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    European Commission and scholars emphasize that the ERASMUS programme is a successful example of European integration and a symbol of construction of European identity. Through the ‘European Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students’ (ERASMUS), the largest student exchange programme in Europe, nearly two million students have studied abroad and had the opportunity to learn firsthand about other European peoples and cultures. Erasmus program is the most popular European program in Europe

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    Francis Galton was born into a wealthy quaker family, their fortune coming from his banker father. Of course, his mother wasn 't a nobody; she was the daughter of the Erasmus Darwin, a man of many things, one of which was medicine. At an early age, Francis was expected to become a doctor by his father, which didn 't leave him with much of a choice, since his father could cut him off at any time. So he went to Trinity and studied medicine and mathematics, until he had a nervous breakdown from the

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    is whether or not Erasmus will remain intact. Erasmus stands for European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students. Erasmus is essentially a higher education and exchange program that gives access to students in universities from 33 different countries. According to Ed Vulliamy of The Observer, since the program was launched in 1987, “more than two million young people have benefitted from EU-funded grants to study in 27 countries” (Vulliamy). The Erasmus program clearly has

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    Lord Monboddo, one of the most respected, eminent Judges at 18th century Edinburgh 's Court of Session, was definitely an oddball, passionately devoted to the ways of the Ancient Greeks and disapproving of anything he considered modern. As a result he lived simply, because if the Ancient Greeks didn 't use it, neither did he Brilliant lawyer, philosopher, leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment and a striking, complex, flamboyant character to boot. Not bad for a laddie who started his education

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    In this essay we are going to explore the link between education and globalisation and if this prepares people for life in a global society. T. Larrson (2001) defines globalisation as, “the process of world shrinkage, of distances getting shorter, things moving closer. It pertains to the increasing ease with which somebody on one side of the world can interact, to mutual benefit, with somebody on the other side of the world.” Globalisation has had a major impact in the world within the last two decades

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    Desiderius Erasmus was an orphan from the Netherlands, forced into monastic life because of poverty; yet, somehow, he became who most consider as one of the greatest humanists of the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a time of rebirth starting in Italy. It is the period of time in Europe between the Middle Ages and modern time. During the Renaissance, there was a boost in arts, science, and intellectual activity. The Renaissance embraced humanism, an interest in human society and spread of ideas

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