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This report presents the work of the Network of Experts on Student Support in Europe (NESSIE) from 2009-2011, including country information templates, data exchange templates, query response mechanism, expertise sharing, consultation on the Green Paper, European-level student lending facility, and suggestions from BFUG members. It highlights the importance of portability, promoting student mobility, and supporting diverse student groups. The report also offers recommendations for the future and references the Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve Communiqué. Future activities include country information templates, quality assessment criteria, student lending facility, and liaison with other BFUG working groups.
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Network of Experts on Student Support in Europe (2009-2011) Draft report BFUG meeting, Copenhagen, 18-19 January 2012 Presented by the former NESSIE Chairs (2009-2011) Mia Wallin and Brian Power
NESSIE report to BFUG meeting in Cracow Report on work of the network, including: • Country Information Templates • Template on data exchange • Query response mechanism • Sharing of Expertise • Green Paper Consultation • Student Lending Facility at European Level
Suggestions from BFUG members in Cracow • Availability of portability information • Purpose and policy - promoting portability • Relationship of the network with BFUG • Support for mobility and social dimension areas • Terms of reference
New Terms of Reference - Alden Biesen2010and recommendations for the future Direct reference to Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve Communiqué • To promote the portability of grants and loans in order to facilitate greater mobility of students across the European Higher Education Area • To support the related objectives of achieving more balanced flows of incoming and outgoing students across the European Higher Education Area and an improved participation rate from diverse student groups • To offer practical solutions for member countries in implementing schemes of portable student support • To share information on developments in relation to the portability of student grants and loans in order to ensure balanced and sustainable mechanisms to support the mobility of students • To raise issues of common concern in relation to the portability of student supports
Addendum to the Report Scope of the Network • to promote the portability of grants and loans in order to facilitate greater mobility of students • challenges and sensitivities Future activities - Oslo Chairs meeting October 2011 • Country information templates • Quality assessment criteria • Student Lending Facility • Liaison with other BFUG Working Groups