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Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2021-2027erasmus

Erasmus+ exchange programs for students

Since October 2017, the ECG has upheld the Erasmus+ Charter for higher education. In March 2021, the school signed the new Erasmus+ Charter  2021-2027
In this context, BTS students are required to do an internship in a professional environment for 18 weeks. During this internship, students get to know the professional world and bring an independent project to fruition.
In the past, a certain number of BTS students had chosen to do their internship in a business abroad. The ECG encourages its students to take this direction, as an opening towards companies abroad will certainly benefit them in their professional lives by allowing them to develop further skills and competences.
Thanks to the Charter, the students have the possibility of doing their internship in a company abroad with the financial support from the European Union through the Erasmus+ framework. Such an opportunity will contribute to higher student qualification and an increase in the quality of higher education offered at the ECG.
In the spring of 2020, a first student did her internship abroad with the support of an Erasmus+ grant. Her account of the experience has encouraged numerous students to submit their application for their internship starting February 2021 and one student is currently doing her end-of-course work placement in Amsterdam.
The Erasmus+ charter signed by the headmaster of the ECG can be found below.
CHARTE ECG.pdf

Erasmus+ exchange programs for teachers

The ECG wants to encourage student dynamism and encourage them to take initiatives. It is therefore important to adapt the pedagogical approaches in order to achieve these objectives. The KA1 exchange program offers teachers the opportunity to see different methodological approaches and allows an exchange of good practice with other teachers all around Europe. All these measures should assure better teacher qualification.
Any activity within the framework of an EU-subsidized exchange program is certified by Europass.
From September 2017 to September 2019, the ECG participated in a KA1 exchange program at school level for educational staff for the first time. Several teachers participated in different activities integrated in the Erasmus+ framework:

  • a seminar in Prague on the subject of managing Erasmus+ projects and networking between schools
  • a study visit to Targu Mures in Romania with a focus on teaching entrepreneurship
  • teacher training in Florence promoting the use of social media in education
  • teacher training in Naxxar, Malta, on entrepreneurship in education

From September 2019 to September 2021, the ECG launched a new exchange program for its teachers which quickly became popular. Numerous programs have attracted the interest of teachers:

  • a teacher training in Barcelona focusing on social media as a teaching tool
  • a teacher training in Florence presenting different models of flipped classrooms
  • a study visit to a hotel school in Bratislave with a focus on teaching entrepreneurship
  • a teacher training in Rome, emphasizing digitalization and communication with respect to teaching entrepreneurship, had to be postponed due to the health crisis.

eTwinning projects

The ECG promotes eTwinning projects in its ES classes.

The partnership projects between the different schools are prepared, traced, and documented on the eTwinning platform.