Staff exchange

VUC can award Erasmus+ grants to our own staff/faculty for Staff Training Mobility. The staff member may apply for a grant to train/learn from a host institution abroad and this requires a stay of minimum 2 days at the host institution. Only physical mobility is supported (not online cooperation) and this form for staff mobility is only available for VUC staff/faculty (not incoming guests).

Staff Training Mobility does not require an Erasmus+ agreement between VUC and the host institution. Furthermore, the host organisation does not have to be a university, but may also be a business, NGO or public organisation. The aim of Staff Training Mobility is to learn from best practice and to gain new ideas, impulses and insights which will improve our education or service at VUC. The type of activity that can be covered by this scheme is job-shadowing, observation, workshops, seminars, courses, and attending Staff Training Weeks at partner universities abroad. Note that these grants cannot normally be awarded for attending conferences abroad.

VUC can award Erasmus+ grants to our own faculty for Staff Teaching Mobility. The faculty member may apply for a grant to teach at one of VUC's partner institutions under Erasmus+. That is, for this type of mobility there is a requirement that VUC has an active Erasmus+ agreement with the host institution. See a list of VUC's partner universities abroad. Staff Teaching Mobility requires the faculty member to teach for a minimum of 8 hours (per week) at the host institution, and we here consider teaching to include lectures, tutoring, presentations, and other form of student contact at the host institution. Only physical mobility is supported (not online teaching) and only days spent abroad are counted for the grant. It is possible to combine a Staff Teaching and Staff Training Mobility, which will the require a minimum of 4 hours of teaching.

VUC staff may apply for an Erasmus+ Staff Teaching Grant by sending an e-mail to the International Office. The individual staff member is responsible for clearing the mobility with his/her superiors and we appreciate it if this person (Institute Leader, Head of Office, etc.) is copied in on e-mail exchange with the International Office.

The Erasmus+ grant is based on set rates and not the actual costs of travelling and staying abroad (see below).

VUC can award Erasmus+ grants to incoming guest lecturers who teaches at VUC and who are not themselves representing an institution with their own Erasmus+ grants. That is, the incoming guest lecturer must represent a non-university organisation, for example a private business, a museum, an NGO, or other organisation. This type of teaching mobility does not require an Erasmus+ agreement between VUC and the sending institution. Incoming staff teaching mobility requires the guest lecturer to teach for a minimum of 8 hours (per week) at VUC. We consider teaching to include lectures, tutoring, presentations, and other form of student contact at the host institution. Only physical mobility is supported (not online teaching) and only days spent at VUC are counted for the grant. 

VUC staff may apply for the Erasmus+ grant on behalf of the incoming guest lecturer by sending an e-mail to the International Office. The VUC staff member is responsible for clearing the mobility with his/her superiors and we appreciate it if this person (Institute Leader, Head of Office, etc.) is copied in on e-mail exchange with the International Office.

Since VUC is a relatively small university college, it is difficult for us to accommodate visitors at any time. We therefore encourage guests to visit us during special occasions, such as for example our International Week which is held annually in the first week of February or International Staff Weeks we normally arrange in May and September.

Travel and accommodation in Volda

Read more about how to travel to/from Volda. 

International guests may book accommodation either at Volda Turist Hotel, Fruenes B&B, AirBnB or the short term rent at SiVolda (student housing). Note that the guest apartments do not include breakfast, but that there is a shared kitchen in the apartments where guests may make their own food.

The Erasmus+ grant is based on set rates and not the actual costs of travelling and staying abroad (see below).