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Student exchange programmes, which generally offer the opportunity for students to gain academic credit when studying at another institution, tend to be run at an institutional level. They offer enormous potential benefits for students to improve their international experience, which may for example: enhance their employability potential on graduation; enable them to improve their language skills: find new perspectives on their academic subject and experience a new culture. There are also benefits for the home institution through receiving international students, thus increasing the internationalisation of programmes and the student experience.

In Europe the Erasmus programme enables higher education students to study and staff to teach in 31 European countries. In the UK the programme is run by the UK Socrates Erasmus Council and further information can be found on their website.

The Europe in the UK website provides extensive information on various study, work (paid and voluntary) and entertainment opportunities open to young people across the European Union. The website provides an introduction to the ERASMUS programme.

Although based in the USA, the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) provide interesting research papers and publications on exchange programmes.

The Association for Studies in International Education is also a useful source and their journal, the Journal of Studies in International Education includes numerous relevant articles.

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