{"id":26696,"date":"2025-12-17T17:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/?p=26696"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:02:06","slug":"radka-vajgelova-erasmus-plus-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/en\/radka-vajgelova-erasmus-plus-in-brussels\/","title":{"rendered":"The course did not impress me, but the people did. Why were they the biggest benefit of my mobility?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Within Erasmus+, our colleague Radka Vajgelov\u00e1 attended a course on global competences in Brussels. Why didn’t she like the course? And why were the people she met the biggest benefit of her mobility? Read below.<\/p>

My five days in Brussels enriched me with new experiences, international contacts, and, above all, a stronger conviction that international cooperation through Erasmus+ projects makes real sense, both for individuals and for educational institutions.<\/p>


I attended the School Internationalization: Building Global Competencies<\/em> course with high expectations. The curriculum seemed ambitious, and I was particularly interested in learning how to systematically build an international community and develop the character of a European organization in the field of education.<\/p>

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Our school has long been one of the leaders in adult language education in Slovakia, and in recent years we have also been intensively developing our children\u2019s department. A natural part of our direction is the effort to share our know-how beyond the borders of our country. We do this through volunteer activities, high-quality webinars, practical e-books, and an annual conference for foreign language teachers. We share our deeper expertise through teacher training courses and online CPD programs.<\/strong>
That is why I participated in the mobility program. I wanted to clarify how to build international cooperation and identify the directions in which we can further develop as an organization within the European context.<\/p>


Although the course content itself was not the main benefit for me, the mobility experience clearly highlighted something equally important: the value of high-quality lecturers and professional guidance in adult education. It also provided space for reflection and comparison, which made me even more aware of how essential it is to offer education that is not only relevant in content, but also practical and inspiring.<\/p>

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