50 Leonardo work placement grants for unemployed graduates

La UAB ofereix 51 beques Leonardo de pràctiques per a titulats en atur

The UAB has made a call for applications for 50 Leonardo da Vinci grants to do work placements in companies in European Union countries. The grants are offered to UAB graduates who are unemployed and who finished their studies between 2010 and February, 2013 (inclusive). The application period is 13 May to 31 May, 2013.

11/04/2013

Leonardo da Vinci is a European Union programme created in 1995 to promote vocational training and education. The programme's main goal is to improve young people's individual skills and thus help them to enter the labour market. Euroacció is the project by which the UAB, through its Treball Campus employment service, handles the Leonardo programme's grants.

Characteristics of the grants
The UAB is currently offering 50 grants, one of which is reserved for persons with special needs. The duration of the placement will be 14 weeks. The destinations for 2013 are:
- Germany: 7 grants
- Ireland: 7 grants
- Italy: 8 grants
- Portugal: 5 grants
- United Kingdom: 23 grants, one of which is for persons with special needs.

Eligibility to apply
Applications can be received from graduates from UAB faculties, or centres affiliated or associated to the UAB (except graduates in any specialty of primary education) who completed their studies during 2010, 2011 or 2012 or before March, 2013, and who are unemployed and registered as job-seekers. The selection process is not open to those taking master's degrees, PhDs, or other graduate studies.

It is also essential to know the language of the country and be able to certify this. Those who cannot certify their language proficiency may take a level test (in English, German or Italian), at the UAB's Language Service.

Application period: from 13 May to 31 May, 2013, both inclusive. Online application form (activated during the application period).
Applications are dealt with by the Treball Campus employment service.

The resolution with the names of those selected and those who are on the waiting list will be published on the Treball Campus website no later than 21 June, 2013.

More information - Treball Campus
Telephone: 93 581 48 90
E-mail address: euroaccio@uab.cat

Hours open to the public:
Monday to Thursday, from 9.30 to 13.30 and from 15.30 to 17.00; Friday, from 9.30 to 13.30. During July, from 9.00 to 13.30.

More information: Treball Campus
Beques Euroacció - Leonardo Da Vinci