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 that than used by Erasmus was put forward. 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 with regards the combination of internships and bursaries.
More background information on this topic can be found in the article "The unbearable costs of studying abroad" (May 2006).