ERASMUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Erasmus Staff Training Weeks at partner European Higher Education Institutions

The Erasmus Programme now contains provision for short visits by university staff to enterprises or Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in other participating countries (i.e. EU member states, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) for the purposes of training.  The objective of this type of staff mobility is to allow staff of HEIs to acquire knowledge or specific know-how from experiences and good practices abroad, as well as practical skills relevant for their current job and their professional development.  The stay in the partner organisation can be termed a short secondment period, job-shadowing scheme, study visit or workshop. 

European universities sometime run “Staff Training Weeks” which are open to administrative staff and would qualify under the above-mentioned scheme.  Such opportunities are almost always listed in the   IMOTION database.

For any formal Staff Training Weeks, interested staff should complete this form and return it to the International Affairs Office.  Please note that we will only be able to fund a small number of candidates, due to the limited financial resources available for this scheme.  The grant would cover travel and subsistence up to a maximum of about €1,000.  It is also important to note that success at this nomination stage does not imply a guarantee that you would get a place on the particular course: your name would be put forward and it would be for the host institution to select participants.  You would, of course, have the possibility of applying directly to the host institution by filling in a registration form, but you might not be approved for Erasmus funding from NUI Galway and you would then have to meet all costs yourself if you accepted a place on the course. However, we will endeavour to inform candidates as soon as possible about the outcome of their application for Erasmus funding.

Please note that administrative staff are also eligible to apply for an independently-organised training visit to a HEI in one of the named countries, i.e. where the staff member makes contact with a counterpart in another university and arranges a programme of training/job-shadowing.  Further information.

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