1. AREAS+ PROJECT OUTCOMES
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AREAS+ PROJECT OUTCOMES
Miriam Negri,
International Projects and Development Cooperation Office, Politecnico di Torino

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Timeline AREAS+
Project proposal submission April 2013 Proposal approval by EACEA July 2013 Coordinators Meeting - Brussels October 2013 Kickoff Meeting – Kuala Lumpur October st Call for Applications November 2013 – February st Selection Meeting - Brno April st Progress Report to EACEA August 2014 Implementation of mobility flows since August nd Call for Applications October 2014 – February nd Progress Report to EACEA February nd Selection Meeting - Skype March rd Progress Report to EACEA March 2016 Call for Scholarship Extensions September 2016 Final Meeting – Torino May 2017 Project end 14 July 2017 Final Report to EACEA mid-Sept 2017
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3. IMPROVEMENTS FROM AREAS TO AREAS+ (1)
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IMPROVEMENTS FROM AREAS TO AREAS+ (1)
2 new partners: TTU (Estonia) and IIT Dhanbad (India)
Replacement of 2 AREAS partners not very active
Opportunity to newly internationalizing HEIs to grow  Goal achieved!
IIT Dhanbad:
4 IN + 15 OUT mobilities;
19 joint papers + 1 prototype;
1 MoU;
internationalization process
Congrats for becoming an IIT!
TTU:
14 IN + 7 OUT mobilities;
2 new MoUs + 1E+ KA E+ KA2 CBHE under submission + 1H2020 under submission
TTU comments: “…positive impact in capacity building, modernization and internationalization” “Thanks to AREAS+, TTU has proven to be an active and reliable partner, therefore was invited to participate the Erasmus+ capacity building project. Through AREAS+ mobilities…. TTU is exposed to students and scholars from a very different background, its internationalization strategy is under a stress test. The result has been satisfaction, of course with areas of improvements…”
Introduction of Co-coordinator from Asia: Hanoi University of Science and Technology - HUST (Vietnam)
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4. IMPROVEMENTS FROM AREAS TO AREAS+ (2)
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IMPROVEMENTS FROM AREAS TO AREAS+ (2)
Mobility flow EU -> AS
For some AS universities: first experience in welcoming EU exchange students!
Online platform for the collection of applications and project documents (AREAS+ tool)
Foster the cooperation started within AREAS
New MoUs, exchange agreements, double degree agreements
New joint supervisions of doctorate thesis, new joint papers
New joint projects
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5. IMPROVEMENTS FROM AREAS TO AREAS+ (3)
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IMPROVEMENTS FROM AREAS TO AREAS+ (3)
Increase of Intra-regional cooperation among the Asian Partners: sharing of best practices  JWARCT (Joint Workshop on Academic Recognition and Credit Transfer) in Cambodia, 2014
Cooperation with other EMA2 Partnerships in the region
JWARCT
Joint Evaluation lot 12
Participation in Evaluation of Impact of EMA2 projects in Asia, realized by EXPERTS project Coordinator UGOE
Increasing interest in Administrative Staff mobilities: from 20% to 34% of Staff mobilities (see slide N° 15)
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7. Project outcomes: call for proposals requirements (1)
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Project outcomes: call for proposals requirements (1)
Call for proposals EACEA/38/12 - lot 12
Max. per project
AREAS+ Proposal
Implemented
Budget
€ 12,2 millions
€ 3,05 millions
€ 3,025 millions
€ 2,868 millions
Flows
480 mobilities
400 Asia -> EU
80 EU -> Asia
Min. 120 mobilities
100 Asia -> EU
20 EU -> Asia
183 mobilities
138 Asia -> EU
45 EU -> Asia
2nd Selection Meeting: reduction to 180
180 mobilities
132 Asia -> EU
48 EU -> Asia
Drop out: 22
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8. Project outcomes: call for proposals requirements (2)
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Project outcomes: call for proposals requirements (2)
Distribution per level
Call for proposals EACEA/38/12 - lot 12
AREAS+ Budget Proposal
Implemented
Undergraduate
20 – 40 %
24,59%
28,33 %
Master
15 – 35 %
31,15%
28,89 %
PhD
10 – 30 %
11,48%
11,11 %
Post Doc
5 – 20 %
8,20%
7,22 %
Staff
24,44 %
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9. Project outcomes: call for proposals requirements (3)
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Project outcomes: call for proposals requirements (3)
Distribution per Group
Call for proposals EACEA/38/12 - lot 12
AREAS+ Budget Proposal
Implemented
Distribution per Target Group
TG1 min. 50 %
TG1: 83,61%
TG2: 13,11%
TG3: 3,28%
TG1: 82,78 %
TG2: 13,89 %
TG3: 3,33 %
Distribution per Country Group
Group A: Cambodia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos
Group B: Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Group A min. 30 %
Group A: 37,70%
Group B: 37,70%
EU: 24,59%
Group A: 35 %
Group B: 38,33 %
EU: 26,67 %
Fewer grantees than planned from Laos (no applications 2nd call)
Many grantees from India
High participation from EU
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10. Project outcomes: Grantees per nationality
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Project outcomes: Grantees per nationality
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11. Project outcomes: TG1 grantees per home university
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Project outcomes: TG1 grantees per home university
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12. Project outcomes: Grantees per host university
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Project outcomes: Grantees per host university
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13. Project outcomes: Grantees per host university and study level
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Project outcomes: Grantees per host university and study level
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14. Project outcomes: Degree seeking and exchange students
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Project outcomes: Degree seeking and exchange students
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15. Project outcomes: Academic vs administrative staff mobilities
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Project outcomes: Academic vs administrative staff mobilities
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16. Project outcomes: Distribution of grantees per field of study
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Project outcomes: Distribution of grantees per field of study
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17. Project outcomes: Fields of study per host university
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Project outcomes: Fields of study per host university
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18. Project outcomes: Distribution of females and males per field of study
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Project outcomes: Distribution of females and males per field of study
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19. Project outcomes: Gender balance
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Project outcomes: Gender balance
Gender balance per group:
EU: 65%M – 35% F
Group A (Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Vietnam): 59%M – 41%F
Males preponderance: Cambodia, Vietnam; Females preponderance: Mongolia
Group B (India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka): 51%M – 49%F
Males preponderance: India; Females preponderance: Malaysia, Philippines
Improvement compared to received applications: 59% M - 41% F  +2 percentage points during selections. Why?
females submit good quality applications;
selection rules (gender balance as cross-cutting evaluation criteria)
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20. Project outcomes: Academic results – degree seeking students
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Project outcomes: Academic results – degree seeking students
Study level
Number of grantees
Already graduated
Comments
UG full 1
Planned graduation: January 2018
MS full 17 15
1 mobility interruption
1 planned graduation on January 2018
PhD full 6
1 significant delay (interruption + academic difficulties) despite student’s commitment
1 slight delay, graduation planned on November 2018
4 good/brilliant performance
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Project outcomes: Academic results – MS and UG Average ECTS achieved per semester
 Mobility type
1 semester
mobility
2 semesters
4 semesters
5 semesters
All durations
EU -> AS MS
28 (6 students)
19 (5 students) /
24 (11 students)
EU -> AS UG
26 (13 stud.)
27 (4 stud.)
27 (17 stud.)
EU -> AS all
28 (19 stud.)
23 (9 stud.)
26 (28 stud.)
AS -> EU MS
20 (12 stud.)
22 (12 stud.)
29 (17 stud.)
27 (41 stud.)
AS -> EU UG
23 (4 stud.)
20 (29 stud.)
29 (1 stud.)
21 (34 stud.)
AS -> EU all
21 (16 stud.)
21 (41 stud.)
24 (75 stud.)
ALL MS
23 (18 stud.)
22 (17 stud.)
26 (52 stud.)
ALL UG
25 (17 stud.)
21 (33 stud.)
22 (51 stud.)
ALL STUDENTS
24 (35 stud.)
21 (50 stud.)
25 (103 stud.)
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22. Project outcomes: Academic results – MS and UG students
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Project outcomes: Academic results – MS and UG students
EU MS students: outcome influenced by difficulty of some students to find appropriate courses, because of difficult match of academic calendars (Jannik Büttner)
In general, Asian students had more academic difficulties than EU students
In general, MS students performed better than UG students
Degree seeking MS students have been the most successful -> no problems of courses match, academic calendar, etc.: they can attend a program from the beginning to the end
1 semester exchanges have been more successful than 2 semesters ones
Exception compared to all other mobility projects POLITO coordinated!
This confirms the outcome of the grantees survey of previous AREAS project: Asian students pointed out they prefer short mobilities
That’s why we have offered more short mobilities in AREAS+!
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23. Project outcomes: Academic results - Cotutelles and Joint Papers
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Project outcomes: Academic results - Cotutelles and Joint Papers
One Cotutelle agreement (PhD) between POLITO and HUST
Up to now, we know of 48 Scientific Papers published by AREAS+ grantees:
18 by the 13 PhD-exchange grantees and 10 by the 6 PhD-full degree grantees
13 by the 9 Post-Doc grantees
7 by the 6 Academic Staff grantees
24 by Indian grantees only!  most productive AREAS+ group for scientific papers
CUL most productive Host 14 Scientific Papers + 1 Prototype
31 Scientific Papers in the Engineering/Technology field (26 survey + 5 POLITO out)
One Indian grantee published 7 Scientific Papers in the Engineering/Technology field!
AREAS+ grantees reported us 11 Prototypes developed
5 by the 3 Post-Doc grantees
4 by the 2 PhD-full degree grantees
2 by an Academic Staff grantee
2 Awards won by AREAS+ grantees!
Best Paper Award at the Photonics 2016 conference in India (Souvik Gosh, IIT Dhanbad  CUL)
1st Place at the NanoArt contest, August 2015 (Sayari Biswas, IIT Dhanbad  INP)
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24. PROJECT OUTCOMES: new agreements and projects between partners
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PROJECT OUTCOMES: new agreements and projects between partners
Up to now, we know of 21 general agreements signed between AREAS+ partners during the project
Up to now, we know of 26 projects selected or still waiting for the results:
22 in the frame of Erasmus+ KA107 – ICM
2 Erasmus+ KA2 CBHE
2 Horizon 2020
Most “productive” partners:
MU among EU partners
HUST among AS partners
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QUALITY
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26. QUALITY Tools for quality monitoring:
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QUALITY
Tools for quality monitoring:
Progress and intermediate reports with section for Supervisor’s feedback (research levels only)
Periodic meetings with grantees by host universities
ToR host and ToR home collection  both academic performance and recognition
Partner surveys for the Progress / Final Reports
Grantees survey
Joint Evaluation lot 12
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27. Grantees survey results
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Grantees survey results
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28. GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – statistic sample
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GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – statistic sample
Survey distributed to all AREAS+ grantees
Distributed at the end of grantee’s mobility
Grantees’ evaluation on the services received in the different phases of the mobility and on the impact of the project for their curricula, career, personal experience.
Complete replies received: 158 out of 180 grantees  86,6%
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29. GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – skills development
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GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – skills development
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30. GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – career impact
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GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – career impact
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31. GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – brain drain
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GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – brain drain
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32. GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – employability
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GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – employability
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33. GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS - satisfaction
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GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS - satisfaction
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34. GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – Erasmus Mundus added value
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GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – Erasmus Mundus added value
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35. GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – ema2 impact on Partner Countries
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GRANTEES SURVEY RESULTS – ema2 impact on Partner Countries
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