CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVESPA Chabanne Vocational School has been organizing work experiences abroad for a long time, especially in England for business students (European class created in 2008). Since 2015, the experience has been extended to beauty care students. For the students, it's a unique opportunity to improve their vocational skills and their English, to discover other working methods and another culture, to get better employment conditions and to develop greater autonomy during 3 weeks.For our school, this project is a way to promote a better image and to help underprivileged students to leave France for discovering another way of life.The enterprises abroad are interested in hiring motivated and skilled trainees, they are also involved in the different assessments. PARTICIPANTS : 15 students in 2017/2018 in their last year of studies, during 3 weeks in Nantwich (Cheshire) in stores and beauty salonsMAIN ACTIVITIES: - welcoming and advising customers- supplying and restocking- implementing professional activities : waxing, manicure, body massages, make-up or taking part in merchandising and promotional eventsMETHOD- preparation : practical arrangements, selection of participants, setting up of agreements with partners and participants, linguistic and task-related preparation before departure done by the school- implementation of mobility actions (March 2017 and 2018)- Follow-up : assessment done by the teachers and the enterprisesRESULTS-a better motivation, so excellent examination results -a good image of the European section and the school-more and more candidates for higher education