A Review of Target Groups’ Needs in Student Mobility

The general aim of the research outlined in the present report was to provide a clear and multifaceted overview of the needs of Erasmus students, higher education institutions, and intercultural education teachers/trainers in respct of study abroad. Some general questions taken into consideration during the design phase were as follows. How do students imagine and prepare for their study abroad experience? According to what criteria do they consider the study abroad successful/unsuccessful? What main constraints/satisfactions do they experience before/during/after their sojourn abroad? What do teachers consider to be powerful principles and practices for effective intercultural learning? What intercultural learning objectives are pursuable/reachable in teaching and how? What are Erasmus/international officers interested in when it comes to preparing students for their sojourn abroad? What role might intercultural education have within existing offerings to outgoing and incoming Erasmus students?