Staff Mobility
The Erasmus exchange programme allows for
the mobility of academic members of staff and administrative staff to spend a
short period of time at one of the University's Erasmus partner universities
either teaching, work shadowing or attending an Erasmus staff training
week.
As with student mobility, the University is
given funding from the British Council to allow staff to participate and the
Global Mobility team manage this budget to ensure that as many staff as
possible can benefit from this programme. Demand is always
greater than the number of places allocated so staff are encouraged to contact
the Global Mobility Team as early as possible to ensure the best chance of
being allocated funding.
The onus is on the staff member to organise
the visit while the Global Mobility Team will facilitate and administer the
application for Erasmus+ funding. Unlike student mobility, staff mobility does
not have to be reciprocated however, in some cases it will be. It is the
responsibility of the academic school to host and accommodate a visiting
Erasmus staff member to ensure they have a productive stay at Edinburgh Napier
University.
The
UK government has taken the decision not to stay in the Erasmus+ programme
following UK withdrawal from the EU, therefore the University will NOT be
operating the Erasmus+ programme after the 2021/22 academic year. In December 2020, the UK government announced the launch
of the new Turing scheme, however, funding for
staff mobility will not be available through the Turing Scheme Funding during
the period from September 2021 to August 2022. At the moment, it is unknown if
funding will become available in the future.
There are two types of visit:
Teaching Mobility
For Academic staff, to teach students at
one of the University’s partner institutions for a minimum of 8 hours/2 days.
Training Mobility
For Professional Services and other support
staff, to workshadow a colleague in a similar role abroad at one of the
University’s partners. Alternatively, to attend an international staff training
week run by a range of institutions.
For further information on how to
apply, the application process, eligibility criteria, levels of funding,
and the list of Erasmus+ partner institutions please contact the Global
Mobility team at studyabroad@napier.ac.uk