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Country: Spain
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  • Funder: European Commission Project Code: 2018-1-UK01-KA116-047500
    Funder Contribution: 1,652,250 EUR

    Through this project, we will offer 300 VET-SHORT and 40 VET-PLONG mobilities. Our target group are young people, aged 16-25, who are often disadvantaged and have had limited/no previous opportunity to travel or live independently. The mobility provides an opportunity to push them out of their comfort zone and broaden their horizons and perspectives, developing their confidence in a supported environment. We have a strong understanding of the needs of our participants and can offer a range of placement and accommodation models, appropriate support mechanisms and strong training model to meet these needs. Our flexible approach will support us to achieve our European Internationalisation Strategy (EIS) goal; to increase the volume and breadth of young people we engage. At REY Europe, we offer young people employability training, with a mobility placement embedded as an integrated component of the course. Using non-formal training methodology, we aim to support young people to develop their confidence and readiness to enter the labour market. Project delivery is staggered throughout the year and we work in partnership with a number of UK organizations who have large volumes of participants who can be signposted to our projects. These partnerships are a key component in our model of recruitment, engagement and support for young people. One of our EIS goals is to diversify our UK partnerships. In this context, we plan to engage local youth employment organisations, as well as FE Colleges and we will invest resource in mapping out and developing this work. We offer our employability course to vocational learners, up to Level 3, who are studying in the following areas; Hair & Beauty, Computing, Business, Travel & Tourism, Catering, Sport and Construction. Our placements are located in Greece, Spain, Czech Republic, France and Portugal. Students are offered the employability course as an enhancement of their vocational qualification and the mobility activity is open to all students enrolled on the course. . The course offers unique benefits in terms of vocational, employability focused and soft skills development. Placements are aligned to each student’s vocational course of study, giving them a chance to simultaneously develop their technical and soft skills, whilst considering aspects such as communication in the workplace, interview techniques and self development. Participants will be joined by an accompanying person (AP) for the first and last week of their placement, at a ratio of 1:10. As our participants will have little, if any experience of travelling abroad or living independently, the AP will provides a crucial function in supporting participants to settle into their host country and accompanying participants whilst they are travelling. Our proposed VET-PLONG activity will be our first offer of longer terms placements to learners. We will offer 40 x 3 month placements to Level 3 graduates of VET construction courses (in Seville) VET business courses (in Prague) This is an opportunity for students to develop their industry standards, knowledge and experience within the sector, as well as developing their soft skills and confidence in a work place environment. We have included, as an Annex, a more detailed plan for the roll-out of our VET-PLONG placements. We have effective quality management and due diligence processes in place to ensure that our European partners meet our minimum standards and offer high quality, structured, well supported and safe placements for participants. Through regular face to face and remote contact and a clear quality assurance framework, we have set the tone for strong, productive working relationships with European partners. The impact on participants is that they gain professional and personal skills, that will enhance both their employability and their technical aptitude in their vocational area. At a local level, this leads to improved motivation and workplace readiness amongst participants, and ultimately, increased employment and better employment opportunities for participants. Through the project, we will put participants in the strongest position to obtain employment, either locally or regionally. We aim to inspire staff and, more widely, other VET training providers to get involved in mobility activity. We will encourage collaboration, good practice sharing and joint training events for participants and staff across different organisations. Host organizations will benefit from a clearer framework for effective partnership working, a better understanding of the UK vocational sector, and more experience of working with our target group, including safeguarding and support requirements. Capturing the impact of our work is one of our EIS goals and we are exploring ways to diversify the way we gather and present our impact, so that we are presenting our work in a way that is meaningful and relevant to our audiences.

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  • Funder: European Commission Project Code: 2018-1-UK01-KA102-047142
    Funder Contribution: 53,466 EUR

    Whilst we intended for this project to be delivered over two years, due to the travel restrictions in place because of the Covid-19 pandemic, we were unable to deliver the second year of mobility placements, which were scheduled for May-July 2020. In year one of the project, we successfully recruited 14 Travel & Tourism students across two flows, to undertake 4-week work placements in tourism-focussed host organisations, in Spain and Greece. All participants were students from our Level 3 BTEC Travel and Tourism Diploma, and the mobility provided an opportunity to apply participants’ theoretical classroom learning in a real-life work setting. We were successful in recruiting 17 students for placements scheduled to take place in June 2020, but unfortunately had to cancel these placements, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Our aim was to create an experience for the students which would enhance their overall programme of study. The project supported this by giving the students the opportunity to live and work in another country whereby they could adapt their social skills when dealing with a new culture and language. For many of our learners, this was their first experience of travel outside the UK. In the context of their vocational course, Travel & Tourism, it was vital to gain international experience, of working and communicating with people in a different language and culture. This undoubtedly put them in a much stronger position to access employment in the sector and equipped them with a broader perspective of the opportunities available to them. The mobility gave our learners a broad understanding of different types of tourism organisations within two popular tourist locations. Support mechanisms were in place to support our learners through the accompanying person role, along with work placement supervisors and local representative of reputable intermediary organisations in each host location. We also ensured that there were in-depth preparatory activities, and we scheduled parents’ evenings and information events prior to departure. We agreed a set of learning outcomes for each learner which were aligned to specific units of their vocational course. We integrated the mobility into our course delivery, for example, setting activities for students whilst on placement using our online software package, which enabled students to collaborate and learn about both locations and the experiences of their peers, in addition to their own individual placement experience. The opportunity encouraged learners to become more independent and helped to develop their confidence in a structured and supportive setting. It raised their aspirations and broadened their horizons and provided a significant professional and personal development opportunity. For some participants it had a definite impact on their onward progression and career path decisions. It was also a development opportunity for the staff involved, to engage with new employers and forge new European partnerships. It provided an opportunity to enhance course delivery and to integrate a mobility opportunity into the course, thus making the course more attractive to learners. This has helped to improve learner motivation and performance and has had a positive impact on the college.Following these first Erasmus+ opportunities, other vocational departments became interested in taking part, and this has resulted in a larger, successful funded project, which began in 2019 and, more recently, a further expansion of mobilities offered to learners through our successful 2020 bid.

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  • Funder: European Commission Project Code: 2018-1-UK01-KA102-047260
    Funder Contribution: 349,027 EUR

    We met the original aims and objectives of our project. Throughout the delivery it was focused on providing opportunities for young people at Waltham Forest College, to gain work experience and new life experiences through placements in Spain and Portugal. A major impact on the success of the project was the unique challenges caused by the outbreak of COVID 19, in 20219/.2020 onwards - which meant international travel was banned (by UK government) and the last cohort group to Portugal was not able to travel., before the end of our project,. We had recruited the learners and booked flights and accommodation, but the project end date could not be extended to accommodate the delays cased by COVID. Therefore we could not deliver the final 24 mobilities for our learners to go to Portugal.Context: Fighting high levels of unemployment -particularly among young people -is one of the most urgent tasks for European governments. Too many young people leave school prematurely running a high risk of being unemployed and socially marginalised. Our activities will directly meet the Erasmus objectives as it will improve the level of key competences and skills, with particular regard to their relevance for the labour market and their contribution to a cohesive society, in particular through increased opportunities for learning mobility and through strengthened cooperation between the world of education and training and the world of work. Our project helped foster quality improvements, innovation excellence and internationalisation, through enhanced transnational cooperation between education and training providers and other stakeholders. Objectives: TOPS Mobility project provided 4 week mobilities in Spain and Portugal, for disadvantaged learners on Travel and Tourism, Hospitality and Business Administration courses. Our objectives were : -to support 120 participants in 4 week Mobilities in Spain and Portugal -to develop better linguistic skills for 120 people -increase employability skills, -enhanced vocational skills and -120 gaining work experience in an EU context. The Activities included: 4 week Mobilities Year 1. Cohort 1 : Spain April 2019 x 30 people Cohort 2 : Portugal April 2019 x 30 people Year 2 Cohort 3 : Spain April 2020 x 30 people Cohort 4 : Portugal April 2020 x 30 people Profile of participants :The participants were mainly disadvantaged learners from some of the most deprived communities in UK - as Waltham Forest college serves students from some of the most disadvantaged boroughs and wards in London (Waltham Forest, Dagenham and Redbridge, Barking; and many east London wards facing significant social and economic challenges. The participantswere doing vocational training in Hospitality, Travel and Tourism; and Catering and Digital, and Business Admin. The participants lived in areas of high deprivation - poor housing, low income, poor health, poor qualifications & high unemployment. Many students will be carers,or live in households where there are poor adult role models, high levels of self dependency, and households with chaoticand unstable family structures. Many of the learners have never left their local communities , let alone visit other countries.Many do not have passports and one of the major impacts of this project is to provide a new experience, within a newcountry for our students. Without this many may never travel oversees or see that employment opportunities exist withinpartner EU countries. Project activities and aims Students participated in a 4 week work experience placement, in hospitality tourism, business admin and hotel sectors; toincrease their vocational skills, work experience and improve EU knowledge and skills. We established links with hospitality,travel and tourism employers in Seville, and offered a range of traineeships within them. We also provided cultural andlanguage courses and events, alongside the work placements. We provided the following programme to meet the aims: -CULTURE, provide daily activities to key tourist sites.-LOCAL LINGUISTIC NIGHT, language tutor’s personally introduce interns to local people to practice the language.-EMPLOYER NETWORK - meet employers -LANGUAGE CLASS, daily basic, intermediate & advanced to help you prepare for work and living in each country.-INDUCTION ACTIVITIES, students receive induction activities to help them settle in to the environment. -FIND THE WORKPLACE, we support you with detailed maps and information so interns arrive stress free on the first day.-LOCAL TOUR, supermarkets, banks, hospitals, internet cafes, police station, libraries and key local facilities.The project aims, which complimented ERASMUS aims were to: - Develop their practical and technical skills in relation to vocational skills- Increase their confidence - Assist their entry into the labour market on completion of vocational training within VET Partners- improve learning performance through enhanced VET activities - enhanced opportunities and training to increase employment and career choices for our students- improved and increased self esteem, empowerment amongst our learners, specifically on those disadvantaged inEuropean learners-improved language and linguistic skills for students to encourage wider participation in European learning -increased participation in the UK and wider EU community- Enhanced employability through 'soft outcomes' such as increased self-esteem, team working, time managementThe aim was to provide 97 disadvantaged people who are on vocational training, the opportunity to learn new skillsworking in the the important employment and growth sectors. It also supported 27 Accompanying people with personal and professional development, increasing their vocational competencies. The project achieved the following outputs for participants:- Development of their practical and technical skills in relation to the 5 vocational sectors - Development of their professional, personal, intercultural and linguistic skills- Increased their confidence and self esteem- Assisted their entry into the labour market on completion of VET partner courses- made students more aware of EU mobility - made students more attractive to employersOur results and impacts.We identified results and impacts for participants through the feedback reports and participation evaluation :Survey of our students 2018-2021: • 100% rated quality excellent• 100% rated teaching as excellent• 100% gained new skills• 90% are more confident• 90% better able to work in a team• 90% have better work skills• 100% had improved work skills• 85% want to work abroad again Participants resulted in the following impacts : - improved learning performance through enhanced VET activities - enhanced opportunities and training to increase employment and career choices for our students- improved and increased self esteem, empowerment amongst our learners, specifically on those disadvantaged learners- enhanced intercultural and language opportunities for our learners- improved language and linguistic skills for students to encourage wider participation in European learning - increased participation in the UK & wider EU community- development of skills This is an important project in helping to provide opportunities for young people to build their vocational and employability skills and gain work experience in an EU context.

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  • Funder: European Commission Project Code: 2018-1-UK01-KA102-046952
    Funder Contribution: 203,441 EUR

    This is a 2 year project, during which time we plan to send 172 learners on vocational placements in Seville, Crete and Prague. Placements will be 3-6 weeks long, with the exact length of stay determined by the lead tutor for each vocational area. We feel this is sufficient time for students to adjust to work and life in another country, meaningfully gain from the experience and achieve tangible learning outcomes. The destination for each student will be determined by their vocational area and the placements available. Students will be selected from the following departments: Business, Beauty, Travel & Tourism, Sport (Football), Catering and Computing. Our project objectives are - to provide European work placement opportunities to students across a range of vocational sectors - to build on the success of our 2016 mobility project, develop our internal project delivery capacity, and expand our work to offer more students international opportunities - to enable students to apply the theoretical learning acquired on their course in a structured and sector specific work setting - to enable students to develop soft skills & professional competences - to show them different perspectives & practices in a work setting. To promote cross-cultural working and ultimately, broaden their horizons We aim to make our students highly employable and enterprising by developing the skills employers want. The project will enhance our students' learning experience and increase their employability. The placements are framed by a supportive pre, during & post placement structure, with group training and individual support offered in order to fully prepare students for the placement, and provide a debrief and careers guidance on how to maximize their learning on their return. The models of support that we offer our learners will be tailored to their individual needs, recognising that support needs will differ between participants and at different points in the project. Each group will be joined by an accompanying staff member from the College and will have a designated placement supervisor, as well as local partner support. The participants for this mobility will all be students at Bath College, studying up to Level 3 in one of the following vocational areas: Beauty (Level 3), Business (Level 3), Catering (Level 2), Computing (Level 3), Football (Level 3) Travel & Tourism (Level 3). Our tutors have strong existing relationships with learners and a good working knowledge of how best to engage and retain them, and design a project that is responsive to their needs. Learner needs are: - To gain sector specific practical work experience and apply the technical skills and theoretical knowledge they have acquired through their course in a practical setting - To develop their soft skills (such as self assurance, adaptability, communication) and their language competences - To provide participants with international experience, pushing them out of their comfort zone in a supportive environment Ultimately we hope this will put them in a stronger position to gain employment in the sector on completion of their course. In order to have a competitive edge in the labour market, we know that students need to develop personal competences such as team work, confidence and adaptability. We hope the mobility will increase their aspirations for a career in the sector. Learners will develop the confidence to interact in a foreign language setting, an understanding of the sector at European level & insight in to how organisations operate in a different cultural context. In the long term, we hope the mobility will contribute to positive onward progression and raised aspirations amongst our learners. The mobility provides a structured employment experience, with a line manager and a clear set of tasks and guidance, support learners to engage in a 'real' work setting and develop realistic expectations of the working world. The mobility placement will be explicitly linked to learners' course of study. Placement activities will correspond to the specific course units, which gives them the opportunity to enhance their course learning and understand the experience of a work environment. Host Organisations (HOs)will offer placements with activities relevant to the learners’ course of study. Each tutor will identify learning outcomes (LOs) that can realistically be achieved by learners whilst on placement. The LOs will differ between participants and will relate to both the specific qualification that they are working towards in the UK and the role descriptions available. The mobility project enables the College to enhance our curriculum offer, and put our learners in a stronger position to progress after they graduate. It has improved course delivery, learner engagement and performance. The mobility is an opportunity to strengthen our international networks and consolidate some of our aims for internationalisation.

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