Background

Building on the success of informal meetings held at the annual NAFSA International Education Conference, the student mobility co-ordinators decided to formalise their meetings and held their first U21 Student Mobility Annual General Meeting in 2004 hosted by the University of Virginia.

Subsequent meetings have taken place at the University of British Columbia, McGill University, Minneapolis and most recently at the University of Virginia (May 2008).  The timing of the Student Mobility AGM continues to coincide with the NAFSA conference and if possible is hosted by a nearby U21 member institution. Reports from these meetings are available below.

The meetings, which are always well attended, provide an important forum for the student mobility coordinators to meet and discuss issues of common interest as well as progress the U21 student mobility agenda through collegial interaction and collaborative projects.

In addition to the Annual General Meeting there is an email distribution list which the co-ordinators use to communicate with one another.
 

Objectives

The U21 Student Mobility group represents the student mobility coordinators from each U21 university. The aim of the group is to enhance student mobility within the Universitas 21 framework in accordance with the objectives of the Shanghai Declaration by:

• Sharing information and best practice
• Promoting collegial interaction
• Collaborating on student mobility projects
• Engaging in professional development.

The group reports to the U21 Managers.
 

Membership

There is no official membership. All U21 student mobility coordinators are invited to sign up to the email distribution list and attend the Student Mobility AGM each year.
 

Contact

Clare Harper at the University of Melbourne is the U21 Student Mobility Co-ordinator for the network. Please contact Clare if you have any questions regarding the group’s activities, if you wish to sign up to the email distribution list, attend the AGM or receive further information (harperc@unimelb.edu.au)

The U21 Student Mobility group would be very interested in working with other U21 collaborative groups on student mobility related projects and is always very happy to provide advice on any aspect of student mobility.