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25th Anniversary

Erasmus Co-ordinators' Workshop

Vista Suite, Crowne Plaza, Birmingham
6 July 2011

This year the British Council is running one larger workshop for all Erasmus Co-ordinators, making it a great opportunity to meet and talk to colleagues from across the UK. This is by invitation only and is free of charge for all co-ordinators. Please download directions to the venue, or  visit the Crowne Plaza website. Details of the agenda are below and can also be printed out as a pdf document. Presentations are posted in the links below.

09:00-10:00                    

Early Bird Session for new co-ordinators
Contract guidelines; getting started; key dates
Kathryn Whittaker, Grant Award Manager, British Council
Iona Hopkins, Exchanges, Partnerships and Study Abroad Officer, Aberystwyth University

09:45-10:00

Coffee break and new registrations
10:00-11:00

Contract Review                 
Guidelines for all co-ordinators: key points; recent changes; key policies; new elements; audit and sampling
Joanna Collins, Grant Awards Consultant, British Council
David Hibler, Programme Manager, Erasmus, British Council
Audit Review, Simon Darby, Compliance Audit Manager, British Council

11:00-11:20

Coffee break

11:20-12:30

Question and Answer Session

12:30-13:00

Social Dimension - Widening Participation
How to increase participation from under-represented groups
Bethan Payne, Higher Education Policy Assistant, National Union of Students

13:00-14:00/14:30

Lunch

14:00-14:30

Intensive Programmes (optional)
Caroline Reid, Head of Learning and Teaching, Middlesex University

14:30-15:00

Latest Programme Trends and a Glimpse of the Future
Johannes Gehringer, Erasmus Unit of the European Commission

You may also find this guide useful:' Erasmus Statistics 2009/10 'At a Glance'

15:00-16.00

Panel Session – Erasmus from Other Perspectives
The National Agencies of France, Germany and Poland

16.00-17.00 Drinks and Networking

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