ErasmusOn

1. The problem

Due to the Covid-19 crisis, Erasmus+ is set on hold to mitigate the impact of Covid-19

• Students are not able to participate in Erasmus+ anymore
• Studying abroad is a unique chance once in a lifetime which could get lost for thousands of students
• The isolation also hinders collaboration between universities
• Existing E-lectures are lacking collaborative learning and cultural exchange components

2. The solution

EramusOn: Bring Erasmus back online by providing two main services within our platform

• Collaborative studying
• Intercultural chat

3. The solution’s impact on the crisis

Students get the unique Erasmus experience despite personal isolation

Key features: Collaborative studying

• We enable European universities to stay connected during isolation
• We establish a new way of EU-wide collaborative studying in remote projects
• Easily find seminars from European universities
• Thanks to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), gained credit points are easily transferable to students’ home universities

Key features: Intercultural chat

• Match with students based on your interests and goals
• Connect with tandem partners across Europe, make new friends and share local impressions
• Learn new languages and improve your existing skills
• Get authentic ideas about each other’s culture, country and daily life

4. The value of our solution after the crisis

• We strengthen European cohesion through a uniform collaboration and exchange platform
• We reduce barriers for students with mobility issues or social constraints so that they can be part of the Erasmus community
• We support the continuous spread of the European idea, in addition to single and limited (time & location) exchange semesters
• We provide a scalable solution to include future partners, even beyond the EU
• Finally, we enable all these goals with a minimal environmental impact in line with the European Green Deal

5. What we have done during the weekend

• We researched the impact of Covid-19 on the Erasmus exchange program
• We built the idea for ErasmusOn from scratch
• We created a video and text pitch
• Built a first prototype
• We explored potential partners (EU institutions, universities, student associations)

6. The necessities to continue the project

• Funding for platform development (e.g. unused Erasmus funds)
• Collaboration with universities and national authorities to reach out to students (e.g. Erasmus Committee, European Association of Communications Agencies, ...)
• Quick implementation of the solution to support coming Erasmus cohort

Built With

• figma