In 2006, two Erasmus students came up with an idea: to virtually promote European study and work offers based on former study experience. The idea of WISHES was born.

Today, the WISHES-project pursues an even wider mission: co-financed by the European Commission (Erasmus Mundus) its mission is to enhance the attractiveness of the European Higher Education Area and to promote the best fit between trainees, European higher education institutions (HEIs) and enterprises.

To fulfill this mission, the partners:

• Set up and operate the WISHES mobility portal as an effective networking and intelligent recruitment tool
• Organize WISHES Networking Days to sustainably initiate further cooperation in the European higher education area supported by IC

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The holidays are around the corner and many of us have already made plans to go somewhere nice, either to relax and unwind in complete peace, or in search of activities and fun, or perhaps a combination of both.

Many of us have also planned to take a holiday abroad, maybe in a country where the local people speak a language new to us. Travelling abroad without any knowledge of the local language will reduce the possibilities of communicating directly with the local population. Don’t believe that English is nowadays sufficient to travel all over the world. This is true for many countries, but unless you go to places where English is the official language, you are likely to get much more out of your holiday if you know some basic vocabulary and phrases of the local language.  English as a vehicular language facilitates the communication but the effort you made to learn some words in the local language will be appreciated by the local people, as it shows your real interest and curiosity and your wish to have an authentic insight into the country you are visiting.

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