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Reciprocity of the Exchange The IAESTE exchange programme is based on a bilateral balanced exchange between members. Most member countries attempt to maintain a balance between outgoing and incoming students but an exact bilateral balance is rarely possible within any given year. Only long-term balance is sought. This flexibility is needed to support the proper allocation of places and the selection of the appropriate students. In 2003, 28 members and co-operating institutions received more students than they sent abroad and this benefited the rest. In total, 606 work experience places were involved or 13.1% of the total exchange. It is traditional within IAESTE for members with a higher Gross National Income per capita (GNI) to receive more trainees than they send. Strict reciprocity is not implemented with new members in the early years which allow those in developing countries and those from smaller countries to gather support within their country in order to develop the exchange. Countries with a GNI per capita >12,000 US$ provided 87% of these places in 2003. Profile of the student trainee Age and gender balance of trainees varies little from year to year but differs appreciably from country to country. Participation by male and female students compared with previous years (%) is shown in Table 5 TABLE 5 : Gender Balance The percentage for individual members or cooperating institutions varies from 0% to 67%. The gender balance relates to the cultural and educational traditions in the IAESTE countries. The age of trainees in 2003 ranged from 20 to 28 years with the majority (87%) being 20 to 24 years old. The average age is just under 23 years old. Study fields: In 2003 65% of trainees were students of engineering and technology. The remaining 35% were divided between the sciences, 18%; architecture and applied arts, 8%; agriculture, 3% and other fields of study, 6%. These figures are quite stable and change only by a few percentage points from one year to the next. (Table 6 and Figure 2) 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Engineering 67 67 63 67 65 Science Architecture and 15 16 17 16 18 other Applied Arts 7 8 8 8 8 Agriculture 5 4 4 3 3 Others 6 6 9 6 6 TABLE 6 : Training Specialties (%) based on trainees received 199-2003 Source: IAESTE Activity Reports 1999-2003 The first and largest group of engineering students was itself composed of students from the major faculties and sub groups. The largest component was mechanical engineering 21%, followed by computer science 16%, electrical engineering 12%, electronic engineering and telecommunications 9%. The remaining 21% was distributed over miscellaneous engineering specialities. For the first time in several years the number of electronic engineering and telecommunication placements has increased and this is a very encouraging sign. There was also a discernible rise in the number of physics and biology traineeships on offer during 2003. FIGURE 2 : Training Specialties based on trainees received 2003 Sub-dividing the engineering and science groups gives us the breakdown between the major participating disciplines. (Figure 3) 6 I A E S T E A N N U A L R E V I E W 2 0 0 4
FIGURE 3 : % Engineering trainees received 2003 Nationality: The majority of students participating in the IAESTE exchange are citizens of IAESTE member countries. Some are from non-member countries and are studying abroad at educational institutions co-operating with IAESTE. In 2003, 230 students with different nationalities to the sending country received places on the programme. Of these 42 were from the following non-member countries: Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Guatemala, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Korea, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Palestine, Panama, Senegal, Singapore and Vietnam. Five IAESTE countries exchanged 86 students directly with non-members countries that included Algeria, India, Kuwait, Morocco, Niger, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. FIGURE 4 : % change in Engineering disciplines between 2002-2003 Participating Employers and Educational Institutions: In 2003 there was a decrease in the number of employers who offered traineeships but there was a significant increase in the number of participating educational institutions which reflects the increase in the number of cooperating institutions participating in the exchange in recent years. IAESTE is pleased to acknowledge the continued support of employers and educational institutions in 2003. FIGURE 5 : % Science trainees received 2003 Work experience positions on offer in 2003 The duration of the available positions can be seen in Tables 1 and 2. Most of the training takes place in the period May to September and coincides with the Northern Hemisphere vacation period. In the Southern Hemisphere, opportunities are available between October and April. More than 47 of the member countries are now in a position to offer long term training opportunities and 17 members and cooperating institutions offer training throughout the year. The majority of work placements are exchanged during the Annual Conference in January on a bilateral basis but thanks to the development of the IAESTE IntraWeb the exchange can continue after this meeting. New and unused offers can be put on the IntraWeb at any time by members and co-operating institutions and this ensures that IAESTE can accommodate student placements and employer offers as they arise. Categories of Offers: IAESTE classify placements as Research and Development (D) indicating work of a laboratory nature; Professional (P) is used for professional activities, practical design work and similar; Working environment offers (W) indicate work in the industrial area relevant to the student’s background and category (X) covers nonspecific offers. The non-specific (X) offers can be general office jobs, language offers and similar. In all cases it is the responsibility of the receiving national office making the (X) category offers to ensure that the working conditions are acceptable, beneficial to the student and in line with the standards expected of all IAESTE offers. EMPLOYERS INSTITUTIONS 1999 3202 992 2000 3549 1158 2001 4195 1301 2002 3693 1335 2003 3561 1396 TABLE 7 : Participating Employers and Educational Institutions I A E S T E A N N U A L R E V I E W 2 0 0 4 7
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