For the programme year 15-16 the University of Hull had a variety of four year programmes which have a compulsory year or semester abroad. The exchanges programmes were running in the University within the Utrecht network see www.utrecht-network.org before the Erasmus programme came into existence so student mobility and exchange have been a part of student life at the University since the late 1970's early 1980's. Students would not be able to afford to take part in some of the mobility activities without the top-up funding via Erasmus. The University of Hull's outward bound objectives, which to increase numbers of Erasmus mobility students has increased over the past 5 years from 73 to 135 (55% increase) there was no increase in number of mobilites during 15-16 under the Erasmus scheme.. Note this is purely the number of students who are Erasmus funded and not the number of actual students who undertake mobility. Hull believes objectives are being met and will continue to help with EU targets of a 25% increase in mobility by 2020. The University of Hull has a strategy and several major projects for example C2016+ which is a full review of the Curriculum which has now been completed. This gives students and departments a flexible curriculum, embedded mobility and an opportunity for all students to take part, either working, studying or virtual or short mobility programmes for all cycles. The other projects that have had an impact on our student journey and student experience projects. We are also currently in a full restructure of the University faculties and departments which will be completed by 1st January 2017. Staff and student mobility is now high profile and most of the degrees offered to students have a full year mobility programme for students. The new Academic Partnerships Office (APO) remit will be to establish partnership provision for 18-19 and beyond which is when the University will expect a higher number of outward bound students. Go connect has worked on the web pages to make information on mobility user friendly. Go Connect is meeting its objectives which are to promote mobility before students start their degree programmes by attending our 10 open days. Go connect also promote mobility by attending the week long Fresher's fayre and holding a variety of sessions for students in the 1st few weeks of term. Go Connect also looks at intercultural activities, and currently coordinates arrivals and welcome events for all students however this activity will not be undertaken by this unit from 1 January 2016. The project results for outgoing mobility show for incoming students shows that Go Connect's activities has an impact on how students view the University services provided. The profile of participants is currently limited to 1st cycle students, although cycle 2 and 3 students are increasing slowly and those departments who have Erasmus or other study abroad partnerships and are predominately Hull Business School (HUBS), Languages, Law, Politics and Humanities. This is why the statistics from the project show that most of our students go to France, Germany Spain and Italy. This profile will change substantially over the length of the current EHIC, and should show a high increase in European Erasmus partnerships within Education, Drama and Psychology and science subjects, with an increase of outward bound students. The University has coordinated summer programmes and statistics are now being kept through the move on system which is now being used for outward bound students but will also be used for incoming students during 16-17. . There has been small numbers of students undertaking summer programmes for zero credits and group visits which have specifically targeted widening participation and disadvantaged students for example a credit bearing summer school with 20 students which took place in Aarhus University during summer of 2015 which took place again this year. Summer school students outbound from HUBS to European and Worldwide destinations. Incoming summer programmes are also run in HUBS and there are 3/4 week English Language proficiency programmes running which incoming students can apply for. The professional English programme running during the summer which is part funded by the Utrecht Network has been successful for the past 2 years with 10 research staff members from partner institutions being funded to take part under the Erasmus mobility.The impact of the project helped with the promotion within our faculties on mobility and the opportunities available to them and knowledge of the Erasmus funding, not only action 1 but for Strategic Partnerships. The University was looking to apply for International Credit funding for a variety of locations in 2015-16 however the partnerships and programme were not finalised in time for us to do this.

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

For the programme year 17-18 the University of Hull have a variety of four year programmes which have a compulsory year, this category of degree have increased by 68% 17-18-19. The number of students undertaking eligible mobility and the predicted increase will only be known in 20-21. The exchange programmes are ongoing with the Utrecht network see www.utrecht-network.org this network has been in use before Erasmus programme came into existence. Student Mobility and Exchange have been a part of student life at the University since the late 1970's early 1980's. Erasmus funding allows students to undertake European mobility which would not be available to some if not offered due to financial constraints. The University of Hull's outward bound objectives are to increase mobility numbers and erasmus numbers for this period remained relatively stable at 130 compared to 137 in the previous year (-5%). Note this report is based on the number of students who are eligible for Erasmus funding and not the number of actual students who undertake International mobility. Mobility objectives are being met and will continue to help with mobility targets (not specifically erasmus targets) of a 13% increase in mobility by 2020. In 2019 the University of Hull has appointed a new Pro-Vice Chancellor international who will be working on the University's Internationalisation Strategy during 2019-20. The University undertook a full professional services review during 16-17. These changes have allowed schools to look at provision of a flexible curriculum, embedded mobility and an opportunity for all students to take part, either working, studying or short mobility programmes for all cycles. Each faculty has a dedicated placement study abroad team which look after outbound students and promote opportunities. The review for the International Office was fully completed in January 2017, when the study abroad face to face student staff were transferred to the Careers Employability and Study Abroad service. The Academic Partnerships Officer is the current coordinator and still completes KA103 - 107 bids and coordinates the mobility reports. Staff are working on the web pages to make information on mobility user friendly. The university promote mobility before students start their degree programmes by attending our open and applicant days. Study abroad promotes mobility by attending the Fresher's fayre and holding a variety of sessions for students in the 1st few weeks of term. The study abroad staff are no longer involved in intercultural activities or coordinate arrivals and welcome events for all students this is now coordinated by a separate team which is working well and assisting with the integration of international student with home students. The project results for outgoing mobility in 2017 are not dissimilar to 2016 results. The profile of participants is still limited to 1st cycle students, postgraduate and research students tend to complete shorter periods of study so are not always eligible for funding so do not show on the report. Statistics show that most of our students go to French, German, Spanish and Italian speaking locations, and this is due to our modern language compulsory student mobility. This profile will change substantially over the length of the current EHIC. The Erasmus partnerships within education, drama and psychology and science subjects, has increased outward bound students but in worldwide locations and not Europe. There has been small numbers of students undertaking summer programmes for zero credits and group visits which have specifically targeted widening participation and disadvantaged students for example a credit bearing summer school with 20 students which has taken place in Aarhus University during summer from 2015. Summer school students outbound from the Faculty of Business Law and Politics (FBLP) to European and Worldwide destinations. Incoming summer programmes are also run in FBLP and there are 3/4 week English Language proficiency programmes running which incoming students can apply for.

The University of Hull has a variety of four year programmes which have a compulsory year or semester abroad. The exchanges programmes were running in the University within the Utrecht network see www.utrecht-network.org before the Erasmus programme came into existence so student mobility and exchange have been a part of student life at the University since the late 1970's early 1980's. Students would not be able to afford to take part in some of the mobility activities without this top up funding via Erasmus. The University of Hull's outward bound objectives, which to increase numbers of Erasmus mobility students has increased over the past 5 years from 73 to 135 (55% increase). Note this is purely the number of students who are Erasmus funded and not the number of actual student who undertake mobility. So we believe we are meeting our objectives and will continue with this to help with EU targets of a 25% increase in mobility by 2020. The University of Hull has a strategy and several major projects for example C2016+ which is a full review of the Curriculum which will be completed in 2017 which will give a more flexible curriculum, embedded mobility and an opportunity for all students to take part, either working, studying or virtual or short mobility programmes for all cycles. The other projects that have had an impact on our student journey and student experience projects. Staff and student mobility is now high profile and because of the effect of these two projects, the University Study Abroad and Exchange Unit decided to rebrand and is now Go Connect. Go Connect has reviewed all the publications for outward bound students and the web pages to make mobility more user friendly. Go Connect is meeting its objectives which are to promote mobility before studies to take place by attending our 10 open days. Promoting mobility by attending the week long Fresher's fayre and holding a variety of sessions for students in the 1st few weeks of term. Go Connect also looks at intercultural activities, and currently coordinates arrivals and welcome events for all students. The project results for outgoing mobility show for incoming students shows that Go Connect's activities has an impact on how students view the University services provided. The profile of participants is currently limited to 1st cycle students, although cycle 2 and 3 students are increasing slowly and those departments who have Erasmus or other study abroad partnerships and are predominately Hull Business School (HUBS), Languages, Law, Politics and Humanities. This is why the statistics from the project show that most of our students go to France, Germany Spain and Italy. This profile will change substantially over the length of the current EHIC, and should show a high increase in European Erasmus partnerships within Education, Drama and Psychology and an increase of outward bound students. The University has coordinated summer programmes, full statistics are difficult to capture but with the move on system ready for use in 15-16 for logging the outward bound students this issue may be solved in due course. There has been summer programmes set up by the International Office and group visits which have specifically targeted widening participation and disadvantaged students for example a credit bearing summer school with 20 students which took place in Aarhus University during summer of 2015, plus 70 students outbound from HUBS to European and Worldwide destinations. Incoming summer programmes are also run in HUBS and there are 3/4 week English Language proficiency programmes running which incoming students can apply for. There is also a professional English programme running during the summer which is part funded by the Utrecht Network. This has been very successful for the past 2 years with 10 research staff members from partner institutions being funded to take part under the Erasmus mobility. The impact of the project helped with the promotion within our faculties on mobility and the opportunities available to them and knowledge of the Erasmus funding, not only action 1 but for Strategic Partnerships. The University will be looking to apply for International Credit funding for a variety of locations in 2015-16 particularly in Latin America (HUBS Summer and Winter schools). Americans (compulsory year abroad American Studies) and China as we now have a 4 year compulsory programme. On a longer term basis, as the University of Hull is a partner for City of Culture 2017 discussions will take place on whether Erasmus placement students could be used to help with the 365 events that will take place in the city during the project years of 2016-17 and 2017-18. This will benefit our partners institution students, which in turn would benefit our outward bound students who may be able to take advantage of placements run by our established educational partners.Overall the project was successful in 14-15

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