Erasmus+ is an EU funded programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. It offers mobility and cooperation opportunities in higher education, vocational and training, K-12 school education (including early childhood education and care), adult education, youth, and sports. Royal Thimphu College has been actively participating in the Erasmus+ programme. Under Erasmus+, RTC engages in Key Action 1 and Key action 2 programmes.
Key Action 1: Learning Mobility of Individual
This higher education mobility initiative facilitates both physical and blended mobility experiences for students across study fields and cycles, including short cycle, bachelor, master, and doctoral levels. Students have the flexibility to study abroad at partner higher education institutions or engage in traineeships within enterprises, research institutes, laboratories, organisations, or other relevant workplaces abroad. Encouraging the combination of study periods with traineeships enhances learning outcomes and the development of transversal skills.
Student mobilities encompass either semester-long or year-long study programmes at the partner universities for outgoing students and at RTC for incoming students. Our staff exchanges typically span from a week to three months, aligning with the varied programme durations established with our esteemed partner institutions.
Key Action 2: Cooperation among organizations and institutions
This Key Action encompasses various collaborative initiatives, ranging from nine months to three years, aimed at fostering innovation, excellence, and capacity building across higher education, vocational education and training, youth, and sports sectors. It supports Partnerships for Cooperation, Excellence, and Innovation, as well as Capacity Building projects and Not-for-profit European sports events.
RTC is a benefeciary of Erasmus+ Key Action 2 with multiple projects that set the foundation for numerous transformative initiatives. For more information on Erasmus programmes please visit the link here: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/
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Sparking Innovation at RTC from University of Ljubljana
Four professors from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia delivered specialised sessions in Bhutan, covering Technology Transfer, Microcredits, ICT, AI, Decentralised Technologies, Biofeedback Systems in Sports, and VR/AR in Creative Arts. Their expertise, shared in collaboration with CITL, enriched the academic environment, fostering innovation and cross-disciplinary learning.
Erasmus in full swing! From leadership to Blended Learning and AI in Education.
The Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) at Royal Thimphu College, in collaboration with VU Amsterdam's Centres for International Cooperation and Teaching and Learning, recently conducted a 2-day Systemic Coaching workshop. Facilitated by Mr. Jaro Pichel, MSc. from VU, Amsterdam, the programme enhanced leadership skills among RTC staff through listening exercises, demonstrations, and role plays.
CITL and VU Amsterdam's Centre for Teaching and Learning conducted a 3-day “Blended Learning and AI in Education” workshop. Led by Mr. Luuk Terbeek from VU Amsterdam, the training brought together educators from Norbuling Rigter College (NRC) and RTC. It provided insights into designing and implementing effective blended learning and increasing AI literacy, allowing participants to seize opportunities and recognise the threats of AI in education.
Choosing “To be Dynamic” over “A Stickler”, Familiarisation to Tourism Management through Erasmus.
It was a pleasure to host Ms. Carolina Ines Aldao, a Tourism Specialist and a Research Assistant from University of Girona, Spain at the Royal Thimphu College for a week. During her stay, she introduced RTC Business faculty members and a few participants from the Tourism sector to “Tourism in Spain” and her ongoing research on “Management, Vulnerability and Resilience in Tourism from a Post Humanist Perspective”. Tourism has played a vital role in boosting Bhutan’s economy and learning more about Tourism is a bonus added to our knowledge pool. She also visited the Department of Tourism and Amen Tours and Treks, further helping her understand Bhutan's Tourism Management. Erasmus has always helped broaden the horizons of both the incoming guests and the members of our college.