W ramach programu Erasmus+, Wyższa Szkoła Kultury Społecznej i Medialnej w Toruniu zaangażowała się w badania innowacyjnych praktyk zarządzania kryzysowego w społeczności Erasmus (RIPEC).RIPEC ma na celu koordynowanie wspólnych badań i problemów oraz przyjęcie innowacyjnych metod i narzędzi radzenia sobie z zarządzaniem kryzysowym w ramach mobilności z programu Erasmus+.
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Erasmus + Kraje spoza Unii Europejskiej

Karta ERASMUSA dla Szkolnictwa Wyższego 2021-2027

Biuro programu Erasmus+

Adres: św. Józefa 23/35, 87-100 Toruń

Telefon: 00 48 56 610 72 64

Email:erasmusplus@wsksim.edu.pl

ERASMUS CHARTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION 2021-2027

Erasmus Policy Statement

Erasmus Policy statement (EPS): WSKSiM strategy

The development strategy the Wyższa Szkoła Kultury Społecznej i Medialnej (WSKSiM) in Toruń embraces the main goals of the Erasmus+ Programme and European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning. It systematically improves the quality of education, promotes the European dimension of education, develops multi-lateral cooperation with other educational institutions and also with businesses, takes advantage of the increase in student and academic staff mobility, and works for the sake of mutual recognition of qualifications obtained by teachers and students during an academic exchange.

The WSKSiM policy concerning the realization of the Erasmus+ program aims at preparing students to live in a multinational, multicultural, information society of the European Union and to improve  qualifications of the academic staff.

Currently, our Wyższa Szkoła Kultury Społecznej i Medialnej (WSKSiM) in Toruń is in the process of finalizing another two bilateral agreements with European universities. In this moment we signed 61 agreements with European and 10 agreements with Non-European Institutions of Higher Education. In addition, we have signed 9 agreements with foreign companies to conduct internships for our students.

We pledge to exchange teaching staff and to increase the exchange of students based on bilateral agreements. Every year at least 3% of our students will take part in studying abroad or through an internship in a company. This is why we will intensify our efforts to win new partners. The number of foreign students studying at the WSKSiM should be approximately equal to that of our students studying abroad. 

In the context of the experience associated with the Erasmus + program, a special fund was created to pay special scholarships for children of Poles from the former Soviet republics. Every year we have a large number of students from Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine. All foreign students have the same rights as Polish students.

We would like to increase our participation in multilateral projects related to the development of new educational programs, cooperation of academic institutions with companies, and distance-learning. Our broad experience in this domain includes, among others things, the strategic partnership with Università degli Studi della Tuscia in Viterbo, Italy; and common research with Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas in Manilla, Philiphinnes. 

Qualifications of our teaching staff are systematically enhanced by participation in international conferences, training courses and seminaries. So far, the WSKSiM has organized over a few hundreds international conferences, congresses, and symposia. Also, foreign professors are regularly invited to give lectures (mainly in English, German, Spanish and Italian language).

In order to enhance the quality of the European dimension of higher education the WSKSiM seeks to reinforce transnational cooperation between universities, encourage full academic recognition of studies and qualifications throughout the EU. To achieve this WSKSiM:

–    has introduced the ECTS system;

–    issues diploma supplements (in two languages);

–    Supports and recognizes the mobility of students and academic teachers;

–    accepts non-residents for studies; currently there are 32 persons from different countries, including: Belarus, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom. These students are fully integrated into the academic environment and no cases of negative attitudes caused by their nationality or race have been reported;

–    appointed an international and intercollegiate coordinator and established a organizational unit for the Erasmus+ Program;

–    offers a wide range of language courses (English, German, Polish for Foreigners)

–    promotes the study of foreign languages by increasing the number of hours devoted to studying languages (e.g., some fields of studies have 4 times more hours of language courses as compared to the program minimum);

–    employs the latest computer and multimedia technologies. The WSKSiM has its own computer, TV and radio studios, and even a student’s radio called “SIM Radio” and onlne students TV Tilma;

–    adjusts its educational offerings to European job markets;

The WSKSiM pledges that, among other things, it will continue cooperation with higher education institutions and companies; attempt to establish new cooperation agreements; start a program of studying in English within the most popular field of studies – Journalism and Social Communication, Political Science, Information Technology and an innovative stydying program in the field of media informatics. From 2019, we began education in a new field of study: nursing.

WSKSiM:

– has elaborated and implemented the program of studies adjusted to the latest educational standards, including academic mobility;

– implemented education within the ECTS system;

– provides diploma supplements (in 2 languages);

– recognizes the exchange of students and academic teachers;

– recognizes internships as integral part of studies and makes attempts to include them into the ECTS system.

– appointed an Erasmus Institutional Coordinator and a support group.

The WSKSiM declares that for visiting students and academic teachers coming within the framework of the Erasmus Program it will:

– publish annually a guide with a detailed offer of courses in foreign languages as well as place it on the WSKSiM website.

– organize courses in English in the field of Journalism and Social Communication, Political Science, Information Technology and Media Informatics

– update constantly the WSKSiM English website (courses offered, consultations, syllabi, student news, cultural events);

– offer the help of the International and Intercollegiate Coordinator in all matters concerning living and studying at the WSKSiM;

– offer accommodation in the WSKSiM dormitory and assistance in available medical services

– organize cultural and sightseeing excursions, an extended program of integration, including meetings, participation in cultural events, trips, etc.

– organize free courses in the Polish language, culture, and civilization for incoming students in order to help them to manage everyday situations;

For outgoing students the WSKSiM declares:

– to help a student to prepare a plan of courses to be taken (it will be done under the guidance of the Departmental ECTS Coordinator);

– to recognize courses completed abroad;

– to provide students with all the information and documents necessary to acquire the Erasmus scholarship as well as all the documents necessary to account for expenditures.

 

In order to assure the quality of student internships the WSKSiM: has developed the internship regulations that establish internship guiding principles, the program, the course of realization, supervision, and evaluation; has appointed an Internship Coordinator, who undertakes actions to acquire new internship possibilities and to monitor internships already carried out; any internship is additionally monitored by an internship mentor in a hosting institution; support financially persons who realize their internships abroad; The internship is credited (which is confirmed in a student’s record book), on the basis of the internship chart, which is confirmed by the employer. 

That chart specifies, among other things, the scope of functions and opinion about the student’s work. The host organization prepares a document called “Internship program” which gives a precise description of the beneficiary’s duties as well as information about the internship’s duration, the beginning and ending dates of the internship, the company’s scope of activity, and information about the person responsible for that internship in the company. 

The beneficiary will receive a program about the internship before it starts; All provisions concerning the course of internship are written in a contract made within the framework of the Erasmus+ Program. 

Provisions agreed among the parties concern internship duration, obligations of all parties involved, internship financing, monitoring, evaluation and controlling.

The monitoring of the internship program will be realized through sending to the beneficiary an evaluative questionnaire during internships, and after an internship is completed, sending a trainee assessment form to the person responsible for the beneficiary in a receiving company.

The Beneficiary receives from a host institution references in the form of a Company Certificate. The WSKSIM student receives a credit for any internship completed abroad from the Internship Coordinator and Dean.

The strategic approach to the development of the WSKSiM is a results from the assumptions of the Long-term Strategy for the development of higher education in Poland until 2020 (SSW2020) and the Human Capital Development Strategy (SRKL), which is a supplement to the Long-Term National Development Strategy in the perspective up to 2030. The development strategy of WSKSiM takes into account the main goals of the Lifelong Learning Programme which promotes the European dimension of education, develops multilateral cooperation between educational institutions and enterprises, puts emphasizes the increase of student and academic teacher mobility, works for mutual recognition of qualifications obtained during exchange of students and teachers. Strategy and impact of Erasmus+ Programme is not a static document, it is subject to adaptation to dynamically changing external and internal conditions.

Erasmus+ Programme is part of the strategic objectives of WSKSiM:

  1. A well-managed university and cooperating with the external environment
  2. The university present on the European education market
  3. A modern university

The Erasmus + program will have an impact on WSKSiM in the following areas:

-Increasing presence on the European market WSKSiM educational and scientific research through active participation in European exchange programs of students and staff and the desire to increase its „recognition”

– Increasing staff and student mobility

– Actions for mutual recognition of qualifications obtained during the exchange of students and teachers, adapting the educational offer to European learning trends by exchanging experience and knowledge with foreign partners

– Increased attractiveness of the education offer in foreign languages in particular fields of study

– Systematic extension of the student placement offer in foreign institutions

– Acquiring new foreign partners for cooperation in the field of didactics and scientific research as well as preparing joint conferences and scientific congresses

The goals set by the University in the context of the ERASMUS + Program are as follows:

– Increase in the number of students going to study abroad and internships – at least 20 trips per year in each category;

– Activation of students with disabilities and in a difficult financial situation through financial supplements to mobility grants (PO WER – Operational Program Knowledge, Education and Development)

– Intensified cooperation with foreign partners, leading to offering joint programs, conducting scientific research and mobility of students and staff;

– Expanding and establishing cooperation with renowned European universities teaching fields of study consistent with WSKSiM education profiles: journalism, political science, media informatics and computer science.

WSKSiM in Toruń intends to systematically expand the group of international students, favoring the improvement of multicultural communication and learning to better understand the behavior of representatives of different cultures and environments. On average, WSKSiM educates 20 foreign students as part of the Erasmus + program – per one academic year. Ultimately, we want to double the number.

In addition, WSKSiM is open to internships for students from abroad as part of the ERASMUS + program, offering internships on TV Trwam, Radio Maryja and student Radio SIM and online students TV Tilma. Every year, several foreign students use this offer. Ultimately, we want to double the number.

One of the pillars of the ERASMUS + program is the exchange of academic staff in which teachers can make trips to foreign partner universities to conduct classes or for training purposes, taking part in workshops, exchanging experience, improving teaching methods, etc. The administrative staff also has the option of traveling under the ERASMUS + program – to improve skills and qualifications or to participate in training.

Every year, “Wyższa Szkoła Kultury Społecznej i Medialnej w Toruniu” hosts numerous representatives of the academic staff and high-class specialists of foreign partner institutions from 5 continents. Lectures by foreign guests are very popular among students who have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and the chance of live contact with a foreign language.

In the future, it is planned to intensify activities related to the mobility of academic staff. Teachers and administrative staff will be encouraged to gain experience in conducting classes outside Poland, as well as to improve skills and professional qualifications. Besides, they will be able to take part in preparatory visits aimed at attracting new partners: universities or institutions to cooperate in the area of mobility.

Guest lectures by academic teachers and representatives of other WSKSiM partner institutions will be an important aspect of the University’s international cooperation. Ultimately, it is planned to organize 20 trips per year under Staff Mobility (STA and STT). We also want to encourage more specialists to come to Poland.

We believe that in the years 2021-2028 we will be able to increase the current indexes by at least 100%.

The impact of the Erasmus + program on recognition, internationalization strategy, foreign contacts, etc. was enormous. Thank you very much for that.

This year, thanks to the Erasmus + program, we have been invited to a very prestigious strategic partnership program under the KA2 project. It was possible thanks to previous cooperation within KA103 – thanks to the exchange of lecturers we met wonderful people from Italy and Spain.

We hope that thanks to the program the university will continue to develop wonderfully.

COMMITMENT

COMMITMENT TO THE ERASMUS CHARTER PRINCIPLES

Declaration 

I, undersigned, declare that if my institution is awarded with an Erasmus Charter for Higher Education, my institution will undertake to:

  • Respect in full the principles of non-discrimination, transparency and inclusion set out in the Programme.
  • Ensure equal and equitable access and opportunities to current and prospective participants from all backgrounds, paying particular attention to the inclusion of those with fewer opportunities. 
  • Ensure full automatic recognition of all credits (based on the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System – ECTS) gained for learning outcomes satisfactorily achieved during a period of study/training abroad, including during blended mobility. 
  • Charge no fees, in the case of credit mobility, to incoming mobile students for tuition, registration, examinations or access to laboratory and library facilities.
  • Ensure the quality of the mobility activities and of the cooperation projects throughout the application and implementation phases.
  • Implement the priorities of the Programme:

o    By undertaking the necessary steps to implement digital mobility management in line with the technical standards of the European Student Card Initiative.

o    By promoting environmentally friendly practices in all activities related to the Programme.

o    By encouraging the participation of individuals with fewer opportunities in the Programme.

o    By promoting civic engagement and encouraging students and staff to get involved as active citizens before, during and after their participation in a mobility or project.

WHEN PARTICIPATING IN MOBILITY ACTIVITIES

Before mobility

  • Ensure that selection procedures for mobility activities are fair, transparent, coherent and documented.
  • Publish and regularly update the course catalogue on the website of the Institution well in advance of the mobility periods, so as to be transparent to all parties and allow mobile students to make well-informed choices about the courses they will follow.
  • Publish and regularly update information on the grading system used and grade distribution tables for all study programmes. Ensure that students receive clear and transparent information on recognition and grade conversion procedures.
  • Carry out mobility for the purpose of studying and teaching only within the frameworkof prior agreements between institutions. These agreements establish the respective roles and responsibilities of the different parties, as well as their commitment to shared quality criteria in the selection, preparation, reception, support and integration of mobile participants.
  • Ensure that outgoing mobile participants are well prepared for their activities abroad, including blended mobility, by undertaking activities to achieve the necessary level of linguistic proficiency and develop their intercultural competences. 
  • Ensure that student and staff mobility is based on a learning agreement for students and a mobility agreement for staff validated in advance between the sending and receiving institutions or enterprises and the mobile participants. 
  • Provide active support to incoming mobile participants throughout the process of finding accommodation.   
  • Provide assistance related to obtaining visas, when required, for incoming and outgoing mobile participants.
  • Provide assistance related to obtaining insurance, when required, for incoming and outgoing mobile participants.
  • Ensure that students are aware of their rights and obligations as defined in the Erasmus Student Charter.

During mobility

  • Ensure equal academic treatment and the quality of services for incoming students.
  • Promote measures that ensure the safety of outgoing and incoming mobile participants.
  • Integrate incoming mobile participants into the wider student community and in the Institution’s everyday life. Encourage them to act as ambassadors of the programme and share their mobility experience.
  • Provide appropriate mentoring and support arrangements for mobile participants, including for those pursuing blended mobility.
  • Provide appropriate language support to incoming mobile participants.

After mobility

  • Provide incoming mobile students and their sending institutions with transcripts of records containing a full, accurate and timely record of their achievements at the end of their mobility period.
  • Ensure that all ECTS credits gained for learning outcomes satisfactorily achieved during a period of study/training abroad, including during blended mobility are fully and automatically recognised as agreed in the learning agreement and confirmed by the transcript of records/traineeship certificate. They shall be transferred without delay into the student’s records, shall be counted towards the student’s degree without any additional work or assessment of the student and shall be traceable in the student’s transcript of records and the Diploma Supplement. 
  • Ensure the inclusion of satisfactorily completed study and/or traineeship mobility activities in the final record of student achievements (the Diploma Supplement).
  • Encourage and support mobile participants upon return to act as ambassadors of the programme, promote the benefits of mobility and actively engage in building alumni communities.
  • Ensure that staff is given recognition for their teaching and training activities undertaken during the mobility period, based on a mobility agreement and in line with the institutional strategy.

WHEN PARTICIPATING IN EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROJECTS

  • Ensure that cooperation activities contribute towards the fulfilment of the institutional strategy.
  • Promote the opportunities offered by the cooperation projects and provide relevant support to staff and students interested in participating in these activities throughout the application and implementation phase.
  • Ensure that cooperation activities lead to sustainable outcomes and that their impact benefits all partners.
  • Encourage peer-learning activities and exploit the results of the projects in a way that will maximise their impact on individuals, other participating institutions and the wider academic community. 

FOR THE PURPOSES OF IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING

  • Ensure that the long-term institutional strategy and its relevance to the objectives and priorities of the Programme are described in the Erasmus Policy Statement.
  • Ensure that the principles of the Charter are well communicated and are applied by staff at all levels of the Institution.
  • Make use of the “ECHE guidelines” and of the “ECHE self-assessment” to ensure the full implementation of the principles of this Charter.
  • Regularly promote activities supported by the Programme, along with their results.
  • Display this Charter and the related Erasmus Policy Statement prominently on the Institution’s website and on all other relevant channels. 

On behalf of the Institution, I acknowledge that the implementation of the Charter will be monitored by the Erasmus National Agencies and that a violation of the above principles and commitments may lead to its withdrawal by the European Commission.

On behalf of the institution, I commit to publishing the Erasmus Policy Statement on the institution website.

Legal representative of the institution

Rector Zdzisław Klafka, PhD