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Event Title Name
ErasmusCo-ordinators’ Workshop July 2011
Guidelines for co-ordinatorsDavid Hibler and Joanna Collins
• Programme changes 2011-12
• Reminders
• Timetable
• The UK context
Introduction
Programme Changes
Programme changes 2011-12
• Participation of Croatia and Switzerland
• Luxembourg participation
• Staff flat rate payments
• Supplementary payments
• Language training
• Virement
Staff flat rate payments
• EC requirement
• Maximum levels for each country – Operational Handbook
• Duration of assignment + two days travel
• Certificates of attendance
• Evidence of expenditure not needed
• Travel limit € 500 – actuals paid, receipts needed
• HEIs decide what to pay - maximum rates, actuals, institutional rates
• BC cannot advise on tax
• HEIs decide use of balance of funds
Staff flat rate
payments
Supplementary payments
All payments may be subject to audit.Widening participation € 500 As defined by your
registry
Priority countries € 400 In Operational Handbook
Short-term work placement for students in higher vocational education
€ 250€ 300
Up to two monthsReceipted travel expenses
Language preparation
Can be supported:
• OM
• EILC
• DAAD on-line German courses
Virement
• After second allocation
• 100% of SM studies to placement
• 20% of SM placement to studies
• 100% of teaching to training
• 20% of training to teaching
• 100% of OM to student or staff mobility
• 20% of staff mobility to student mobility
Reminders
Reminders: Student entitlements
• Fee waiver (Student mobility, over 24 weeks, eligible for UK support)
• Maintenance of grants and loans
Reminders- general
• No double funding (Comenius assistants, Leonardo da Vinci mobility)
• Incoming staff mobility (teaching)
• Use of returning Erasmus students for promotion in schools
Use of OM grants
• To support Erasmus mobility only
• Paid per mobility
• Don’t report on how spent
• Report numbers of mobilities (outgoing, incoming staff from an enterprise)
• Pay back if decreases (over 10%)
Use of OM grants
• Many possible uses:- Administration- Quality and m&e- Academic and other partnership arrangements - Visiting prospective partners with EUC- Selecting and supporting individuals - Language preparation- Information and publicity- Staff and student feedback - ECTS-related activity and Diploma supplementetc
Timetable 2011-12
Timetable 2011-12
31 May Grant Agreement issued
30 Sept Agreement to NA
4 weeks Initial payment Subject to signed agreement & final report 2010
15 November
Initial payment All payments made
16 January Interim report (SM) On-line from 12 Dec
10 February Interim report (TM) On line from 9 Jan
19 March Amended Agreement
13 April Second payment Subject to signed agreement
Timetable 2011-12 31 July Final report (SM and TM)
15 September Statement of expenditure sent
30 September Return of SoE
31 October Recoveries issued
30 September Individual staff and student reports
UK Context
2011 Allocation
• 2010/11
- Application numbers (increase on 2009/10)
SM: 7.5% (16695:15536)
TM: 3.5% (3835:3705)
- Weighting - application : past performance
- Results - 94% of student application numbers granted
- 71% of staff application numbers granted
• 2011/12
- Application numbers (increase on 2010/11)
SM: 6.5% (17773:16695)
TM: 5.4% (4042:3835)
- Weighting - application : past performance
- Results - 93% of student application numbers granted
- Results - 84% of staff application numbers granted
UK Context:
Where are we now?
2007/08 2008/09 + / - 2009/10 + / -2010/11
(Projected) + / -
SM (Study) 7,525 7,428 -1.29% 8,053 8.41% 8,764 8.83%
SM (Placement) 2,726 3,399 24.69% 3,670 7.97% 4,313 17.52%
SM Total 10,251 10,827 5.62% 11,723 8.28% 13,077 11.55%
Staff Mobility 1,583 1,733 9.48% 1,778 2.60% 2,157 21.30%