La pandemia de COVID ha supuesto que todas las universidades europeas hayan pasado por unos meses de incertidumbre. Nuestra capacidad para enviar y recibir estudiantes complicó enormemente la gestión de la movilidad. Era necesario seguir ofreciendo seguridad y atención en todo momento mientras los escenarios cambiaban continuamente. Fue un reto que nos ha permitido madurar y prepararnos para ser más resilientes y proactivos en nuestros programas.
Durante la pandemia, miramos hacia el futuro. Fue el momento de preguntarnos cómo podríamos remotivar a tantos estudiantes que habían paralizado su movilidad. Sobre todo, porque los problemas del cierre de fronteras han generado cierto temor a salir de cada país. Tuvimos casos muy complejos que resolver, y algunos de ellos requirieron soluciones poco óptimas.
En la Universidad de Cádiz, iniciamos el programa de movilidades 2021/22 con la sorpresa de un crecimiento sustancial en las solicitudes de movilidad. Contabilizamos alrededor de 600 movilidades cada semestre, lo que supone un aumento cercano al 20 % con respecto a las mejores cifras del pasado. ¿Qué significa esto? Creemos que, si bien la pandemia ha generado temores fundados, también nos ha obligado a mejorar los mecanismos de información y apoyo para nuestro alumnado. Cuando la información y el apoyo mejoran notablemente, es lógico que se genere un sentimiento de confianza entre los estudiantes.
La confianza te ayuda a dar el paso de solicitar movilidad y organizar una estancia en otro país.
Somos conscientes de la necesidad de seguir mejorando. Para ello, el feedback que nos envían los estudiantes es fundamental. Es fundamental recopilar opiniones y encontrar en ellas las claves que nos lleven a un proceso de mejora continua. Nos entusiasma el aumento de solicitudes de movilidad. Debemos seguir promoviendo la movilidad como parte fundamental del proceso formativo para que nuestros estudiantes puedan vivir y convivir en una sociedad plenamente globalizada.
Néstor Mora (Universidad de Cádiz)
The “new normality” is a challenge that invites us to get out of the comfort zone where we used to live. Courage and patience! Indeed everything is improving as we adapt to changes. Greetings!!!
Good reflexion! I consider this time of lock down as a time to reflect on the quality of time spent with others, the opportunities lost when you don’t have real relations in “normal” life and the possibilities that the world can offer. Now that we got used to looking at the world through a screen, the time has come to visit it in a face to face way. Mobility of students and staff from Universities open new perspectives not only in a professional or curricular way, but also in a personal way.
Time has come to face the world again, to deal with the “new reality”
Very interesting post! After the nightmare of Covid with all the lockdowns and the reductions on mobility, now with the “new normality” people and universities can return to their activities. Personally i think that the past months has helped all of us to think more and better for the future, and now it’s time to come back and restart everything in a more confident and improved way.
My Dear Friends!
I still hope that we will finally come back to some “normality”.
But is it possible …
The normal classes with students are now what?
Terms such as “traditional classes with students”, “remote learning”, “hybrid learning” … are phrases that will stay in our dictionaries for good …
Besides, the pandemic still exists.
We in Poland are currently experiencing the fourth wave of COVID-19.
Many people are still unvaccinated.
They are dying younger and younger.
But I still hope normality comes back. Or normal new reality…
Soon….
Let’s hope so.
It seems that everyone is dreaming about normality recently. Whatever she was.
We have already got variations by cases of the word coronavirus with the addition of another leader from the Greek alphabet, or an acronym.
Vaccinations and persuasion seem to be the best tactics at present. It is not uncommon, however, to fight false information first.
Let there be normality!
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