Scaling up the European Student Card – What’s next?

2022 marks the first year of the European Student Card’s scaling up effort to foster mobility and student status verification across all 33 Erasmus+ Programme countries. Achievements in 2022 The success of the ESC relies on implementing a sound, secure and efficient system to support higher education institutions and students’ access to services. In 2022, this …

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Erasmus+ supported almost 19,000 projects in 2021, shows annual report

The Erasmus+ annual report shows that over 70,000 organisations and more than 648,000 people took part in the programme in 2021. The 2021 Erasmus+ annual report, presented as part of the closing event for the 35th anniversary of Erasmus+, shows how the programme supports thousands of projects despite a complex global context. The numbers demonstrate …

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9 creative arts programmes in Europe

Do you want to study subjects related to creative arts in Europe? We have selected nine programmes for you to explore. Europe offers some of the most unique programmes in the field of creative arts. If you are a creative mind, you can be certain that Europe has something for you. Many universities have also …

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The 35th anniversary of Erasmus+ – closing event

On Wednesday 14 December, a celebratory event will be held to round off the 35th anniversary year of the Erasmus+ programme. The event will feature speakers from beneficiary organisations, individual participants of Erasmus+, national agencies and founders of the Erasmus+ programme. The plenary sessions will be streamed online for everyone to follow. Visit the event webpage to find more details and the agenda. …

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EIT Culture & Creativity is open for business at new Cologne HQ

EIT Culture & Creativity held its first in-person partner meeting on the 18 and 19 November on the premises of the Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK Cologne). More than 150 participants from about 65 founding partner organisations took part. The opening remarks by Dr. Christian Ehler, Member of European Parliament, and Dr. Jens Brandenburg, State Secretary to the …

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Commission kicks off Learning Lab on Investing in Quality Education and Training

Commissioner Mariya Gabriel has announced the creation of a “Learning Lab on Investing in Quality Education and Training” to support Member States in making effective, efficient and evidence-based choices on education funding. The Learning Lab on Investing in Quality Education and Training promotes the use of education policy evaluation practices in the EU. It helps improve …

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58 new VET projects selected under first-ever capacity building call

The projects from the call “Capacity Building in Vocational Education and Training” involve VET bodies from 75 countries around the world. Erasmus+ is about much more than student exchanges. It stimulates cooperation between educational organisations from the EU and other associated European countries, and from other countries or regions of the world. Vocational Education and …

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Seamless data exchanges for Erasmus Without Paper for 2022

Full interoperability means that all computer systems used by higher education institutions can seamlessly exchange machine-readable data among themselves to manage Erasmus+ inter-institutional agreements and learning agreements. This is one of the top priorities for the Erasmus Without Paper (EWP) Network by the end of 2022. In summer 2022, the European Commission and the Erasmus …

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