Bridging the Gap Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window For Lot 12 Partners Meeting in Guangzhou September 2011 Ajindar Kaur Universiti Sains Malaysia

Target Group for Outgoing Students and Staff Graduate School of Business for Masters and PhD participations School of Management undergraduates. Postgraduates from School of Social Sciences ( offer Masters in International Business and Diplomatic Studies ( MIDS)

Participation - Outgoing AppliedApprovedConfirmedRemarks Undergrad: 2None The applicants did not meet the requirements. Masters: USM participants completed the semester. (One applicant did not fulfill the requirements, the other graduated in August 2010) PhD: 211 The confirmed student could not make it due to PhD work commitment. (One student did not have satisfactory progress report) Staff: 111 Had to postpone mobility due to work commitments

Participation - Incoming AppliedOfferedConfirmedRemarks Undergrad: 222 Masters : 333 Completed PhD : NoneNone Post-Doc: 11None Withdrew AppliedOfferedConfirmedRemarks Staff/Visiting Scholar: 6 61 One completed One withdrew & the rest did not provide any reason provided.

Partner Institutions Outgoing: University of Trento, Italy Incoming: University of Trento and University of Murcia

Issues/ Difficulties Internal coordination between units, schools and the need to promote and include more schools. Course recognition and credit transfer mechanism at the postgraduate level to make it more attractive for students. Withdrawal of participants after being offered to participate

Recommendations Improve internal coordination and involve administrative staff in schools in addition to increasing publicity. Coordination of approval from home institution and host institution.

Thank You Terima Kasih