The Catholic University of Avila is a young private university, which since its inception has been committed to providing a learning and teaching experience that includes an international dimension and the Erasmus+ programme is a key part in achieving this goal.. UCAV has a number of well-established Erasmus student movility programmes, that we have given continuity this year. In order to encourage increased participation in Erasmus mobility, UCAV promotes the benefits within its colleges and departments through dissemination activities, presentations and poster sessions. Among the activities to encourage participation in Erasmus+, we organized an Orientation Week, information sessions (face-to-face and by streaming) and presentation by returned Erasmus students. The impact of the actions has been very positive and there has been an increased interest of our administrative and teaching staff to participate in mobility. During the last two years we have observed an increase in the number of new personnel having participated in Erasmus, which is our goal number one.In the Erasmus+ 2016 call we have received 23 applications for mobility for study purposes. 9 students resigned before starting their mobility due to family problems, participation in another mobility programme or because they started some internship in local enterprises here in Ávila. The students who participated in the Erasmus+ call were from the following areas: Degree in Mechanical Engineering / Administration and Business Management / Economics / Physiotherapy / Agricultural and Rural Engineering. Our students' favorite places are the Eastern countries, such as Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic, for the most affordable cost of living. With respect to the mobility of teachers and administrative staff of the UCAV we have registered a remarkable increase. At the beginning of the academic year we have received 22 applications, of which 6 training mobilities and 4 teaching mobilities have been carried out. The rest of the mobilities could not be carried out due to the withdrawel of the participants.We aim to optimize the international impact through the experiences acquired by our professors during their Erasmus mobility. Thanks to these our professors have established new research contacts. And also our students have benefited from the mobilities of our professors in form of new aspects and contents in teaching methods. To ensure that our students are deepening in the process of globalization and internationalization, UCAV fosters and supports the visits of incoming teaching staff, which number has increased. Students gain experience on global topics and perspectives through teaching visits from our partner institutions. Students also benefit from studying in another language. To enhance the campus climate for international students and promote diversity and inclusion we organize a welome party every semester, use the buddy system, offer Spanish langage classes to them. The impacto of Erasmus in the community is huge. Returned Erasmus students are getting jobs easier than other students in the local businesses. here is a percentage of ex-Erasmus that has been able to benefit from a first job in companies such as Deloite, Onyx Solar, Deutsche Bank, Michelin or Banco Santander. The expected benefits in the long term move in this direction. We also expect benefits from teaching mobility will grow and have an impact on their research and on their students.

"La Universidad Católica de Ávila es una universidad privada joven, que desde sus inicios se ha comprometido a proporcionar una experiencia de aprendizaje y enseñanza que incluye una dimensión internacional. El programa Erasmus+ es una parte fundamental para lograr este objetivo. La UCAV cuenta con una serie de programas de movilidadbien establecidos y valorados por la comunidad educativa a los que se ha dado continuidad. Con el fin de fomentar la participación en programas Erasmus, la UCAV da a conocer por todos los medios a su alcance los beneficios dentro de cada una de sus Facultades. Entre las actividades de promoción organizamos la Orientation Week, sesiones informativas tanto presencial como vía streaming, presentaciones de alumnos Erasmus retornados, participación con un stand en la Welcome Party e información a través de nuestro blog. El impacto ha sido muy positivo y hemos notado un mayor interés de nuestro personal en participar en los programas de movilidad. Llevamos observando en los últimos años un incremento de la movilidad de personal docente y administrativo que participa por primera vez, uno de nuestros principales objetivos.En la convocatoria Erasmus+ 2018 hemos recibido 19 solicitudes de movilidad con fines de estudios y 3 para realizar prácticas. 7 alumnos renunciaron antes de comenzar su movilidad debido a problemas familiares, porque preferían posponer su estancia, por temas de trabajo o porque preferían realizar unas prácticas en empresas locales en Ávila. Cabe destacar que dos de las alumnas que realizaron su movilidad con fines de estudios provienen de nuestro centro adscrito ""EUM Fray Luis de León"" en Valladolid. Los estudiantes que participaron eran de las siguientes áreas: Grado en Ing. Agropecuaria y del Medio Rural / Ingeniería Forestal / Ing. Mecánica / Educación Infantil y Primaria / Derecho / Sistemas de Información y del Máster Universitario en Profesorado de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato, Formación Profesional y Enseñanzas de Idiomas. El destino más demando durante esta convocatoria has sido los países de Europa del este, como República Checa, Polonia, Hungría y Eslovaquia, principalmente por el coste de vida más asequible. Otros sitios que han elegido nuestros alumnos han sido Países Bajos, Austria y Portugal.Hemos realizado una buena campaña para fomentar las movilidades de profesores y personal de administración de la UCAV registrando un incremento notable de interés en el programa Erasmus. Al principio del curso académico recibimos 16 solicitudes para movilidades, pero finalmente solo se han llevado a cabo 4 movilidades de formación y 2 de enseñanza. Las renuncias del personal docente o administrativo se deben a diferentes motivos, como p.ej. la carga de trabajo o el estado de salud que finalmente no les permitía realizar sus estancias. No nos satisface el alto nivel de renuncias y estamos trabando para encontrar una solución para evitarlo para futuras convocatorias. Una posible solución podría consistir en penalizar a los renunciantes en las siguientes convocatorias y que solamente podrán optar a una plaza si no se cubre por otros solicitantes. De este forma queremos conseguir que los participantes adquieren el compromiso necesario al participar en el proyecto de movilidad. Otra sería abrir una convocatoria adicional en mayo, antes de terminar el curso académico, ofreciendo las plazas vacantes que han quedado.Otro objetivo de la UCAV es optimizar el impacto internacional a través de las experiencias adquiridas por nuestros profesores en sus estancias Erasmus. A través de muchas estancias de nuestros profesores se han podido establecer nuevos contactos de investigación. También nuestros alumnos se han beneficiado de las estancias de profesores en forma de nuevos aspectos y contenidos en métodos de enseñanza . Para garantizar y facilitar que nuestros alumnos se involucren en el proceso deglobalización e internacionalización, hemos favorecido y fomentado las visitas de profesores Erasmus de instituciones socias, cuyo número ha aumentado. Los estudiantes conocen así temas y perspectivas globales y adquieren experiencia de estudiar en otro idioma. Para integrar a los alumnos entrantes en el ambiente del campus y promover la diversidad y la inclusión, organizamos una fiesta de bienvenida al inicio de cada semestre, utilizamos el sistema ""buddy"" y ofrecemos clases de español gratuitas durante cada semestre. El impacto Erasmus en la región es muy positivo. Los alumnos Erasmus tienen una ventaja adicional a la hora de encontrar trabajo en empresas en comparación al resto, ya que el hecho de haber estado en el extranjero marca una diferencia importante en su CV. Un gran porcentaje de ex-Erasmus ha podido encontrar su primer trabajo en empresas como Deloitte, Onyx Solar, Deutsche Bank, Michelin o Banco Santander, con las que la UCAV mantiene estrechas relaciones. También se aprecian beneficios en investigación como fruto de las estancias del PDI."

This is a higher education student and staff mobility project, please consult the website of the organisation to obtain additional details.

This action supports physical and blended mobility of higher education students and staff from EU Member States and third countries associated to Erasmus+ to any country in the world. Students in all study fields and cycles can take part in a study period or traineeship abroad. Higher education teaching and administrative staff can take part in professional development activities abroad, as well as staff from the field of work in order to teach and train students or staff at higher education institutions.

The Catholic University of Avila is committed to providing a learning and teaching experience which includes an international dimension and the Erasmus scheme forms an important part of this for a long time. UCAV has a number of well-established Erasmus student movility programmes, that we have given continuity this year. In order to encourage increased participation in Erasmus mobility, UCAV promotes the benefits within its colleges and departments through dissemination activities, presentations and poster sessions. Among the activities to encourage participation in Erasmus+, we organized an Orientation Week, an International Erasmus Week, information sessions (face-to-face and by streaming) and presentation by returned Erasmus students. The impact of the actions has been very positive and there has been an increades interest of our administrative and teaching staff to participate in mobility. We reached our goal for new personnel having participated in Erasmus.During the Erasmus call 2015we have received 13 applications for mobility for studies and traineeships. 2 students resigned before starting their period of exchange due to personal problems and one student resigned because of the terror attacks in Paris. Although the student did not go to Paris but to another place in France, she did not feel safe anymore. We offered to change her destiny, but she did not want to continue with her application for mobility. Students from the following areas participated in the mobility project 2015-16: Degree in Agriculture / Degree in Mechanical Engineering / Degree in Forestry / Degree in Physiotherapy and Degree in Business Administration. With respect to the mobility of professors and administrative staff of the UCAV, they performed 5 mobilities for training and 5 for teaching.We aim to optimize the international impact by using the experiences gained through Erasmus teaching visits abroad. Thanks to it, professors have developed global research partners and our students have benefit from their experience.To ensure that our students are deepending in the process of globalization and internationalization, UCAV fosters and afacilitates the visits of incoming teaching staff, which number has increased. Students gain exposure to global topics and perspectives through teaching visits from our partner institutions. Students also benefit from studying in another language. To enhance the campus climate for international students and promote diversity and inclusion we organize a welome party every semester, use the buddy system, offer Spanish langage classes to them.The impacto of Erasmus in the community is huge. Returned Erasmus students are getting jobs easier than other students in the local businesses. The expected benefits in the long term move in this direction. We also expect benefits from teaching moility will grow and have an impact on their research and on their students.