Program

9.00-9.15

Welcoming address:

Olivier Chiche Portiche, Department director, Marketing and Scholarships, Campus France

Harald Nybølet, Department Director, Higher Education and Research, HK-dir (Directorate for Higher Education and Skills)

Moderator: Unni Kvernhusvik Sagberg, Senior Advisor, Higher Education and Research, HK-dir

9.15-9.45

Comparative presentation French and Norwegian systems of higher education and national strategies (status on student mobility/Erasmus+ tools/European Universities).

Aurora Hårtveit, Higher executive officer, HK-dir

Bastien Palermo-Chevillard, Deputy Head, Europe Unit, Campus France

Short break (10 min)

9.55-10.50:   

Roundtable 1: How to increase student mobility and project cooperation between France and Norway (10 min Q&A)

Moderator:  Ragnhild Solvi Berg, Head of Brussels Office, Norwegian Contact Office for Research, Innovation and Education (NorCore),

Norwegian and French higher education institutions will discuss how different tools for partnership collaboration in Erasmus+ can contribute to more and better student mobility. It will be an opportunity to share successful experiences and exchange good practices.

The aim of this roundtable is to come up with ways to increase student mobility numbers between France and Norway. While the main financial scheme to support exchange of students is through Erasmus+ key action 1, we know that solid institutional cooperation, for instance through Erasmus Mundus, cooperation partnerships and European University Alliances, can facilitate a more coherent framework for the mobility.

In the session, we have invited higher education institutions from France and Norway to share their experiences with using Erasmus+ partnership tools to frame mobility of students. What are the main barriers for mobility between France and Norway, and how can these be solved? 

PARTICIPANTS:

Norway:

• NHH (Norwegian School of Economics) - Merethe Wiik Ånes, Senior Executive Officer, Section for International Relations
• NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Johanne Aarnseth, Higher Executive Officer, Office of International Relations. 

France:

• Aix Marseille University - Ciara Chailloux, International Relations Manager, Aix en Provence Campus
• Strasbourg University - Angélique Daniel, International Project Officer, Direction of International Relations
  

Short break (10 min)

11.00-12.00:   

Roundtable 2:  How to promote cooperation for internship mobilities within the Erasmus+ program? (10 min Q&A)

Moderator: Bastien Palermo-Chevillard, Campus France

This roundtable aims at a better understanding of student internship mobilities both in France and Norway in order to identify good practices and develop new cooperation. General presentations of the strategy on this subject will be given. Examples and possibilities of cooperation will be mentioned. Norwegian higher institutions are starting to develop more and more this type of mobility; how do French institutions organise to set up internship mobilities? How can student internship mobilities to France be promoted and vice versa? Are there any specificities? Is there an internationalisation strategy?

PARTICIPANTS:

Norway:

• HK-dir - Torstein Nielsen Hole, Senior advisor
• HK-dir - Aurora Hårtveit, Higher Executive Officer

France:

• Ministry of Higher Education, research and Innovation - Stéphanie Devèze, Legal Supervisor, Unit of Education and Employment relationships, Sub directorate for programmes and employability, General directorate for higher education and employability.
• INSA Toulouse - Eliane Meilhoc, responsable of internships/lecturer, Department of Biochemical engineering/French National Institute for Agricultural Research

Lunch break (12.00-13.00)

13.00-16.00

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