IAESTE exchange scheme

Alison Ahearn is collaborating with the British Council on work to enhance the IAESTE exchange scheme, as student applications have tripled in 5 years and student demand now exceeds supply 19-fold.

Alison Ahearn is collaborating with the British Council on work to enhance the IAESTE exchange scheme, as student applications have tripled in 5 years and student demand now exceeds supply 19-fold. Comments/insights from staff who have hosted IAESTE placements are welcome. IAESTE was invented at Imperial in 1948 and spread worldwide after MIT joined in 1950. It runs in 80 countries and has had over 335,000 students on exchanges. IAESTE Imperial info is at http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/urop/opportunitiesdirectory/otheropportunities/iaeste