Образование без границ: Эразмус глазами участников программ студенческого обмена

Высшее образование в России. 2021. № 4. С. 146–157.

Павлина С. Ю.

Modern educational landscape has been undergoing drastic changes due to the pro-
cesses of internationalization and transnationalization. Internationalization in higher education
is manifold, student academic mobility being one of its manifestations. It is often associated with
ERASMUS, the programme that has been implemented in European higher education for almost
30 years. It provides short-term student exchange programmes and involves EU member states as
well as other European countries, including Russia. The effect of ERASMUS on higher education
of EU countries has been thoroughly studied, while its Russian segment remains a white spot. This
article reports on the study done among Russian students who participated in ERASMUS students
exchange programmes in 2018–2020 as well as the Russian students educated along with their in-
ternational colleagues in a home university. The employment of qualitative methods revealed that
Russian participants of ERASMUS exchange programmes find them very effective. The most signifi-
cant benefits include the development of cross-cultural competence as well as professional skills and
personal growth. Students working with international participants of ERASMUS programme in a
home university were very positive about the experience. Such communication makes the classes
interesting, helps Russian students develop understanding of cultural issues, increases their motiva-
tion and gives impetus to self-development

Keywords: интернационализация высшего образования, студенческая мобильность, трансграничное образование, student mobility, транснационализация, internationalization of higher education, ERASMUS programme, transnationalization, transboundary education, программа Эразмус