Resources and Tools
EWP Competence Centre
Tutorials, presentations and tools to lead the digital transformation of your institution
International Student Mobility at a Glance
Desk research published on promising potential and limiting barriers of non-traditional mobility.
| Title | Description | Key words | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| DocMob Matrix | Introduction to the DocMob Matrix, a tool for mapping the doctoral landscape at national and local (university) levels. | Quality mobility | 2021 |
| Erasmus Goes Green Impacts of climate change | Report on the main current and potential future impacts of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. | Environment | 2021 |
| European STEP Guidebook of Good Practices | This guide provides an overview of the different practices implemented in HEIs concerning student engagement recognition. | Active participation | 2021 |
| SiEM Student and Staff Perspectives on Diversity and Inclusion in student exchanges | This report provides an analysis of patterns and trends in mobility by less advantaged student groups. | Social inclusion | 2021 |
| SiEM Guidelines for Inclusive Mobility Promotion | The main goal of these guidelines is to increase the number of mobile students who traditionally do not participate in international mobility by improving the promotional and recruitment activities conducted by (HEIs). | Social inclusion | 2021 |
| European STEP training guidelines | Guidelines on how to conduct training activities to create ambassadors of student engagement recognition. | Active participation | 2021 |
| Erasmus Skills methodology on learning mobility outcomes in curricula | This output of the Erasmus Skills project is meant to support universities in the general integration of international/intercultural knowledge, skills and attitudes in the curricula. | Quality mobility | 2021 |
| Erasmus Skills Guide for Practitioners | Guidelines to help HEIs to support the personal development of students who participate in learning mobility. | Quality mobility | 2021 |
| MyAcademicID Success Story | MyAID brings together the eIDAS, eduGAIN, and EWP networks to create a digital environment that supports the secure and seamless exchange of data related to student mobility between HEIs and service providers in Europe. | Digitalisation | 2021 |
| European STEP Qualitative Study | Crossed perspectives on student engagement and its recognition in European Higher Education Institutions. | Active participation | 2020 |
| Framework of Erasmus Staff Competences | The Framework of Erasmus Staff Competences presents a comprehensive overview of staff competences to ensure quality student mobility, as well as lay the foundation for (self-) auditing of institutions. | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| Erasmus Skills Online Training | Webinars about what it means to study in another EU country, why the Erasmus programme is an important contributor to the European integration process, and why that matters, as well as challenges and benefits international mobility experiences. | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| Erasmus Skills Workshop Guidelines | Guidelines to design workshops on European values and culture, European integration and mobility-related skills, attitudes and knowledge, tailored to prepare students prior to the mobility period and facilitating integration upon return. | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| PhD Hub User Manual | This User Manual documents the features of the PhD Hub platform and how to use them. | University-business cooperation | 2020 |
| PhD Hub campaign codebook | The PhD Hub Codebook presents the best practices for Local Hubs to organise successful events and provides examples and templates. | University-business cooperation | 2020 |
| Impact assessment of the calls for cooperation | An analysis of the data-driven impact assessment of the opportunities published on the PhD Hub platform. | University-business cooperation | 2020 |
| Local PhD Hub strategy updates | An e-book presents the reflective approach of local hubs on how to achieve high-impact collaboration in the doctoral field. | University-business cooperation | 2020 |
| Investigation of venture capital fund in the PhD Hub | This deliverable presents the venture capital fund opportunities in the PhD Hub and the doctoral field at large. | University-business cooperation | 2020 |
| International Student Mobility at a Glance | HLITL Desk research: Promising Potential and Limiting Barriers of Non-traditional Mobility | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| Example of PhD Learning Agreement | The DocMob project prepared an example of how the LA for a PhD candidate can be filled out. | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| DocMob Handbook | Tools and good practices for doctoral mobility. | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| Doctoral mobility funds | This document lists the main grants available for doctoral mobility. | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| Local PhD Hub strategy | The Local PhD Hub strategy aims at offering practical guidelines to all Universities, as new local Hub members of the European PhD Hub. | University-business cooperation | 2020 |
| Erasmus Skills tool | A tool that allows students to know which skills they have gained by taking part in the Erasmus Programme. | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| Erasmus500 campaign | The European University Foundation, the European Students’ Union and the Erasmus Student Network launched a proposal for a baseline mobility grant of 500€/month from 2021 onwards. | Policy | 2020 |
| Erasmus+ Covid-19 Mobility Status | A tool that allows Erasmus+ students to check useful information regarding their host university in the first semester of 2020/2021 (autumn semester). | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| A sneak peek into the new Online Learning Agreement | Webinar on the new OLA organised by the European Commission in collaboration with the EUF and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. | Digitalisation | 2020 |
| What to expect of the new Erasmus App | Webinar on the new Erasmus+ App organised by the European Commission in collaboration with the EUF, Eötvös Loránd University and the Erasmus Student Network. | Digitalisation | 2020 |
| European Student Identifier | Webinar on the European Student Identifier organised by the European Commission in collaboration with the EUF and GÉANT. | Digitalisation | 2020 |
| Online Learning Agreement survey report | Research carried out in the context of the Online Learning Agreement+ project with the goal of assessing the OLA platform and Erasmus Without Paper Dashboard. | Digitalisation | 2020 |
| #Erasmus500 Declaration | A proposal for a baseline mobility grant of 500€/month from 2021 onwards. | Policy | 2020 |
| Digitalisation of Erasmus+ | Webinar - Erasmus goes Digital: Renewing and managing Inter-Institutional Agreements | Digitalisation | 2020 |
| Erasmus+ Learning Agreement for doctoral candidates (during/after) | The DocMob project partners adapted the Learning Agreement during and after sections for the purpose of better supporting mobility periods abroad for PhD candidates. | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| Erasmus+ Learning Agreement for doctoral candidates (before) | The DocMob project partners adapted the Learning Agreement before section for the purpose of better supporting mobility periods abroad for PhD candidates | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| Quality & Impact Tool for Teaching Mobility Assessment | The Quality & Impact Tool for Teaching Mobility Assessment was created by the Teach with Erasmus+ project. | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| Teach With Erasmus+ Research Report | Research report focused on academics’ mobility and in particular, teaching mobility. | Quality mobility | 2020 |
| MyAcademicID Blueprint Architecture | The blueprint contains the technical specifications of the Single European eID Scheme for Higher Education, including the connections between eduGAIN and eIDAS, the structure of the European Student Identifier and the functioning of the Service Provider Proxy. | Digitalisation | 2020 |
| MyAcademicID: Guidelines for Connecting to eduGAIN | The document explains how service providers can enable federated access to users and institutions in several countries via eduGAIN, zooming into the student mobility services that will connect to eduGAIN. | Digitalisation | 2020 |
| Training your staff to use PhD Hub | This document helps you create insightful training activities on the PhD Hub for your staff. | University-business cooperation | 2019 |
| Annual report 2019 | EUF Highlights 2019 | Annual report | 2019 |
| European PhD Hub | The PhD Hub is the single online resource for business-driven research. It connects PhD students, universities and businesses at local and European level. | University-business cooperation | 2019 |
| Key insights on the local PhD Hubs | Local PhD Hub strategies: The vision of the European PhD Hub applied to the local realities. | University-business cooperation | 2019 |
| The use of data for the internationalisation of Higher Education | eQuATIC project research publication on how to use data to improve the quality and processes of setting up, maintaining and terminating inter institutional agreements. | Quality mobility | 2019 |
| DoCENT Serious Game and MOOC | The DoCENT game application is available in 5 languages (English, Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian and Greek) and shows several scenarios produced during the workshop sessions with teachers and teachers educators. | Digitalisation | 2019 |
| Guidelines for Enhancing Digital Creativity in Teacher Education | The set of guidelines sums up the key findings from the implementation phase of the DoCENT project, where teacher educators designed teaching scenarios, following the DoCENT Framework for Digital Creative Teaching and used them in real teacher training situations. | Policy | 2019 |
| Automatic Recognition and Credit Mobility | This paper discusses how recognition issues in the context of credit mobility could be superseded by automatic recognition mechanisms. | Policy | 2019 |
| European STEP survey report | How do European Higher Education Institutions Recognise Student Engagement? | Policy | 2019 |
| eQuATIC Guidelines | These guidelines on improving mobility-enabling university partnerships through the use of eQuATIC are meant for practitioners in the field of internationalisation. | Policy | 2019 |
| SocialErasmus+ Charter and Policy Recommendations | Policy recommendations for Higher Education, Schools, student organisations and the European Commission. | Active participation | 2019 |
| SocialErasmus+: Educational Framework for Volunteering on Exchange | A detailed rationale that links the social responsibility of Higher Education Institutions and guidelines on how to implement the aforementioned recommendations can be found in the Educational Framework developed in cooperation by universities, student associations, schools and other NGOs. | Active participation | 2019 |
| SocialErasmus+: Practical Guidelines for Volunteer Activities | The Practical Guidelines for Volunteer Activities support the organisation of volunteer activities and community engagement during international student mobility. | Active participation | 2019 |
| SocialErasmus+: Erasmus in Schools Guide | The Erasmus in Schools guide summarises the benefits of bringing international students into local schools and explains how school teachers can implement an Erasmus in schools visit. | Active participation | 2019 |
| SocialErasmus+ implementation report: Volunteering on exchange | 1,292 activities coordinated by 2,526 volunteers across 271 cities in 31 European countries, engaging 86,000 people. | Active participation | 2019 |
| FESC Report on Erasmus+ Staff Competences | The aim of the survey is to identify the key competences for staff involved in the administration of mobility processes. | Staff training | 2019 |
| eQuATIC policy Recommendations | Policy recommendations to stimulate data-informed policy making on international institutional partnerships | Policy | 2019 |
| eQuATIC training scheme | eQuATIC training scheme | Quality mobility | 2019 |
| LLOM qualitative study | Language learning in the age of mobility - qualitative study | Language learning | 2019 |
| LLOM gamification report | Language learning in the age of mobility - overview of the gamified dimension of language learning in mobile environments | Language learning | 2019 |
| Digitalisation of Erasmus+ | Webinar - Erasmus Goes Digital! | Digitalisation | 2019 |
| Webinar: Digital tools for HEIs | Demonstration of the interaction between digitalisation tools developed in the framework of Erasmus+. | Digitalisation | 2018 |
| Erasmus Without Paper launch conference | Video of the Erasmus Without Paper (EWP) network launch conference. | Digitalisation | 2018 |
| Buddy programme practices in Europe handbook | In-depth overview of how Higher Education institutions and student associations have been implementing their buddy programmes accross Europe. Handbook developed by the BuddySystem consortium partners. | Quality mobility | 2018 |
| Buddy programme portal | The BuddySystem portal allows higher education institutions and student associations to manage the buddy programmes for welcoming international students to their community and inmproving internationalisation at home for local students. | Quality mobility | 2018 |
| How to improve Erasmus internships | Find out how the Erasmus+ project CAPQI works and how it supports students and recent graduates finding quality internships. | Quality mobility | 2018 |
| Blended staff training video | Video showing how bringing together traditional staff weeks with virtual content allows you to level your knowledge with other colleagues and to engage with cutting-edge content flexibly and at your own pace. | Staff training | 2018 |
| European Student Card | Presentation of the European Student Card project and the future of the current student cards. | Digitalisation | 2018 |
| Open Source University Alliance | Bringing Higher Education IT-specialists across Europe together to work on common solutions. The open source code repository was launched in 2018. | Digitalisation | 2018 |
| Erasmus Without Paper competence centre | Here you will find useful resources, tutorial videos, presentations and other tools and material to support the transition from a paper-based work flow to manage Erasmus mobilities to a completely digital workflow. | Digitalisation | 2018 |
| Guidelines for blended staff training | Guidelines from the BEST+ project on how to develop staff training combining both virtual and physical learning sessions. | Staff training | 2018 |
| European University initiative position paper | Position paper published in the consultation process for the launch of the European University initiative. | Policy | 2018 |
| Report on quality internships | Recommendations on how to ensure optimal quality of internships abroad. | Quality mobility | 2018 |
| Policy recommendations for improved University-business cooperation | Policy recommendations on improved university-business cooperation by project #empl-oi. | University-business cooperation | 2018 |
| Guidelines for university-business cooperation | Guidelines for university-business cooperation by project #empl-oi. | University-business cooperation | 2018 |
| University-business cooperation in doctoral education | Guidelines on university-business cooperation in doctoral education set the basis for the development of the European PhD Hub and cooperation activities. | University-business cooperation | 2018 |
| International cooperation in doctoral education | Guidelines on international cooperation in doctoral education set the basis for the development of the European PhD Hub and cooperation activities. | Quality mobility | 2018 |
| Semantic annotation of research fields | The deliverable implements a construction of a scientific knowledge graph via semantic annotation and linking of PhD research fields. Developed in the context of the European Phd Hub. | Digitalisation | 2018 |
| Learning material for staff trainings on student experience | Learning material for staff trainings on the student experience of Erasmus+ students. Developed by the BEST+ consortium partners. | Staff training | 2018 |
| Framework of digital creative teaching competences | Framework of digital creative teaching competences for effectively integrating digital creativity in teaching contexts by project DoCENT. | Policy | 2018 |
| Erasmus Dashboard | The Erasmus Dashboard allows higher education institution to manage online learning agreements and to interact with students via the Erasmus+ App. | Digitalisation | 2018 |
| HousErasmus+ recommendations video | Video presenting the recommendations of the HousErasmus+ project results to improve student accommodation. | Social inclusion | 2017 |
| HousErasmus+ video for finding accommodation | Video, developed by the Houserasmus+ consortium, presenting tips and current practices on how to find student accommodation when going abroad. | Social inclusion | 2017 |
| HousErasmus+ video on renters' perspective | Video, developed by the Houserasmus+ consortium, presenting the renters perspective on the challenges faced by international students when looking for accommodation. | Social inclusion | 2017 |
| HousErasmus+ final report | Research report, written in the context of the Houserasmus+ project, on the situation of student accommodation for mobile students in Europe. | Social inclusion | 2017 |
| HousErasmus+ policy recommendations | Policy recommendations, developed in the context of the Houserasmus+ project, on how to improve the situation of student accommodation. | Social inclusion | 2017 |
| Erasmus+ mobile App | The Erasmus+ App was launched bythe European Commission in 2017 at the European Parliament. | Digitalisation | 2017 |
| Erasmus+ mobile App video | Video for the launch of the Erasmus+ App. | Digitalisation | 2017 |
| Blended staff trainings | Platform for implementing blended staff trainings, initiated by the BEST+ project. | Staff training | 2017 |
| Erasmus Without Paper initial report | The Erasmus Without Paper project analysed the situation of information systems dedicated to student mobility. Over 1050 institutions answered a questionnaire to map the situation. | Digitalisation | 2017 |
| Modernisation of Education in the EU | Briefing by the European University Foundation and the Erasmus Student Network to the European Parliament seminar, 28th November 2017 hosted by MEP Krystyna Łybacka. | Policy | 2017 |
| EUF Newsletters | The archive of the EUF newsletter provides an overview of the activities and policy events organised by the network | Policy | 2017 |
| Online Learning Agreement video | Video explaining how the Online Learning Agreement works. | Digitalisation | 2016 |
| e-Learning platform | The e-learning platform of the network was launched in 2016 to support the deployment of online learning opportunities. | Digitalisation | 2016 |
| Learning Material: Entrepreneurial skills in a post- modern society | Learning Material developed by the #europehome project consortium: Entrepreneurial skills in a post- modern society by Grigoris Zariotiadis (Aritstotle University of Thessaloniki) | Entrepreneurship | 2016 |
| Learning Material: Improve competitiveness on the labour market | Learning Material developed by the #europehome project consortium: Improve Competitiveness in The Current Labour Market through personal career management and strengthening of CV by Elisabeth Pereira and Cátia Rebelo (University of Aveiro) | Entrepreneurship | 2016 |
| Learning Material: Leadership and Creativity Determinant for Successful Entrepreneurship | Learning Material developed by the #europehome project consortium: Leadership and Creativity Determinant For Successful Entrepreneurship by Kristine Berzina (University of Latvia) | Entrepreneurship | 2016 |
| Learning Material: Leading in an Intercultural World | Learning Material developed by the #europehome project consortium: Leading in an Intercultural World by Madalena Vilas-Boas (University of Aveiro) | Entrepreneurship | 2016 |
| Learning Material: The Global Strategic Intelligence Management | Learning Material developed by the #europehome project consortium: The Global Strategic Intelligence Management by Dr. Manuel A. Fernández-Villacañas Marín (University of Alcalá) | Entrepreneurship | 2016 |
| Learning Material: Entrepreneurial skills in a post-modern society | Learning Material developed by the #europehome project consortium: Entrepreneurial Skills in a Post-modern Society by Stella Kostopoulou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) | Entrepreneurship | 2016 |
| Online Learning Agreement tool | The Online Learning Agreement was launched in 2015 with view at transferring a paper-based workflow to a digital environment. | Digitalisation | 2015 |
| Review of the 1st year of Erasmus+ | The report analyses the developments which have been initiated with the introduction of the Erasmus+ programme in 2014 and the possible adjustments to be taken to further improve the programme until 2021. | Policy | 2015 |
| Skills' mismatches report | In the context of the #europehome project, the consortium partners conducted a study on skills mismatches between Higher Education and the business world. | Entrepreneurship | 2015 |
| Campus Europae report | For the 10th anniversary of the Campus Europae mobility programme, the report collects contributions from the main stakeholders who have contributed to the success of this initiative. | Policy | 2013 |
| Intercultural awareness research paper | Bridging the gap between conceptualisation & assessment of intercultural competence in the context of the Campus Europae programme. | Quality mobility | 2012 |
| Erasmus for all recommendations | Position paper on the proposal for the renewal of the Lifelong Learning Programme in 2014. | Policy | 2012 |
| Ride for Your Rights! report | Report on the project which vision and goals were closely linked to Campus Europae’s core objective, which is the creation of a European Higher Education Area that allows each student to “experience the unique quality of a Europe whose major achievements include the Declaration of Human Rights and scientific universalism”. | Active participation | 2011 |
| Ride for Your Rights! video | the video of the Ride for Your Rights! 2011 tour shows the activities undertaken on the road form Novi Sad to Saint Petersburg. | Active participation | 2011 |
| Credit recognition database tool | The first system to automatically recognise ECTS earned abroad, and with it, Europe's largest academic equivalences database. The video shows how the database has been operated for 7 years. The database was used in the Campus Europae programme. | Quality mobility | 2008 |
| Living costs database tool | A living cost database that provided students with information on the living costs of the study destinations available to them. The database was used in the Campus Europae programme. | Quality mobility | 2008 |
| Paper on the social dimension of HE | Position paper adopted by the Campus Europae Student Council of the network on the social dimension of higher education. | Social inclusion | 2004 |
| Campus Europae concept paper | Outline of the Campus Europae programme. | Quality mobility | 2002 |
| Speech of Jean-Claude Juncker | Speech by Luxembourg Prime-Minister Jean-Claude Juncker for the launch of the EUF. | Policy | 2000 |