Elevator pitch...

After we did this little elevator pitch in class today, I thought maybe I could also advertise my paper by writing a blog post about it ;) 

Actually the topic of my paper affects all of you in a way. At least the ones that are planning to do an erasmus semester abroad . It’s about the never ending story of recognizing erasmus courses. I am sure that most of you have heard about that problem before. 

Every year more than 230 000 students take part in the Erasmus program. This education and training program enables students to study at a partner university in the European Union for a period of 3-12 months. Its goal is to promote lifelong learning and to encourage mobility within the EU. A great opportunity for students to improve their language skills as well as to gain valuable experience and to broaden their horizons. Participating in the Erasmus program, however, does not always bring the success and the results the students hoped for. Many people do not take into account that studying abroad also has its disadvantages, the greatest being the problem of recognizing absolved courses. Why do home university often not recognize courses taken at the host university and how can students prevent that from happening? The aim of this paper, that is based on personal experience is to investigate these question in order to illustrate the problems of studying abroad and to show what can be done to try to solve them. 

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