Student Council
Social dimension
The social dimension of student
exchange is a burning issue in the context of the
The Student Council elaborated on
this matter already in 2005, when a concrete proposal of a
differentiated grant system was put forward for the Erasmus grant
system. This is the gist of the policy paper "Attaining social
fairness in student mobity", that can be read here.
This proved to be a seminal
discussion for the establishment of the Bologna Meets Lisbon
project, namely the combination of studying and working abroad.
Indeed, a lot of students combine studying and working in their
home universities in order to be able to finance their studies,
this additional income is usually lost when going abroad. As the
Erasmus grant covers the difference of costs when going abroad,
this additional source of income should also be provided to
students when going abroad. More information can e found here.
More background information on this
topic can be found in the article "The unbearable costs of studying abroad" (May
2006).