UCD staff are invited to apply for an opportunity to undertake a one-week funded exchange at the Université de Tunis in Tunisia. The opportunity will be funded through the Erasmus+ Key Action 171 programme.
Erasmus+ Key Action 171 (formerly known as International Credit Mobility) is a strand of the Erasmus+ programme that enables staff and students to undertake mobility periods in non-Erasmus programme countries (largely countries outside of Europe and in the East of Europe). Under this funding stream, funding is available to support a UCD staff member to spend a week on teaching, training, or a combination of teaching and training activities at the Université de Tunis.
About the opportunity
This opportunity is suitable for faculty whose teaching or research interests focus on or include literature, linguistics, history, culture or arts. However, depending on the response to this call for applications, faculty members with other areas of academic interest may be considered.
The working language of the Université de Tunis is French; therefore, the opportunity is suitable for staff with French language skills.
The selected member of staff will design their one-week teaching or training programme in collaboration with colleagues at the Université de Tunis and the UCD academic lead for the project, Professor Mary Gallagher. If undertaking a teaching mobility, they will be required to undertake 8 hours of teaching during the week. If undertaking a training mobility, they will be expected to undertake a week of training activities to support their professional development.
The mobility must be completed before 31 July 2025. The timing of the mobility will be agreed between the faculty member and the host institution.
The member of staff selected will receive a stipend of €180 per day for each day of the seven-day mobility plus a travel allowance of €360 to cover flights.
How to apply
Please send a CV and an expression of interest email to (opens in a new window)erasmusicm@ucd.ie before 26 July 2024. The expression of interest email should be a maximum of 500 words and should address the following:
- French language skills - please specify any courses in French you have completed or time you have spent in a French-speaking country
- What area of work you would like to focus on while at the host university
- How your career would benefit from an academic mobility at the Université de Tunis
- How UCD would benefit - for example, how you would share your learning with peers or through your teaching.
In selecting applicants, input from the host university will be sought to ensure that the proposed programme is compatible with areas of expertise at the host institution.
Further information
- The opportunity above relates to an Erasmus+ KA171 funding award of €19,720 made by the Higher Education Authority (Ireland’s Erasmus+ National Agency) in 2022 for a proposal designed by Professor Mary Gallagher, (School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics), academic lead for the project. For information on the collaboration, please contact (opens in a new window)mary.gallagher@ucd.ie.
- In addition to the staff opportunity above, there will also be scholarship opportunities for two UCD PhD students available as part of this project.
- Read about the experience of UCD staff and students who have undertaken Erasmus+ KA171 mobilities in Kenya, Mozambique and New Zealand.
- Find out more about Erasmus+ ICM projects or contact (opens in a new window)erasmusicm@ucd.ie
Image credits: Tunis city, Tunisia. Copyright: Université de Tunis