Training opportunities abroad through the Erasmus programme

As an employee at Linnaeus University, you can apply for scholarships for training opportunities abroad, or so called learning mobility or staff training.

The purpose of Erasmus+ Staff Training

Staff Training of Individuals is part of the European Union’s Programme Erasmus+. Its aim is to increase the quality and strengthen the European dimension of higher education.

What is Staff Training?

Training periods abroad can consist of shadowing, observation periods, professional development courses or specific competence-building events.

The aim of the activity should be to learn new and innovative learning, teaching, administrative or management practices which afterwards can be applied by the staff participants at their home institution. An example is if you as a teacher would like to develop learning tools or virtual mobility projects with another university. It is important that learning mobility takes place within your own area of work and not linked to one's own research or research collaboration.

Conferences or any type of event only dedicated to a specific academic discipline are not eligible.

Teaching staff can also combine teaching and staff training activities during the same mobility. Read more about a teaching assignment here.

Where can Staff Training take place?

Erasmus+ supports training both at education institutions and at relevant organisations operating outside the sector. Eligible countries are the 27 EU member states as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey. Great Britain is no longer in the Erasmus programme.

Staff training does not require an exchange agreement (Erasmus agreement) with the receiving institution, however if it is a higher education institute, it should have an Erasmus Charter.

If you are interested in carrying out a staff training at one of Linnaeus University Erasmus partner universities and need a contact, kindly address the person at your faculty who is responsible for managing the agreements. Choose the heading "Administrative contact at faculty level" to the right.

Who can apply?

Opportunities to take part in professional development activities are available to staff working at all levels of education, both academic and non-academic staff. Doctoral students the same possibilities as other employees to apply for an Erasmus Learning Mobility, as long as the activities are connected to their future professional careers or ongoing professions at the university. Doctoral students can also apply for a teaching assignment within the Erasmus Programme. Read more about a teaching assignment here.

Special needs support
Additional funding is available for participants with physical, mental or health-related conditions via the Erasmus+ special needs support.

Conditions for applying

Staff Training exchange must be a minimum of 2 workdays and a maximum of 2 months (excluding travel days).
The period must be carried out in one and the same place.

Travel policy, rules and safety

When choosing a destination and mode of travel, Linnaeus University's travel policy shall be considered. Where the destination is not crucial for the work-related benefit, sustainable close alternatives shall be chosen to reduce the climate impact. Erasmus+ provides extra support for green travel.

The local and state framework agreements that exist shall be utilized when purchasing/booking business travel. See Linnaeus University's travel procedures for domestic and international work-related travel.

Always consider the Lnu guidelines for personal safety for abroad travel.

Application procedure

Applications are received and funds are allocated continuously.

Before the mobility:

Complete and submit the online form on this link. In the application you need to state the overall aim, objectives and added value of the visit, content of program and expected results.
After having submitted the application, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions of how to sign the Mobility Agreement (MA) in the application portal. The MA also needs to be signed by the head of your department/office and the host before allocation.
Upload the MA on the application portal (instructions in the confirmation email). Also bring this version of the MA to the host for a final signature.
STUD will allocate the funds and you will receive a grant agreement that needs to be signed prior to the mobility.

Erasmus Grant
The Erasmus funds are standard amounts based on destination and length of stay and regardless of the actual costs of the mobility. They should be seen as a contribution towards the costs for travel and accommodation, hence it is important that the mobility is supported by the head of department/office should the costs exceed the Erasmus grant.

Special needs support
Additional funding is available for participants with physical, mental or health-related conditions via the Erasmus+ special needs support.

After the mobility:

Send the fully signed MA to STUD.
Report your expenses through the Primula system.
Fill out the online-survey. A link to the survey is sent to you from Erasmus Mobility Tool upon your return.
The grant will be transfered to your department/office.

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