La movilidad de los universitarios en España: estudio sobre la participación en los programas Erasmus y Sicue

Authors

Pilar Pineda HerreroSalto de línea María Victoria Moreno AndrésSalto de línea Esther Belvis PonsSalto de línea Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación. Departamento de Pedagogía Sistemática y Social. GAPEF-GIPE. Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, España.

Abstract

University students mobility in Spain: a research based on the participation in Erasmus and Sicue programsSalto de línea Salto de línea The Bologna process has taken an undeniable role in the development of the European Higher Education Area by putting in motion for the first time the creation of a shared framework at the higher education level. In this new framework, teachers' and students' mobility is sought and encouraged.The European Union has always placed a major emphasis on mobility as one of the key lines of action within the wide field of education policy.Salto de línea This study is about the mobility of Erasmus and Sicue students in the European Union and the Spanish university context. It's specifically referred to five representative faculties of education.The study tries to explain mobility through three basic lines of research that include: documentary analysis, application of eligibility index and work field, using qualitative and quantitative methods.Salto de línea The results found in the research process show that the participation in a programme of mobility is not only connected with a particular personal profile but also with other factors that can promote or inhibit this decision.The most important factors are related to the family and relationship context, the features of programmes and the promotion that takes place within the actual university environments.Salto de línea The proposals to increase the mobility impact, to provide equal opportunities for access to it and to improve the achievement of goals are addressed to universities, to administration and also to the European Union.

Keywords

Comparative education, European Higher Education Area, the Bologna Process, mobility, flows, University, elegibility index.