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FIRST programme in the FinnishRussian Higher Education Cooperation West Finland HEInet FIRST Decennial Anniversary Seminar 23.24.4.2013 Sini Piippo, Senior Programme Adviser, Higher Education Cooperation, Centre for International Mobility CIMO 2/2009 FIRST Programme in the FinnishRussian Higher Education Cooperation • FIRST programme in the context of Finnish-Russian higher education cooperation and student mobility • FIRST since 2000: summary of the experience, statistics • Some future perspectives 2/2009 Finnish-Russian Student and Teacher Exchange Programme FIRST • Network cooperation programme for Finnish and North-Western Russian higher education institutions • Operating since 2000 • Financed by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture • Administered by Centre for International Mobility CIMO • Programme purposes promoting partership and reciprocal mobility: • strengthening the existing and creating new higher education co-operation • reaching balanced teacher and student mobility between the countries • Annual programme budget decided on a yearly basis, 2013-2014 approx. 770 000€ 2/2009 Student mobility RussiaFinland 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 Degree students Exchange students 2003 1137 265 2004 1127 296 2005 1114 318 2006 1182 292 2007 1291 332 2008 1378 370 2009 1595 425 2010 1776 425 2011 2107 493 2/2009 Student mobility RussiaFinland RUSSIAFINLAND Degree students Exchange students FIRST Exchange students FIRST % of exchange students 2003 1137 2004 1127 2005 1114 318 2006 1182 * 292 2007 1291 * 332 2008 1378 * 370 2009 1595 * 425 2010 1776 * 425 2011 2107 * 493 265 296 97 177 145 176 140 124 141 216 201 36,6 59,8 45,6 60,3 42,2 33,5 33,2 50,8 40,8 2011 Degree students in Finland total 17634 Incoming exchange students 9172 2/2009 Student mobility Finland Russia 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Degree students 57 57 52 63 57 50 50 58 62 Exchange students 178 200 168 242 249 239 271 249 293 2/2009 Student mobility Finland Russia FINLAND RUSSIA 200 3 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Degree students 57 57 52 63 57 50 50 58 62 Exchange students 178 200 168 242 249 239 271 249 293 22 65 69 81 74 68 75 96 102 12,4 32,5 41,1 33,5 29,7 28,5 27,7 38,6 34,8 HEIs FIRST Exchange students FIRST % of exchange students 2011 Degree students from Finland total 5848 Outgoing exchange students 9931 2/2009 Finnish-Russian Student and Teacher Exchange Programme FIRST • Supported programme activities: • Bilateral student and teacher mobility between Finland and North-Western Russia • New: also practical training/internships • Intensive courses in Russia • Accessibility grants • 2012-2013 • 25 networks, of which 10 coordinated by Finnish universities and 15 by Finnish universities of applied sciences • 52 Russian and 38 Finnish HEIs involved in networks 2/2009 FIRST Programme budget 900000 770531 800000 700000 600000 637253 656239 2010-2011 2011-2012 544830 480526 500000 400000 310495 300000 263000 200000 100000 0 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2012-2013 2/2009 FIRST-student mobility 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 From Russia From Finland Total 20062007 140 74 214 20072008 124 68 192 20082009 141 75 216 20092010 216 96 312 20102011 199 102 301 20112012 209 89 298 2/2009 FIRST –teacher mobility 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 From Russia From Finland Total 20062007 36 22 58 20072008 37 42 79 20082009 45 46 91 20092010 81 66 147 20102011 62 81 143 20112012 77 81 158 2/2009 FIRST Intensive courses • short study periods providing students and teachers with an opportunity to work together in a Russian-Finnish group • The minimum duration one week • 5 days + travel days • Participating students and teachers equally from Finland and Russia • The course must take place in Russia • The financial support for organizational costs only, such as travel and accommodation of participants - may not cover salaries 2/2009 FIRST intensive courses Courses Students from Finland Students from Russia Teachers from Finland Teachers from Russia 2007 5 86 51 14 11 2008 7 72 108 17 24 2009 9 89 86 23 35 2010 10 145 110 26 37 2011 11 136 123 26 39 2/2009 FIRST Intensive courses For HEIs: • Short-time, interesting theme with experts involved, practical orientation efficient tools to increase international functions in HEIs can lead to other joint projects between partner institutions • Cooperation has been smooth and easy between Finnish and Russian partners For participants: • Group working and visits to companies have been ”eyeopeners” to many of the participants • Courses have been popular among students For Finnish students often 1st visit to Russia Many students would like to go for an exchange to Russia for a longer period of time, but their Russian language skills are not good enough for studying 2/2009 FIRST Student mobility 2010-2011 250 200 150 Other 100 St. Petersburg 50 0 Russian students Finnish students • North-Western Russia: • majority of Russian partners in St.Petersburg • Arkhangelsk, Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, Syktyvkar , Kaliningrad 2/2009 The role of FIRST in FI-RU higher education cooperation? • Facilitating the Finnish-Russian higher education cooperation since 2000: • basis for long term cooperation and mobility • enhances also new openings • Broad spectrum of different level cooperation and networks • Small scale and large networks • Almost all of the Finnish HEIs included in the networks • established cooperation • offers an opportunity for students all over the country • Offering possibilities for Russian students and teachers 2/2009 The role of FIRST in FI-RU higher education cooperation? • Intensive courses can intensify the cooperation joint study periods joint degrees • Level of funding modest, but for the HE- cooperation between Finland and North-Western Russia significant 2/2009 The future of FIRST? • 2000-2013 stabile with only few changes • HEIs: • Increased need for funding and more activities • Geographical scope other parts of Russia? • The Nordic-Russian Cooperation Programme in Education and Research 2012-2015 offers funding also for FI-RU HE-cooperation • 2014: • Erasmus for All 2014-2020 will open the mobility also to and from Russia • Modest volume of mobility? • Need to adjust FIRST? 2/2009 CIMO publications related to FIRST Study on FIRST (2012): • http://www.cimo.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/ci mo/embeds/cimowwwstructure/27188_FIRST_selvitys.pdf Intensive courses: experiences and best practices (2013): • http://www.cimo.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/ci mo/embeds/cimowwwstructure/28230_Intensiivikurssit_ko kemuksia_ja_hyvia_kaytantoja.pdf Study On Intensive Courses And Institutional Impacts On Higher Education Establishments In Finland (2012) • http://www.cimo.fi/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/ci mo/embeds/cimowwwstructure/24818_Intensiivikurssien_v aikuttavuusselvitys_web.pdf 2/2009 Thank you for your attention! www.cimo.fi/first [email protected] [email protected] +358 295 338 595 2/2009