Reference : Learning in transition: Erasmus+ as an opportunity for internationalization
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http://hdl.handle.net/10993/42942
Learning in transition: Erasmus+ as an opportunity for internationalization
English
Samuk, Sahizer[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE) >]
Nienaber, Birte[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE) >]
Kmiotek, Emilia Alicja[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
Vysotskaya, Volha[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE) >]
Muresan, Laura[Academia De Studii Economice Din Bucuresti]
2021
The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration
Cairns, David
Palgrave
173-184
No
2716-7550
978-3-030-64235-8
[en] mobility ; youth ; Europe ; Erasmus-isation ; Erasmus+ ; internationalisation ; concatenation of mobilities
[en] Erasmus+ has diversified its benefits for young people to learn and thrive via mobility in the last 30 years. How does Erasmus+ serve young people? We conducted 10 semi-structured interviews with young people (aged between 18-29) in Luxembourg, Norway and Romania. Firstly, these young people feel that their identity changes as they internationalise and they travel more after the Erasmus+ experience. Hence, Erasmus+ is an eye opener. Secondly, employment, volunteering or training activities under Erasmus+ become a door-opener increasing young people’s chances of finding jobs. Thirdly, Erasmus+ does not end when the mobility ends: a new life style is adopted and nostalgia with the Erasmus+ leads to feeling at “home” in international environments. All these three aspects can be defined as Erasmus-isation encapsulated within a life-long perspective.