Erasmus+ is the European Commission's Programme for education, training, youth, and sport for the period 2021–2027, succeeding the previous programme (2014–2020). As an integrated programme, Erasmus+ offers more opportunities for the mobility of learners and staff and cooperation across the education, training, and youth sectors and is easier to access than its predecessors, with simplified funding rules and a structure that aims to streamline the administration of the programme. The new Erasmus+ Program, running from 2021–27, is more digital, inclusive and innovative, as well as greener.
14-578: IMACS or Imacs can refer to: International Master in Cinema Studies , a network of European and American research universities delivering a common program in film studies International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation , a Belgian-American network for researchers on simulation Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
28-518: A series of prestigious, research intensive universities in the scope of academic film theory and history , including Birbeck, University of London , the University of Amsterdam and Université de Montréal . Scholars such as André Gaudreault , Jean-Michel Frodon , Laura Mulvey and Marco Maria Gazzano have held seminars for and contributed to the development of the IMACS network. The IMACS consortium
42-480: A thesis. The IMACS network has set up a series of sixteen modules that correspond to a minimum of subjects that have to be covered during each of the Master program 's four academic semesters. This guarantees that in whichever member university a given pupil is studying, the courses' syllabi will have equally covered the minimum material per each subject. Personal research and writing takes a particularly important role, as
56-637: Is a network, initiated in 2006, of European and American research universities collaborating for research, student exchanges , seminars, publications and delivering the International Master in Cinema Studies , an international graduate programme in film studies that started in 2010. Together with the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies , IMACS also hosts lectures in the fields film and media studies . In 2023, IMACS consists of 17 member institutions in 10 countries. IMACS aims to unite
70-472: Is pursued through three “Key Actions”: Key Action 1: Learning mobility of individuals Key Action 2: Cooperation among organisations and institutions Key Action 3: Support to policy development and cooperation Other activities include “Jean Monnet” actions, which support teaching, learning, research and debates on European integration matters, such as on the EU’s future challenges and opportunities. As part of
84-535: The Netherlands, Germany, Brazil and Canada. The IMACS program is designed as a two-year degree built around seminars that are organised in each participating institution. By completing the IMACS degree, a student will have spent at least half of his studies abroad from the main institution of registration. In Europe, IMACS is facilitated through the Erasmus+ scheme, and in most cases, students obtain grants to travel to
98-512: The final dissertation counts for the equivalent of at least one entire semester. Admission to the International Master in Cinema Studies is highly selective: for each member of the network, only 2 to 5 students are allowed to be admitted every year. The IMACS network started in 2006 as the "International Consortium of Audiovisual and Film Studies", with the aim of constructing a common international curriculum in film studies. The latter
112-461: The founding members use French as primary language) and was originally also titled MIECA (for Maîtrise internationale en études cinématographiques et audiovisuelles ). With the addition of new members, the network gradually moved to the exclusive use of English as the lingua franca . In 2023, the consortium is made up of institutions based in France, Italy, Belgium, England and Scotland, Sweden, Spain,
126-615: The period 2021–2027 focuses on inclusion. The Programme is open to students, apprentices, teachers, lecturers, young people, volunteers, youth workers, and people working in grassroots sport. Approximately two-thirds of the budget is allocated to learning opportunities abroad for individuals, within the EU and beyond; the remainder will support partnerships between educational institutions, youth organizations, businesses, local and regional authorities and NGOs , as well as reforms to modernize education, training and youth systems. The programme's objective
140-632: The program was renamed to "International Master in Cinema Studies" (pertaining the short name IMaCS , stylized as I/MA/C/S). In 2012, the Goethe University of Frankfurt joined the network. The network didn't enlarge further until 2018, when the Brazilian Federal University of Juiz de Fora integrated IMACS, later joined by St Andrews and Stockholm University in 2020, and Ca' Foscari University of Venice in 2021. *founding members. Erasmus%2B The new, larger program for
154-563: The title IMACS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IMACS&oldid=1138456656 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages International Master in Cinema Studies IMACS (stylized as I/MA/C/S )
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#1733092723056168-407: The various countries. The International Master in Cinema Studies is an advanced theoretical program, which aims to prepare students for academic research and doctoral studies . Member institutions are thus not allowed to include any practical classes within their IMACS curriculum. Admission to the program and to each institution is related to the student's research project and planned subject for
182-457: Was created by a series of academics with the aim of putting together, under a single name and programme, a series of advanced courses in the fields of film and media studies, and giving students the opportunity to study at three universities of the network, preferably each in a different country. IMACS started as a bilingual English and French network (located in Wallonia , Quebec and France, half of
196-562: Was launched four years later, in September 2010. It consisted of eleven European universities, and one Canadian, the University of Montréal . The international curriculum was called "International Master in Audiovisual and Cinema Studies" (hence the acronym IMACS ) or, in French: " Master international en études cinématographiques et audiovisuelles " (abbreviated MIECA ). In the middle of the 2010s,
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