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INCLUSIVE NETWORKING CAMPUS TO FOSTER THE ACCESS TO UNIVERSITY OF YOUNG STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2015-1-ES01-KA203-016095
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for higher education Funder Contribution: 266,376 EUR

INCLUSIVE NETWORKING CAMPUS TO FOSTER THE ACCESS TO UNIVERSITY OF YOUNG STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

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The EU considers that education plays a crucial role in achieving economic and social development. In this sense, the main goal of the Europe 2020 strategy is to reduce the EU average early school leaving rate to less than 10% by 2020 as well as to ensure that at least 40% of the younger generation have a tertiary education. Furthermore, between the 8 priority areas, education and training is the key element in the shift towards inclusive education and lifelong learning, as well as the access and successful completion of the third level education for persons with disabilities. In this context, is a priority that persons with disabilities, especially young people, exercise their right both to inclusive education and access to higher education, which expands their job opportunities.In Europe, the early school-leaving rate is very high between persons with disabilities. More than a half of them drop out of high school and the number of University students with disabilities makes only 1.3 % of a total number students. There are many obstacles that do not let them complete their studies. The main goal of the INnetCampus project is to encourage them to continue their studies after high school, as well as to promote their access to higher education, in order to ensure their full inclusion in the society, while entering adulthood. Moreover, the aim is to enhance the participation of persons with disabilities in international mobility programs, giving them the opportunity to acquire transversal competences offered by this type of programs. In addition, the project’s final long-term goal is to ensure quality education for persons with disabilities, in order to give them access to better job positions, as well as to increase European Universities’ awareness of the importance to open their doors to persons with disabilities and to be in compliance with the CRPD.In order to achieve the aforementioned goals, the following actions were taken: six Campuses (mobility experiences of young persons with disabilities in three countries), coordinated by the ONCE Foundation and held at three partner entities (University of Granada, University of Lisbon and Artesis Plantijn University College). Each University was responsible for the management and organization of the Campuses. Moreover, the project served as a gathering point for producing ideas in order to improve its realization, thanks to several partner meetings held at different Universities. In this sense, two International Conferences were organized in the framework of the project (Madrid 2017 and Granada 2018) with 135 attendees. The Conferences offered a unique opportunity to exchange experiences between partners, as well as to increase their project’s impact by inviting experts in inclusive education to share their knowledge. The project was finalized with the European Conference on Inclusive Education held in Antwerp, with a large participation of the representatives of European institutions, departments and organizations that are working in this field and having set mutual goals in order to continue progressing. Moreover, many intellectual outputs were created: six documents with the experiences of Inclusive Campuses, a “Methodological guide for an educational transition to higher education” and a publication titled “Inclusion of students with disabilities into Universities: mobility program experience”, which contains program’s analysis and impact. All the aforementioned documents were widely disseminated by ONCE Foundation and the partners.In regard to the Inclusive Campuses as the most important activity, were first three pilot Campuses, and then, 3 consolidated Campuses. They were held in the following order:-3 pilot Inclusive Campuses held in Granada, Lisbon and Antwerp (July/September 2016);-3 consolidated Inclusive Campuses in the same cities (July/September 2017).The students took part in a variety of activities such as academic, vocational guidance and cultural and leisure activities.At the end of the project, all participants filled out a qualitative questionnaire that revealed that their positive experience exceeded their expectations. The project included the Universities at a high level, with the participation of University high representatives, and the President of the University in the case of Granada, as well as representatives of political and educational institutions of the aforementioned countries.

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