Host a colleague with 'visiting professor' status to teach in your course

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    Category of recipe: Internationalisation through partnerships.

    Objective: Improving academic Quality / offer; Ensure that programmes remain competitive and applicable.

    Short description: Hosting a visiting professor for a certain period (Erasmus+ teaching or teaching for one semester).

    Academic recognition: Certificate of attendance.

    Level of difficulty: Basic.

    Calendar and time needed: Minimum 6 months before teaching.

    Cost summary: €.

    Language and level required: Local language (B2) or English (B2).

    Roles and Responsibilities:
    Square yellow.png Visiting professor must respect the working plan.
    Square yellow.png Receiving professor must coordinate the pedagogical aspects.
    Square yellow.png Receiving institution must provide support services (housing, contracting, etc.).

    Ingredients:
    Square yellow.png A highly motivated colleague.
    Square yellow.png A grant.
    Square yellow.png A course and a group of students.
    Square yellow.png An Agreement / Contract.
    Square yellow.png Good communication.

    Steps:
    Square yellow.png Step 1: Identify the needs for your course.
    Square yellow.png Step 2: Identify the colleague who is able and willing to teach in that course.
    Square yellow.png Step 3: Find a way to finance this mobility and apply to those grants / calls for proposals.
    Square yellow.png Step 4: Wait for an answer (yes/no) and go further (or not, if the answer is no!).
    Square yellow.png Step 5: Inform:

    • The colleague in the other institution.
    • The receiving institution.

    Square yellow.png Step 6: Develop a detailed work plan to make sure you reach the goals and meet the needs (identified in Step 1).
    Square yellow.png Step 7: Set up an Agreement / MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) or Work contract to be able to welcome this colleague.
    Square yellow.png Step 8: Start the immigration process – if visa is required: Letter of invitation and other administrative documents (your colleague must apply for a visa).
    Square yellow.png Step 9: Find an accommodation at your home town for your colleague and set the contract for him (or make sure he does it).
    Square yellow.png Step 10: Organise your colleague’s arrival (office place, access to internet and classroom, bank account, guidance for local transportation, groceries, etc.).
    Square yellow.png Step 11: Welcome your colleague: welcoming tour/activities, settling in the housing, and introduce him/her to all useful departments/people/staff.
    Square yellow.png Step 12: Organise the teaching and evaluation: explain the context of your university and how it works (vision, etc.).
    Square yellow.png Step 13: Let him/her teach and evaluate the results of the course.
    Square yellow.png Step 14: Measure the satisfaction:

    • Of students.
    • Of your colleague.
    • Of yourself.

    Square yellow.png Step 15: Debrief with your colleague.
    Square yellow.png Step 16: Send him back home.

    Budget description:

    • Cost for the Organising Institution:
      • Covers administrative support, visa assistance (if needed), accommodation guidance, and access to institutional facilities.
      • Additional costs may include welcome activities and logistical arrangements.
    • Business Model of the Activity:
      • Funded through Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility, institutional support, or bilateral agreements.
      • Cost-sharing with partner institutions or external sponsorships may apply.
    • Budget Type / Sources of Revenue:
      • Subsidised costs (institutional funding, Erasmus+ grants).
      • Call for proposals (EU/national mobility schemes).
      • Institutional partnerships or research project budgets.
    • Cost per Participant:
      • Erasmus+ grants typically cover travel and subsistence.
      • Semester-long visits may involve higher costs for housing and administrative fees.


    Resource:

    • Syllabus of the course
    • Worksheets, presentations.

    Users review list: Survey sent to students at the end of the teaching period, as well as to your colleague and yourself.

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