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Download: EU publication "Make it work! Integrating virtual mobility in int. work placements"

This publication compiles the results of the EU-VIP project (Enterprise University – Virtual Placements). It looked closely at the possibilities virtual mobility or ICT-supported interaction to realize international collaboration offers to support and enable international work placements.

International work placements or internships, as they are generally known, are gaining more and more importance in the context of internationalization of higher education and globalization of our (professional) world.

This manual wishes to address the three stakeholders that are involved in an international work placement: the higher education institution, the student and the receiving company or organization. The main focus is on ‘How To’ integrate virtual mobility activities in international internships.

In a first chapter we take some time to explicate the context of this manual (why is it important to consider the possibilities of virtual mobility for international internships) and the definitions used throughout the project and, subsequently, in this compilation. The second chapter looks at the general themes of virtual mobility and international internships from the three different stakeholder perspectives, aiming to identify advantages and challenges for all actors involved.

Next we introduce the general framework for organizing virtual(ly supported) work placements (chapter 3) and the identified conditions for success (chapter 4). Both framework and conditions for success are illustrated through real examples and witness statements, based on the experiences in the EU-VIP project. The project itself and the methodology followed are described
more in detail in the fifth and last chapter.

For the hurried reader, the contents of this manual are also available as a short and concise quick guide in English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian and Polish. You can download this quick guide and consult other material regarding the integration of virtual mobility in international work placements and also regarding the EU-VIP project via www.euvip.eu.

http://www.euvip.eu.

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