erasmus
Meet the Erasmus elite: bright stars in a global recession?
What do a loud-mouthed English ladette, a svelte Ukrainian vamp, a dashing Polish casanova and a bagpipe-playing Frenchman all have in common? Bar-stool jokes aside, they're all members of YRN - the association of European regions' youth network. About 150 people meet annually to discuss how to use Europe to hoist them out of the economic doldrums. cafebabel.com caught up with them in Paris this December
erasmus, eurogeneration, paris, regions, travel, economic crisis, conference
'Erasmus is about discovering Europe'
Like many an old advertising cliché, the erasmus student exchange programme offers a ‘dual action’ experience. After the culture shock, the parties, the multinational encounters and the adventures across Spain, come the trips to visit new found friends, in all corners of Europe. This new European consciousness keeps us coming back for more
erasmus, european identity, spain, seville, friendship, europe, france
Discrimination: finding a place to live in Paris
Real Parisians know it all too well; even they need several months and an agency, usually, to find a home within the city limits, on the commuter belt of one of the 20 Parisian ‘arrondissements’ (administrative districts). But then how do foreigners fare in the cut-throat Parisian housing market?
erasmus, paris, expatriates, flat hunting, flat share, france, students
cafebabel's most commented articles of 2009
Imlaq on the Israel-Palestinian conflict: 'cafe babel is biased in writing only about Israelis.' Bob on French language learners: 'Americans and Britons probably don't do much better than the French when it comes to languages.' Oriane about the extreme right in Europe: 'It’s a pity to throw nazillon in everywhere.' Georges on the Erasmus programme: 'Most of the french students are afraid.' Peter about parlorama.eu: 'Miss Koch-Mehrin is one of the worst - she’s never at parliament!' A small compilation of the best reader comments in 2009 - be sure to leave us yours for 2010! Happy new year
- Eyewitness Israel: Gaza, war and the wall of incomprehension between Europe
- Why would you not do Erasmus?
- Europe's far-right youth: '10 years ago we were 'Nazi losers'. Now it’s ok to be a Nazi'
- Parlorama.eu portal reopens despite EU politician threats
- Take back your Portuguese worker: how racist is Europe?
- French citizens ‘Balkan-level’ skill at the English language
Scandinavia, new top erasmus destination?
In 2008, almost 13, 700 students on the 'erasmus' student exchange programme were drawn to countries in northern Europe. Finland, Sweden and even Norway aren't yet threatening Spain in its pole position as Europe's most popular destination, but they're generating an enormous amount of debate, between cliches and untruths. From student salaries in Denmark to Finnish e-courses, we tackle the young man or woman's Nordic myth
- Why Scandinavians do life better
- Fever Ray, Peter Bjorn and John: Swedish music right now
- Sauna, an A-level in drinking beer: my erasmus semester in Tampere, Finland
- Young Europeans would like to be Scandinavian
- University in Denmark is free for EU citizens, plus other fantasy-realities
- Flexicurity is Scandinavian example for European model
I quit Facebook - even Bill Gates did
More than 250 million people have registered themselves on Facebook. This spectacular number will soon be surpassed; the social network is growing at a rate of 5 million users a week. Nonetheless, the giant is not unstoppable. Its critics are also multiplying, and some are choosing to log off the network for the final time
erasmus, communication , internet, china, united states, blogs, india
Study in Sweden: an American on Swedish and alcohol for the cold
Living in what some of my fellow Americans view as a ‘socialist country’ of moral looseness and liberal idiocy, I can’t begin to stress where they are dead wrong. Sure, everything from the average American viewpoint is going to seem loose and liberal, but it’s not entirely the case. Testimony and tips
erasmus, culture, travel, america, uppsala, sweden, identité culturelle
Swedish women, the ideal woman?
Tall, dashing, blond hair and a blue-eyed stare. The list of clichés regarding Swedish women is long. Courted by men, envied by other women; how do the women in question live with these stereotypes? Part II in a special edition marking the six-month Swedish presidency of the EU
erasmus, feminism, seduction, men and women, feminism, sexism, sweden
Istanbul's Yeditepe, Halic universities: erasmus stick together on campus
Students on an erasmus university exchange in Istanbul can either get involved in the city's pulsing and extremely political life or abandon themselves to binge drinking with other erasmus students on the isolated campus. Part two of an erasmus experience retold
The Mona Eramus smile
In April the European commission announced that whilst only 10% of students go abroad today, 53% want to have the experience. What's putting the brakes on going the Erasmus student exchange programme? Elitism, tight budgets, bad organisation and fending for yourself - the signs are that the flagship European integration programme has been hard hit, after twenty-one years of existence
£950 million to Erasmus Mundus
At the end of October the European Commission launched the study-in-europe.org website. The Study in Europe portal ‘promotes the attractiveness of European higher education to students from other parts of the world’ to non- EU citizens.
erasmus, politics, euweek, education, students, european commission, university
Exploiting unpaid interns: rites of passage?
Associations like Generation Precarity or Fairwork expose an exploited flexible labour force with intermittent incomes and no job security
erasmus, democratisation, identity, labour, future of europe, germany, education system
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