TU Dublin Colleague Awarded Erasmus Ministership

Published: 15 Jul, 2022

TU Dublin’s Erasmus+ Co-Ordinator Tara McKiernan was awarded Erasmus Ministership at the 18th annual Erasmus Congress and Exhibition – ERACON 2022 held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 27 June to 01 July 2022.

This title of Erasmus Minister is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated long-standing engagement as Erasmus Coordinators at an institutional level, i.e. for more than 15 years. ERACON - first hosted in 2005 in Nicosia, Cyprus is an annual meeting of Erasmus+ Co-ordinators across Europe and consists of several workshops, sessions, paper presentations, University to University meetings and an Exchange fair.

The main themes of ERACON 2022  were -  Erasmus+ Programme 2021-2027, Funding and Policy, and Staff Mobilities. The event was attended in person and online by over 200 delegates from Universities and Organisations across Europe and officials from the European Commission.

Read more about ERACON here.