ERASMUS: ITS PLACE IN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

A number of students have come to the University of North London′s School of Information Studies from EC universities and polytechnics under the ERASMUS scheme. They attend courses in the School, or more often go on work placements. There are various problems that arise,principally those relating to awareness of local popular culture. However the major problem is lack of reciprocity: British students don′t go to EC HE institutions because of language problems, short placement periods, and low student grants. If the aims of ERASMUS, and its practical advantages, are to be achieved, efforts must be made at governmental and professional policy‐making levels to enable future students to participate and realistically pursue career development within the EC.