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Poor definition of ‘disadvantage’ undermining Erasmus+ scheme

     

Disadvantaged students from Erasmus+ partner countries could be missing out, study finds

An initiative to help disadvantaged students take part in the EU’s Erasmus+ academic mobility programme is falling short, a study by the University of Barcelona and the European University Association has found.

The focus on disadvantage in the International Credit Mobility (ICM) scheme for non-EU countries partnered to the programme is “much weaker than that intended by the European Commission”, study researchers Luisa Bunescu, Howard Davies and Michael Gaebel said in a report published by EUA on 19 February.

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