NEOLAiA Work Package 7 (Towards a Plurilingual and Intercultural European University) is announcing one funded position for an English language assistant at a partner university.
As part of the University of Nicosia’s participation in the European University Alliance NEOLAiA, we offer our students every year the possibility to act as an English language assistant in one of the other NEOLAiA partner universities. The main goal is to support the appropriate development of the courses taught in English at the hosting universities.
Please note that this is not a regular Erasmus+ exchange. These positions are offered under Erasmus+ Traineeship/Internship. This means that students will not be taking any courses at the hosting institution during that semester. They will be collaborating with lecturers and students from the hosting institution working on specific tasks (35 hours/week). To qualify for one of these positions, candidates must be registered postgraduate students and must have an excellent command of English. Candidates must be also willing to complete an online preparatory course before taking up their duties at the hosting university (20 hours, free of charge).
Please note that in addition to acting as an English language assistant for EMI courses (English-medium instruction), students will also offer an informal short course on Greek language and culture at the hosting university (A1 level). Hence, applicants should speak, in addition to English (level C1-C2), also Greek. The successful candidate will be offered a training course prior to the educational trip (online) and s/he will also have the support of our Greek teacher.
The mobility will take place in Fall Semester 2026, will be carried out at the University of Bielefeld (Germany), will have a duration of one semester and will be funded by our Erasmus+ Office (Erasmus+ Traineeship).
The document «Language Assistant Exchange Program – Guidelines manual » explains what language assistants will be doing during that semester, the selection criteria etc.
You may find all the necessary information regarding the funding here:
The Language Assistant Exchange Program is a unique opportunity provided by the institutions within the Alliance. Don’t miss it!
Benefits:
- Working in an international environment for one semester
- Funding by Erasmus+
- Access to a linguistics course that will prepare you for this unique experience (EMI Methodological Toolkit, 4 modules)
- Maybe also the chance to learn another language? Maybe the language of the hosting country? This is up to you. We encourage you to do that.
Deadline for applications: 06/05/2026
Applications should be sent to [email protected]
with a copy to [email protected]
