Erasmusu Blog (Erasmusu en)
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Poll: What do you do with your luggage when you are heading to your ERASMUS destination?
We asked our facebook fans how they were dealing with getting their stuff into their luggage, if they were needing someone sitting on the suitcase to close it, or if it was a piece of cake… We got plenty of answers. Some of them hilarious, some of them even useful for...
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Does more expensive university fees translate into a better quality university?
“Education is a long-term investment for the future of a nation”. This belief is starting to “lose some of it past meaning” for Spanish journalist Iñigo Sáenz de Ugarte. In his blog Guerra Eterna, funding his assertions in economic data, points out that the...
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Ganador de Razones para ser Erasmus
El concurso Razones para ser Erasmus acabó anoche a las 00. 00h. Nos disgustó mucho que a última hora surgiera una agria polémica en torno a las reproducciones en Youtube. Esta situación nos exigió un esfuerzo extra al equipo de Erasmusu. Tuvimos que estar...
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Poll: What is the best option to make phone calls abroad in your ERASMUS?
@JTravieso asked us a few days ago on Twitter (@Erasmusu) what we thought that was the best option in what telephony refers to. We thought that this was an excellent chance to figure out what you opinion is, or what experiences you have in the use of phones abroad.
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Poll: What was the hardest part of studying abroad?
“It’s an awesome experience” or “It’s something that is going to change your life”. We all have heard this expressions when you to another country to work or study. Most of them are clichés. Moving temporally to another country to work or study implies a...
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Learning Agreements broken because of Co-Official Languages
“A few History students refused to take their lessons in Spanish after two Greek ERASMUS students asked for it. After this happened, they dropped the course. ” This is how David Garcia remembers his last year at the University of Lleida. David, a philologist, had a...
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Poll: Is there a real chance of learning foreign languages without living abroad?
During the last few weeks we've been dealing with controversial topics such as politics and young people level of involvement. This time we want to discuss if it is possible to learn new languages by only living in the home country. Nowadays there are educational...
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Second Erasmus Staff Training Week
Lisbon is going to held from 27th June until Friday 1st July, this Erasmus Staff Training Week (STWF) will focus on the topic 'Internationalization' and members working in the international relation areas of universities within Europe, they don't need to be...
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News of the week!
Erasmusu is lately quite concerned about political issues at European level, that is why our weekly poll this time is about young people involvement in politics. Enter and take part! The results of our previous poll are alarming and clearly show our users’ opinion...
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Irish leading desires of working and studying abroad
An eurobarometer survey has revealed that more Irish students are interested on taking part of their education abroad, 67%, compared with 53% of the European students willing to do so. Although only 27% have wishes of working abroad for longer periods. Library of...
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Poll results: Are politicians giving the importance it deserves to education and studies abroad for university students?
Today a new poll has been published in order to find out our users’ opinion regarding how involved young people are in politics, you can enter, vote and share your comments: Should young people get more involved in politics? Graph by Goce Mitevski The idea of this...
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Poll: Should young people get more involved in politics?
We have been discussing lately the level of concern that politicians have on education, now is moment to reflect on the involvement of young people. It is common to think about politics as something alien to us, but why are we so upset about then if we are not concerned...
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Top Tips: Leisure time
You are ready with the task at the university; it is time to slow down so try to enjoy the environment where you are living in. It is just one year and certainly you will find hundreds of activities which are either rare or you just never thought about them in your home...
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The Aarhus Declaration underlines importance of EU investment in education, research and innovation
The declaration is the result of the EUA’s (European University Association) annual conference that took place last month at Aarhus University in Denmark, which focused on the role of universities in developing talent in Europe. Europe’s political leaders are...
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Poll results: What economical support is your better choice to fund your international study stays?
The new weekly poll is already available, this time the question is if politicians are really doing their best to promote quality in university studies, and exchange programms that bring infinite advantages for those taking part on them. You can vote and share your...
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Are politicians giving the importance it deserves to education and studies abroad for university students?
This week's poll might be controversial, but we really want to know what you think about how politicians are currently taking care of education at university level, are they really doing what needs to be done? or on the contrary are they focusing in other issues that...
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'Graduate migration' problematic or favorable?
The Independent published yesterday an article evaluating the current situation regarding students from UK studying abroad, the reality of the country is that only the 1. 8 per cent of the UK students in higher education go abroad. While 33, 000 UK citizens are...
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Poll results: Would you consider staying in the country where you spent your erasmus program?
Today a new poll has been published to find out which is the preferred way for students who study abroad to fund their stays. This is a concerning issue as possible cuts on the economical support to students mobility programs coming from the European Union have been...
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What economical support is your better choice to fund your international study stays?
After Knowing that the budget coming from the Europan Union to support students' mobility programms suchs as Erasmus will be reduced, Erasmusu is trying its best to improve this situation for those who wish to study abroad. Firstly launching our initiative 'Godfathering...
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Top Tips: paperwork
Today we want to gather some of the most useful tips that our users have shared regarding all the paperwork that needs to be fulfilled before and during an Erasmus program. This is probably the hardest part and usually takes a lot of patience and time. Photo source:...