C. Oncologic imaging in the paediatric brain G. Hahn; Dresden/DE (gabriele.hahn@uniklinikum-dresden.de) Brain tumours of children account for 15% to 20% of all primary brain tumours. Posterior fossa tumours and supratentorial tumours occur in nearly equal frequency. However, supratentorial tumours are more common in the first two to three years of life, whereas infratentorial tumours predominate from ages 4 to 10. The symptoms of children with brain tumours depend upon the age at the time of presentation and the location. MR is today the study of choice for diagnosis of intracranial neoplasms A-360 09:30 C. Exploring the benefits of European radiography networks: a personal and professional perspective of the Erasmus radiography group J. Portelli; Msida/MT (jonathan.portelli@um.edu.mt) Since its advent in 1987, ERASMUS has become the EU's leading education and training programme -enabling more than 2.2 million students to benefit from study and work experiences in different European countries. Furthermore, ERASMUS has also encouraged co-operation and staff mobility between higher education institutions across Europe and over the past 15 years about 250,000 higher education teachers and other staff have embarked on teaching exchanges and training opportunities abroad. The ERASMUS Radiography Group (ERG) was born from an initiative taken up by three European universities in 1990, who wanted to create a network that would facilitate the exchange of undergraduate radiography students. Ever since the success of the first student exchanges in 1994, the ERG has evolved considerably and today it is formed by 16 higher education institutions from 14 European countries. To date, more than 1,200 radiography students have successfully participated in ERASMUS exchange programmes organised by the different ERG institutions and more are expected to do so in the future. In this context, one may note just how such networks and groups can help bridge and strengthen the radiography profession across Europe. Apart from providing some historic details about the ERG and is underlying aims, this presentation will also seek to outline the benefits and opportunities that the ERASMUS programme may bring about on an individual and professional basis, as highlighted by the personal experience of a past ERASMUS student who today is one of the ERG coordinators. Learning Objectives: