency * Anything to add to next year’s agenda?
Sunday, 5 July 2009
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