"This was the fifth project managed by our institution within the framework of the International Credit Mobility. For a period of 36 months, it concerned mobility for learning, teaching and training purposes of students and staff, for our institution and 2 other partner countries: Tunisia and Cameroon; around 4 partner higher education institutions, for an initial forecast of 50 mobilities.In the end, 43 mobilities were declared in this framework, for 13 students (¾ of whom were able to validate their double degree thanks to this mobility) and 30 staff (including 4 in training) for study, teaching and training mobilities. Nevertheless, 6 incoming and outgoing staff mobilities were considered ""force majeure"", due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which strongly affected the last year of the project. For the study mobilities, the mobility mainly concerned Master's level students, coming from Tunisia, for an average duration of one semester. For the staff, the mobility mainly concerned teaching mobility, of which 2/3 were outgoing mobility to Tunisia and Cameroon. It was also possible to carry out 3 inward training mobilities.The main objective of this project was to continue the efforts already put in place during the previous KA107 projects with the two Tunisian partners concerned and to initiate a similar strengthening of cooperation at several levels with the two Cameroonian partners. It has thus allowed the signature of a double degree agreement between the École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs du Mans (ENSIM) and ESPRIT during 2018. The overall idea was therefore to strengthen collaboration at the training level, between the teams in order to improve teaching practices and syllabus content. This was achieved by carrying out study and teaching mobilities. In the same vein, for Cameroon, the exchange focused on pedagogical exchange, the co-construction of courses in the framework of a master's degree in co-diplomation and the training of colleagues on digital tools for pedagogical innovation and on international bibliographic reference bases. It was also a question of developing pedagogical content in order to reinforce teaching, both face-to-face and at a distance (self-training function for students, knowledge control, monitoring of activities and management of teaching spaces).Thus, the project has enabled us to work on strengthening these partnerships through the promotion of our respective courses internationally and the extension of new double diplomas for certain courses.We now hope to continue our collaboration at several levels, in the short and medium term."

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Under the impact of major economic and demographic changes, many countries seek to internationalize the training of their students to meet the needs of an increasingly globalized market. So far considered as a source of openness and exchanges, the internationalization of higher education has become an imperative for the economic development of a country and a competitive advantage for educational institutions. Traditionally seen as a means of strengthening the international influence and scientific excellence of the countries concerned, the reception of international students is also considered as a challenge to raise the level of labor qualification.So, many actors of higher education converge towards internationalization: students wish to get their training in another country, offered in another language to enhance their curriculum; teachers are eager and to share their knowledge with different publics, their expertise and know-how to international students. They are also keen to exchange with their international counterparts. Partner universities in turn wish to develop their education, their research, their fields of excellence, host and train students and international colleagues and send their students or staff training abroad.Le Mans University (LMU) is experiencing a constant growth rate of students and staff in international mobility, especially as far as student internships are concerned. Student mobility is mandatory or strongly recommended as part of the student's curriculum and the wish of LMU is to financially support a maximum of students to enable them to validate part of their curriculum in international training. To do so, LMU is based on four financial assistance schemes: + ERASMUS, ENVOLEO (regional system of Pays de La Loire) ADDITIONAL MOBILITY (supported by the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research to offer scholarship to students on social criteria) and MOBILITY AID (co-financing arrangements between Le Mans Métropole and LMU) ; this enables each student to get a minimum of € 225 per month as part of an international mobility.It is in this context that LMU applied in ERASMUS + under the action of higher education mobility. LMU received a grant covering student and teaching staff mobility.The grant agreement ERASMUS + 2016 granted to LMU covers mobilities conducted over the period from june 1 2017 to September 30 2018 and it allowed to accompany 84 students as part of their Studies’ mobility (SMS), 83 students as part of internship mobility (SMP) and 3 teaching staff as part of an educational mobility (STA).Monthly rates defined for each group of student mobility:- Mobility Study in a Group 1 country: 200 €- Mobility study in a Group of 2 or 3 country: 150 €- Mobility internship in a Group 1 country: 350 €- Mobility internship in a a Group 2 or 3 country: 300 €Percentage of financial aid as part of the ERASMUS program + the total number of funding applications submitted to the Office of International Relations: Mobility Study: 33% (65% of the study mobility)Internship Mobility: 33,33% (76% of the internship mobility)

Sous l’effet de transformations économiques et démographiques majeures, de nombreux pays cherchent à internationaliser la formation de leurs étudiants pour répondre aux besoins d’un marché toujours plus mondialisé.Jusqu’alors source d’ouverture et d’échanges, l’internationalisation de l’enseignement supérieur s’impose comme un impératif pour le développement économique d’un pays et comme un avantage concurrentiel pour les établissements d’enseignement. Traditionnellement envisagé comme un moyen de renforcer le rayonnement international et l’excellence scientifique des États, l’accueil d’étudiants internationaux sert cependant des objectifs plus divers est aussi un enjeu d’élévation du niveau de qualification de la main-d’œuvre.Ainsi, de nombreux acteurs de l’enseignement supérieur convergent vers l’international : les étudiants souhaitent avoir une formation dans un autre pays, offerte dans une autre langue pour valoriser leur cursus ; les enseignants sont désireux de comparer, de transmettre leurs connaissances, leur savoir et savoir-faire aux étudiants internationaux. Ils sont également désireux d’échanger avec leurs homologues internationaux. Les universités de leur côté souhaitent mettre en valeur leurs formations, leurs projets de recherche, leurs parcours d’excellence, accueillir et former des étudiants et collègues internationaux et envoyer leurs étudiants ou personnels en formation à l’international.L’Université du Mans (UM) connait une croissance constante du taux d'étudiants et de personnels en mobilité internationale surtout concernant les stages étudiants. Que la mobilité étudiante soit obligatoire ou fortement conseillée dans le cadre du cursus de l'étudiant, le souhait de l’UM est d'accompagner financièrement un maximum d'étudiants pour leur permettre de valider une partie de leur cursus à l'International. Pour se faire, l’UM s’appuie sur 4 dispositifs d’aide financière : ERASMUS +, ENVOLEO (dispositif régional des Pays de La Loire), COMPLÉMENT MOBILITÉ (dispositif du Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche à destination des étudiants boursiers sur critères sociaux) et AIDE A LA MOBILITÉ (dispositif de co-financement entre Le Mans Métropole et l’UM) permettant à chaque étudiant de disposer d’un minimum de 225 € par mois dans le cadre d’une mobilité internationale.C’est dans ce contexte que l’UM s’est portée candidate au programme ERASMUS + au titre de l’action Mobilité d’enseignement supérieur. L’UM a obtenu une subvention couvrant les mobilités étudiantes et de personnels enseignants et administratifs.La convention de subvention ERASMUS + 2018 accordée à l’UM couvre les mobilités réalisées sur la période du 01/06/18 au 30/09/19 et a permis d'accompagner 76 étudiants dans le cadre d'une mobilité d'études (SMS), 66 étudiants dans le cadre d'une mobilité de stage (SMP) et 4 personnels enseignants dans le cadre d’une mobilité d’enseignement (STA).Taux mensuels définis par groupe pour la mobilité étudiante:-Mobilité d’étude dans un pays du groupe 1 : 270 €-Mobilité d’étude dans un pays du groupe 2 : 220 €-Mobilité d’étude dans un pays du groupe 3 : 170 €-Mobilité de stage dans un pays du groupe 1 : 420 €-Mobilité de stage dans un pays du groupe 2 : 370 €Mobilité de stage dans un pays du groupe 3 : 320 €Pourcentage d’aides financières accordées dans le cadre du programme ERASMUS + sur le nombre total de demandes d’aide financière déposées auprès du service des Relations internationales :Mobilités d’études : 33 % (65% des mobilités d’études)Mobilités de stage : 33,33 % (76% des mobilités de stage)Les bénéfices à court terme sont :-Acquis d’une expérience à l’international-Valorisation du cursus ou de la carrière professionnelleLes bénéfices à long terme sont :-Mise en place de partenariats stables et solides-Echange d’expérience, de recherche, de savoirs et savoir-faire pour le personnel-Création d’un réseau de partenaires permettant le dépôt de projets communs tels que les Université européennes, capacity building, alliances de la connaissance etc…-Création d’un réseau d’universités ou d’entreprises / organismes d’accueil pour nos étudiants

The rapid development of not only optoelectronics and electrical signal processing for information and communication technologies, but also fundamental/applied science for nanometrology and nanoimaging, requires monitoring coherent surface acoustic waves (SAWs) with deeply sub-optical localization depths in the currently unexplored frequency range of 100 GHz - 1 THz. While bulk acoustic waves can be monitored up to THz frequencies by ultrafast lasers in superlattices (SLs) with nanometer periodicity, the highest SAW frequencies recorded in metallic gratings deposited on surfaces lie below 100 GHz. The use of SLs cleaved along their growth direction for optical SAW excitation has been proposed though not achieved experimentally. The goal of this project is to demonstrate, for the first time, optical monitoring of sub-THz SAWs (STSAWs) by developing original optoacoustic (OA) and acousto-optic (AO) transducers based on such cleaved SLs and an efficient non-thermoelastic OA conversion. Dedicated numerical modeling will optimize the SL design (dispersion characteristics, OA/AO conversion efficiencies) for STSAW propagation, generation and detection. The atomic-precision fabrication of SLs and use of advanced ultrafast pump-probe laser techniques will fulfill this objective. STSAW interactions with charge carriers and 2D materials will be showcased. The project relies on complementarity and knowledge transfer between applicant (numerical modeling, coherent acoustics control) and host institution (SAW theory, laser monitoring of SAWs); it will expand the applicant's experience and skills, shaping the applicant’s career as an independent researcher. Results will be disseminated via networking, conferences and peer-reviewed publications. This project will greatly enhance Europe's technological competitiveness by pioneering controllable STSAWs and providing a platform to explore the fundamentals of OA/AO conversions at picosecond temporal scale and nanometer spatial scale.