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Inclusive Higher Education: Bologna Process & Studying with Disabilities

Understand the Bologna Process and its implications for students with disabilities. Discover how the Bologna Process promotes inclusivity in higher education, focusing on mobility, quality assurance, lifelong learning, employability, and the social dimension. Explore the impact of studying and working with a disability in the context of the Bologna Process.

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Inclusive Higher Education: Bologna Process & Studying with Disabilities

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  1. esdon esdon@esdon.org +32 485/376 434 Gasmeterlaan 134 B-9000 Gent Belgium Gilles Verschoore Coordinator esdon The Bologna Process and studying with a disability

  2. The BP in a few words • Intergovernmental process • From 29 to 46 countries (Cultural Convention of the CoE) • The Bologna Declaration • 1999-2010-2020 • Creation of a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) • A process to harmonise European HE

  3. Start and evolution • 1998: Sorbonne • 1999: Bologna • 2001: Prague • 2003: Berlin • 2005: Bergen • 2007: London • 2009: Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve

  4. Sorbonne • Celebration 800 years Sorbonne • France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom • Sorbonne Joint Declaration • More cooperation in the field of HE

  5. Bologna • 29 countries • Harmonisation of HE • Comparability • Compatibility • Promotion of mobility • Not a binding international treaty • 3 dimensions • Comparability • Employability • Attractiveness • Social cohesion??

  6. The Bologna Declaration • Easily readable & comparable degrees (+ implementation of DS, to promote employability & international competitiveness) • Two main cycles (undergraduate (min 3 years) & graduate) • System of credits, such asECTS • Promotion of mobility • European cooperation in quality assurance • Promotion of the necessary European dimension in HE

  7. Action lines Qualifications Frameworks / Three-Cycle System Joint Degrees Mobility Recognition Quality Assurance Social Dimension Employability Lifelong Learning EHEA in a global context Stocktaking Bologna Beyond 2010

  8. A pedagogical revolution? • Teaching => Learning • Tutor-oriented => Student-centered • Year => Semester • Class hours => ECTS • Class content => Learning outcomes

  9. How does studying (and working) with a disability fits in the Bologna Process?

  10. BP and disability (1/8) • 3-cycle system and ECTS • Flexibilisation => flexible and individual pathways REMARK: Is this inclusive for all? Maybe some students like ex cathedra classes? => Yes, both systems can exist in a parallel way

  11. BP and disability (2/8) • Mobility • Disabled students (and staff) must be able to be mobile as well • Should focus on a free choice of institution and be based on the educational opportunities an institution can offer a disabled student, not just based on the availability of specialised services • => Study abroad without limits

  12. BP and disability (3/8) • Quality assurance • Embed student services in general and services for disabled students in the quality assurance review process • Monitoring of the impact of the quality assurance system • Continuous professional development of staff (‘teaching the teachers’, ‘training the trainers’)

  13. BP and disability (4/8) • Lifelong learning • Flexible, individual and alternative pathways to enjoy higher education

  14. BP and disability (5/8) • Employability • HE must prepare students to function properly in a working environment • => disabled students as well • Raising awareness amongst employers, empowerment of people with disabilities and provision of specialist career and guidance services

  15. BP and disability (6/8) • Social dimension • => start to act, clear goals and benchmarks regarding accessibility, services, guidance and counseling, reasonable adjustments and non-discrimination legislation

  16. BP and disability (7/8)

  17. BP and disability (8/8) • Stocktaking • => put accessibility, services, guidance and counseling and reasonable adjustments in the stocktaking under the social dimension • Data collection!

  18. Thank you for your attention!

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