Exchange 2.0

The Exchange Taskforce 2.0 has been working since February 2020. We've had 5 (online!) meetings up to now. Here is a brief update on the progress of our main areas of focus:

1. PreAC Exchange Model: An updated document for 2020 has been prepared, containing the terminology, aims, workflow, FAQ, and a visual timeline for implementation. The document is to be released soon. In case you might have any doubts, questions, or feedback on the document, feel free to contact us.

2. New suggested LoR - BEA: We have brainstormed how we can replace the previous LoR with Bilateral Exchange Agreements, helping us to set goals (in terms of numbers, study fields, etc.) between each other for each year, and agreeing on realised offers. [The goals set in the agreement shall be referring to exchanged students, and not offers.] The main idea is to implement a new section on EP where you could track exchange status with your partners.

3. Global Talent Pool: Currently we are working on the concept and execution plan. The technical aspect of this concept, implementation on EP, can be the challenging part; which we will be working this out together with the ITS team. We have been aiming to create a filtering/searching system within a global pool of students, with worldwide exchange administrators having access to it, to easily search among available students, and fulfill our unused offers.

More updates will be shared soon upon progress.

Please reach us via exchange.taskforce@iaeste.org if you might have any question or suggestions.

Stay safe :)

Exchange Taskforce Team