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The fifth partners' meeting convened in Seville, Spain, on June 5, 2024. Key discussions included the final assessment of the three project results, ensuring they meet the desired objectives. The team also presented and reviewed the organized or upcoming multiplier events designed to disseminate the project's findings and impact. Additionally, they established a clear procedure for gathering feedback from the target groups, ensuring their input is systematically collected and integrated into the project's outcomes. This meeting marked a crucial step in refining the project's impact and preparing for its broader dissemination.
ISCTE (University Institute of Lisbon) organizes on 8 May 2024 in Coimbra the multiplier event of the project. The event will be in Portuguese and will allow for virtual participation through a Zoom Room. The event is entitled "Empowering Students with Intellectual Disabilities in Higher Education".
The Digital Handbook is now available in all partners' languages and in the Easy Reading version.
It is relevant for:
The IHES project is currently creating the Think Tank Group, a reflection group that would give its opinion on the policy recommendations that the project consortium is developing. If you wish to be part of the group, please contact the representatives of the contractual partners.
The digital handbook covers the following topics: how to facilitate access to different university services for students with intellectual disabilities; how to improve socialisation in the university environment; how to support the learning process of students with intellectual disabilities; how to improve employability.
The fourth partners' meeting took place in Seville (IT) on 21- 22 September 2023 and the main discussed topics have been:
IHES project partners are currently involving lecturers in the second round of the Delphi Panel related to the collection of data for the production of the Digital Handbook. If you're interested in participating in the second round, please contact the project partners.
The third partners' meeting took place in Florence (IT) on 30 - 31 March 2023 and the main discussed topics have been:
The fourth module of the online training course dedicated to Management is available on the project portal and it offers different learning paths for teachers, managers, students and students with disabilities. It is possible to register and get a certificate of attendance
Under the website of The International Association Of Schools Of Social Work is available a video from social work day prepared by various student/intern at the UN NY and participated in the Global Student Conference held on April 2, 2023. The video is about the different perspectives of disability around the world. The purpose of the video was to serve as an educational tool to those unfamiliar with disability but also a way to hear the changes people with disabilities from different countries want.
The third module of the online training course dedicated to Teaching is available on the project portal and it offers different learning paths for teachers, managers, students and students with disabilities. It is possible to register and get a certificate of attendance
The first module of the online training course dedicated to Teaching is available on the project portal and it offers different learning paths for teachers, managers, students and students with disabilities.
It is possible to register and get a certificate of attendance
The second meeting of the IHES project took place on 5-6 October 2022 in Dublin (IE).
All partners have been involved in the:
Various rounds of Focus groups have been held in Portugal (by ISCTE) and Italy (by UniFi).
All o them have been realized following the guidelines provided by the University Pablo de Olavide with the different target groups of the project: Lecturers, Students, and Administrative staff.
IHES project partners completed the first round of the Delphi Panel questionnaires.
The survey has involved 6 experts for each country, for a total number of 24 participants.
If you're interested in participate into the second round, please click here, and you will find the contacts for the partner countries.
The kick-off meeting of the IHES project took place online as a consequence of the COVID-19. All partners participated in the meeting and the main topics discussed were:
- Presentation of the project activities, objectives and results
- Presentation of the templates and calendar of activities for the first project result
- Analysis of the Project Assessment by the Spanish National Agency
- Presentation of the financial management
The “Inclusive Higher Education System for Students with Intellectual Disabilities” project is funded, by the European Commission through the Spanish National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme to place people with intellectual disabilities in universities, as students, as future users of professionals trained in universities and as citizens who count on universities as generators of knowledge focused on improving their lives in more egalitarian and fair societies.