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Danish action plan: Enhanced insight through global outlook

The Danish government has just The second part of the plan will
launched the first part of an be tabled later this year and will
action plan for increased focus on how Denmark can at-
internationalisation of the higher tract and retain talented interna-
education programmes in tional students in the future. An
Denmark. English summary of the action
plan for internationalisation can
The first part of the action plan,
presented now, focuses be found here. At the same time
the Danish Eurodesk, Europass
primarily on the effort to
strengthen the international and Euroguidance centres have
competences of Danish stu- launched a new website called
world”,
the
“Seize
dents and on the international
learning environments in which www.gribverden.dk, which shall
Danish institutions are involved. give inspiration, motivation and
information to all Danish stu-
It comprises 31 concrete
initiatives aimed at dents and Danish young per-
accomplishing three objectives: sons to plan for a study or work
placement abroad. The website
More students should study presents a mix of videos, live
or take an internship abroad; interviews and written infor- Birtha Theut, Euroguidance Denmark
Danish higher education mation about staying abroad. It
institutions must have stron- is connected to a Facebook site
ger international learning where young people can ex-
environments; change experiences, discuss
Students should have better and raise questions about study-
foreign language skills. ing or working abroad.

The French Euroguidance Network launches EMMA (Entretien
Mobilité Module d’Autoformation), an online tool to train coun-

sellors in mobility.

counsellors with the aim of the expertise they have gained
helping them to advise their in their practice.
clients with mobility queries.
This tool has several goals:
They were motivated by observ-
ing the growing demand for mo- to facilitate the first inter-
bility information from non- view conducted by coun-
sellors concerning mobil-
specialist advisers, the lack of
exhaustive professional tools ity
available online on the theme of to provide them with the
mobility and the difficulty in or- required information
ganising many sessions of to promote geographic
classroom training. mobility amongst the
general public.
Professional resource centres
EUROGUIDANCE-France The course is made up of three
chose to build a training tool interactive modules based on
Euroguidance centres in online which would represent teaching methods and principles
France are training guidance drawn from the experience of