Erasmus for All – your views
Posted: June 21, 2012 Filed under: Erasmus for All | Tags: #erasmusforall, Ecorys, Erasmus for All, Europe, llpukecorys, tweet 5 Comments »The Lifelong Learning Programme will be drawing to an end next year and will be replaced by a new programme, currently called Erasmus for All.
We recently held a panel discussion on the topic during our Thematic Networking event in May where a panel of UK experts gave their views on the proposal for the future EU education and youth programme. During the discussion we tweeted some of the points raised which included:
#erasmusforall will help promoters to continue to be innovative and provide new opportunities for all learners – project perspective #llptng
— llpUKecorys (@llpUKecorys) May 29, 2012
Q. Dislike about #erasmusforall – worried that separate youth chapter may shift focus from focussed approach to all learners – Nicola Archer
— llpUKecorys (@llpUKecorys) May 29, 2012
#erasmusforall will hopefully avoid silo approach to funding and make it easier for projects to apply for funding – q+a at #llptng
— llpUKecorys (@llpUKecorys) May 29, 2012
Also concerns on engaging the hard to engage such as 16yr olds will #erasmusforall help with this? #llptng
— llpUKecorys (@llpUKecorys) May 29, 2012
After the panel discussion I took the opportunity to catch up with two of the panellists, firstly I spoke to Mark Ravenhall from NIACE:
Secondly I spoke to Iverene Bromfield an experienced promoter, in all parts of the Lifelong Learning Programme, from Angus College. Iverene told me that she thinks Erasmus for All will be a welcome development, currently Angus College finds that the different actions with their different rules and eligibility criteria can be an administrative nightmare, but they are hoping that Erasmus for All will bring forward a simplification of the current administrative processes. She went on to say:
What do you think of Erasmus for All?
We would be interested in knowing your thoughts, concerns and expectations of the proposed programme. Why not leave us a comment below or tweet @llpukecorys using #erasmusforall to share your views?
You can find out more about the changes to the Lifelong Learning Programme and the current information on Erasmus for All on our websites: www.leonardo.org.uk/erasmusforall
Erasmus for all program seems to exclude direct applications for mobility from individuals (e.g. Grundtvig In Service training)! this is something that may hinder mobility in general!
[...] plenary session was a very lively question-time style debate, which centred around the Erasmus for Allproposal for the next generation of programmes which will be launched in 2014. Within the proposal [...]
[...] The ‘Defining a future education and training programme’ event brought a range of stakeholders together to hear about the European Commission’s Erasmus for All proposal and to hear the views of a panel of experts. The panel included Nicola Archer (Department of Education), Iverene Bromfield (Angus College), Mark Ravenhall (NIACE), Madeleine Rose (Ecorys) and Simon Williams (British Council). Read, and contribute, to the views raised in the discussion: http://llpukecorys.com/2012/06/21/erasmus-for-all-your-views/ [...]
[...] our Thematic Networking event we held a panel discussion on Erasmus for All where a panel of UK experts gave their views on the proposal and we tweeted the points raised. We [...]