Abstract of Caroline Sezestre`s presentation

Compostela Group of Universities
XIX General Assembly
Internationalising Students' Academic
Curricula through Global Mobility
Université de Nantes (France)
19-21 September 2013
CROSS-BORDER
MOBILITY ACADEMIC ORGANISATION
WELCOME INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ?’
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INWARD
MOBILITY: HOW TO
by Caroline Sezestre, Association Chercheurs Étrangers à Nantes
Caroline Sezestre, from the Association Chercheurs Étrangers à Nantes, will present in
collaboration of Patricia Torres-Gabillard, from the Université de Nantes, the most relevant issues
that the host universities need to take into account from an academic point of view to successfully
welcome incoming students and researchers: students needs vs university requirements.
The session will hightlight not only what has already been done in Europe in relation to the
Bologna Process but also what is being done (or should be done) for non-European mobility.
Speaking points
Explanation of the origin of the project in Nantes to provide for the incoming researchers,
what was at stake, how consensus in necessary in an ambitious international project such
as Maison des Chercheurs Etrangers.
Look back at the evolution and how the organisation has shaped up to-dates; facts and
figures; typology of foreign researcher and type of founding and its impact.
How the organisation has become an expert in mobility questions and the importance of a
tailor made welcome, advice and follow up; the drawback of being a one stop bureau and
contact office for researchers, local authorities and labs.
The importance of network at local, national and European level especially taking part in
Euraxess to collaborate on directives from field experience.
‘Internationalising Students' Academic Curricula through Global Mobility’
Abstract on ‘Cross-border mobility academic organisation – inward mobility: how to welcome international students ?’
Caroline Sezestre, Association Chercheurs Étrangers à Nantes
XIX CGU General Assembly, Université de Nantes (France), 19-21 September 2013
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Compostela Group of Universities
XIX General Assembly
Internationalising Students' Academic
Curricula through Global Mobility
Université de Nantes (France)
19-21 September 2013
Biography
Caroline Sezestre has been working for the organisation Chercheurs Etrangers à Nantes since
june 2008. She has been working closely with the local authorities, immigration services at a local
and national level, but also with research structures in Nantes towards the harmonisation of
incoming procedures and facilitating the processes of settling in Nantes according the needs and
the career of researchers.
Caroline was born in France and graduated in 1999 with a degree in English and German before
doing a PGCE in Cardiff. She taught in England and Wales and graduated with a master's degree
in European sciences from Exeter University in 2006. Before working for the organisation, she
worked for the communication department of the Université de Nantes and the European and
international affairs of Greater Nantes.
Caroline Sezestre
Association Chercheurs Étrangers à Nantes
‘Internationalising Students' Academic Curricula through Global Mobility’
Abstract on ‘Cross-border mobility academic organisation – inward mobility: how to welcome international students ?’
Caroline Sezestre, Association Chercheurs Étrangers à Nantes
XIX CGU General Assembly, Université de Nantes (France), 19-21 September 2013
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