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EMREX

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Supporting Student Mobility

Århus 19.11.2015

Mats Lindstedt

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“Field trial on the impact of enabling

easy mobility on recognition of

external studies”

What is EMREX?

Why use it? Benefits?

How does it work?

Agenda

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EMREX animation video

Purpose is to briefly explain to students

(and administrators) what EMREX is all

about

EMREX video -> www.emrex.eu

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Student

Mobility

Plug-in

National

Contact

Point

Host

Country

Result

Service

Oodi

Auth.

ELMO (XML)

OodiOodiHEI

SIS

Home country

HEI SIS

Student returning home can retrieve his

achievement data electronically

Supporting student mobility

Countr

y A

Countr

y B

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Degree mobility Student mobilityCredit mobility

Eligibility

Reviewing

achievement

records

Recognition of

previous studies

Admission services

Different types of mobility

ERASMUS+European Education and

Training 2020 (ET2020).

The conclusions of the mid-term stocktaking are

reflected in the draft ET 2020 Joint Report,

presented by the European Commission on the

8th of September 2015.

Priority nr 5/6:

5. Transparency and recognition of skills and

qualifications;

“Supporting the mobility of students, staff and

researchers and the development of strategic

partnerships and joint courses by increasing HE

internationalisation”

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Facts about the project

•EU Erasmus+ project (2015-2017)

•Ministry level initiative

• Increase student mobility (20%)

•Recognition of previous studies

•Electronic and secure transfer of student data between HEIs

•Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Sweden

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Timeline

2015 2016 2017Planning Field Trial Evaluation

Specification Surveys Upscaling

Developing Production

We are

here

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Benefits for higher education

Fast and easy-to-use tool for fetching

achievement records

Significantly increases the availability, quality and

recognition of degrees and credits

Reduces the risk of overlapping studies

Diminishes the risk of forged transcripts and/or

certificates

Reduces the administrative workload, saving time

and money

Promotes student mobility

Students used to google – demand fast and online services

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More benefits

National/European Mobility targets - increases

student mobility and crediting

Enables automatic recognition of studies

Mobility statistic – reliable and aggregated data

Non-HEIs e.g. government/student support

agencies

Turnkey solution for connecting existing systems:

– Easy tool to implement locally

– Student authorization (no new contracts)

– Local infrastructure (data warehouses,

authentication) to be utilized

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EMREX screenshots

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EMREX screenshots

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And after the project?

EMREX components available already today

– Open source, no licencing costs

Plans for an EMREX Steering Committee

Co-operation with other projects (e.g.

ERASMUS Without Paper)

Scaling up to the

whole of EU !!

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Additional information

EMREX website www.emrex.eu

EMREX-info mailing list, e.g. monthly

reports(Enquiries: Mats Lindstedt)

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Questions?