Description
The NILS Project in the University of Valladolid is a strategic instrument for consolidating the relationships of the UVa with the partner universities of Norway and of Iceland. It will not only benefit the students but also the University, since it will assure the mobility balance among the institutions involved. These HEIs are a very good destination for our students due to the quality of the Education provided, to the academic offer and also to the language of instruction, that is, English. The NILs Project will enable the participating students to gain the necessary skills and competences to access the labour market. This project will offer the financial support, which will complement the ERASMUS grants to our best students, who, otherwise, may not be able to participate due to the high living cost of these countries. The International Office is in charge of the project promotion among the students as well as its administrative and financial management and results dissemination.
Summary of project results
The crisis situation in Spain threatens the bilateral mobility at bachelor and master level with donor states, due to the higher cost of living at these countries and the reduction of funds available for students for this purpose. NILS programme and the project intended to contribute to mantaining or increasing the students mobility from Spain to Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, within the frame of the Erasmus+ programme. University of Valladolid managed a call addressed to its students at Bachelor and Master levels, in connection with the institutional Erasmus+ call, in order to promote and fund stays to be performed in Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. As a result, 9 students carried out stays at higher education institutions in Norway and Iceland. All of them were Bachelor students Out of them, 4 were women, that is, 44%, face to 5 men, 56%. Main destination country was Norway with 8 students in 5 different institutions; 1 student was hosted in one Icelandic higher education institution. These 9 students performed around 64 months of stay, out of which 50 were included in the NILS grant, receiving an average grant of 3333 euro per person for the whole period, with an average length of stay of 7 months. Their study period received an official recognition of ECTS (European Credit Transfer System), with an average of 34,80 ECTS per student.
Summary of bilateral results
University of Valladolid attempted to provide an international academic experience to 9 Spanish students in Norway and Iceland. These 9 students performed around 64 months stay, of of which 50 were included in the NILS grant, receiving an average grant of 3913 euro per person for the whole period, with an average length of stay of 4.21 months. Their study period received an official recognition of ECTS (European Credit Transfer System), with an average of 34,80 ECTS per student. For them, this experience has a great value at a personal and academic level, and probably a professional level in the future, too. On the institutional side, University of Valladolid attempted to consolidate their Erasmus + agreements with partner institutions in Norway and Iceland, and will continue exchanging students with them. The project provided the opportunity both to students and to the institution to enhance and to deepen bilateral relations as well as to increase the visibility of such mobility and relations in both sides.