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Strategies for the inclusion of people with disabilities in European universities: experiences of a mobility programme- Antwerp, Belgium
03/07/2018 @ 9 h 00 min - 14 h 30 min
The conference organised by the Erasmus+ project INnet Campus to promote access for students with disabilities to universities, as well as to analyse obstacles and opportunities, in order to increase the number of students with disabilities enrolled in European Universities. Moreover, their objective is to involve European Universities in these strategies of inclusion, in order to give a good example of compliance with the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
INnet Campus aims to promote the transnational mobility of young people with disabilities and improve their access to university studies, thus reducing their early school dropout rate. It also plans to give universities the opportunity to reach potential students with disabilities and identify opportunities for improvement on their campuses. Finally, it aims to improve and promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in the university community.
The programme helps students with disabilities who are currently studying stages of secondary education to continue their educational trajectory at the university level, since they have a high risk of early school leaving and a greater probability of social exclusion in the adulthood.
The organizers of the Conference are the Once Foundation, the Artesis Plantijn University College of Antwerp, the University of Granada and the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
The European Union believes that education has a key role to play in successfully integrating students into the labor market and into society, as well as to the social and economic development of the EU. The Europe 2020 strategy has set the target of reducing early school leavers below 10 per cent among 18- and 24-year-olds, with at least 40 per cent of those between 30 and 34 years of age completing higher education Tertiary level and reduce by at least 20 million the number of people at risk or risk of poverty and social exclusion.
One of the eight priority areas of action in the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 is Education and Training. Its aim is to promote inclusive education for students with disabilities, and to increase the number of students with disabilities who successfully enter and finish their studies.
Agenda
9h – 9.30h. Welcome
- Pascale De Groote. Director, AP University College of Antwerp (Belgium)
- Isabel M. Martínez. Commissioner for University. ONCE Foundation
9.30h – 10.30h THE INCLUSION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION. TOWARDS COMPLIANCE WITH THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
- Marine Uldry. Responsible Human Rights of European Disability Forum
- Loredana Dicci. Responsible inclusive education, of European Disability Forum
- Alexandra Leitao. Secretary of State of Education. Portuguese Ministry of Education. (to be confirmed)
- Marijke Depauw. Federal equal opportunity Center. Bélgica.
10.30h– 11.00h Coffee break. Networking
11.00h – 12h ROUNDTABLE. « The transition from secondary to higher education for students with disabilities. Experiences and good practices »
Moderator: Laura Serra. Ph.D. in Human Rights. Expert in Disability.
- Esperanza Alcaín. Professor, University of Granada. Guide presentation of good practices for the educational transition.
- Els Pazmany. Professor, AP University College Antwerp.
- Rute Saravia. Professor, Faculty of Law. University of Portugal.
- Stien Berwouts. Participant of Program INNETCAMPUS
12h – 13h ROUNDTABLE “Good inclusive practices in European Universities. Experiences of INNETCAMPUS and other European Programs.
Moderator: Rute Saravia. Professor, Faculty of Law. University of Portugal.
- Beno Schraepen. INnetCampus program. Presentation of the impact of results.
- Miguel Angel Pérez. University of Murcia. The importance of action protocols.
- Valérie Vanhees. Expert in inclusive education. Coordinator of the Support Center for Inclusive Higher Education (Flanders)
- Tuula Heide-Savolainen. Universidad of Eastern. Finland
13h – 14.30h Lunch – networking