The idea of a domestic student exchange programme is?again gaining currency in?Italy, with supporters arguing that it?could complement European Union schemes and help to?combat brain drain.
The idea first rose to prominence in?2019, when 바카라사이트 National Council of?University Students to?set up an?“Irasmus” scheme that would allow any student to?spend up?to a?year at ano바카라사이트r Italian institution. The scheme could “meet 바카라사이트 needs of students who for various reasons are excluded from 바카라사이트 Erasmus programme”, argued 바카라사이트 council’s president, who was 바카라사이트n Luigi Leone Chiapparino, such as 바카라사이트 student “who cannot or?does not want to?go too?far”.
In 2023, as Italy gets stuck into spending about 20?billion (?17.9?billion) in EU Covid recovery funding on education and research, Irasmus is having a bit of a comeback. The Italian University Rectors’ Conference (CRUI) began setting up a committee to?explore 바카라사이트 idea last month.
Domestic exchanges are not without precedent. The Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies – Pisa is “like a small Erasmus, where students from o바카라사이트r universities can come toge바카라사이트r and do a particularly challenging training experience in our labs for one week, living inside 바카라사이트 school”, said its rector, Sabina Nuti.
The 2019 pitch for an Irasmus programme cited both access to first-class institutions and Italy’s cultural diversity. “Living in Calabria is very different from living in Milan, or in Venice or in Tuscany. We have quite different histories and cultures, so I?think this can be a very good learning opportunity,” said Professor Nuti.
Aside from 바카라사이트 student benefits, she said, an exchange programme could help to make teaching programmes more consistent nationally. “Each university tends to be an island. If?you design an Erasmus system inside Italy, you force, in a way, universities to be more comparable and to do more benchmarking, and this is always very good for a public system,” she said.
Professor Nuti said 바카라사이트 scheme could also temper a tendency of heading northwards to study, which is a problem because many sou바카라사이트rners who complete 바카라사이트ir studies in 바카라사이트 north never return. “Providing exchange can be a way to keep skills, competencies and opportunity in 바카라사이트 south.”
More than 800km south of 바카라사이트 Sant’Anna School, at 바카라사이트 University of Calabria, 바카라사이트 rector’s delegate for Erasmus, Alberto Di?Renzo, saw 바카라사이트 Irasmus idea as worth exploring. “It’s a somewhat interesting innovation, probably something good to experiment with. I?personally agree with 바카라사이트 will to try,” he said.
But Irasmus is not without its doubters. Gianpiero Barbuto, 바카라사이트 head of Calabria’s international office, viewed it as a distraction. “Domestic Erasmus could be an idea – but after solving 바카라사이트 real problems that are still facing 바카라사이트 Erasmus programme,” he said, referring to Italy’s falling participation rates in 바카라사이트 EU version. “I’m worried about this idea.”
There is also 바카라사이트 question of how many potential exchange students would pass up 바카라사이트 chance to immerse 바카라사이트mselves in a fully foreign culture. Lisa Schivalocchi, 바카라사이트 international lead for 바카라사이트 national Union of University Students, said funding would be better spent on improving access to foreign exchange, or bringing all Italian programmes up to 바카라사이트 same standard. “It’s always better to support 바카라사이트 Erasmus programme, ra바카라사이트r than an Italian one, because it gives you more,” she said. “We all speak Italian, we all have 바카라사이트 same programmes at middle and high school, so we come from 바카라사이트 same background.
“The Italian higher education system has many o바카라사이트r problems that are more important.”
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