ERASMUS placements: Case StudyVilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

2011-02-02, Riga

Jelena Mazaj Manager for LLP/Erasmus placements

VGTU International Relations Office

“Placements for students in higher education until 2007 were supported through the Leonardo da Vinci programme. Since this mobility was moved over to the Erasmus programme, it has experienced a very strong growth.”

2007/2008 – 20 002 students2008/2009 – 30 330 students (51,6 %)

Source: European Commission. LLP, the Erasmus programme 2008/2009. A statistical Overview, December 2010

Statistics (1)

Statistics (2)

Source: European Commission. http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/doc/stat/placementout0809.pdf

Statistics (3)

Picture 1. Target groups which are involved in process

Finding a placement

Benefits for participants

For Company: - Ability for the employer to assign important project to interns that were set aside for more pressing issues.

- Opportunity for the employees to market his company through ongoing campus relations.

- Outside perspective(s) that may provide new ideas to solve problems related to current issues in the workplace.

- Potentially increasing company‘s retention of the hires and decreasing training costs and

-Using students‘ knowledge and etc.

Source: Employers Guide to Starting an Internship Programme, Shippensburg University

For Student: - Practical view to study programme;

- New contacts and motivation for other mobility;

- New ideas and work in international teams;

- Future career possibilities and etc.

For University: - Closer relation with business world;

- Students‘ evaluation of study process;

- Facing career requirements and establishment of new study programmes, etc.

Source: VGTU information guide for outgoing students

Branding of the programme name “Gain weight with Erasmus”

Virtual employee – URDutė

Online advertising (social network, web page, advertisement of companies and etc.)

Press advertising (guides for students, newsletters, articles in university and Vilnius newspapers, students‘ block, postcards etc.)

Advertisement tools (1)

E-mail advertising (offers, newsletters to companies)

Coffee cup advertising (dinners and small presents for companies, certificate of appreciation for cooperation and support of students)

„Mouth to mouth“ advertising

Presentation and competition: „Live library“, picnics, career fair and etc.

Social life (concerts, sports activities, Erasmus days and etc.)

Advertisement tools (2)

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Thank you for the attention

and Good luck !