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Mapping problems From Student’s Perspective • fear of the unknown • lack of self-confidence

Fostering the Mobility of Students with Disabilities in Erasmus Programme Agnes Sarolta Fazekas Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Hungary 8th International Conference on Higher Education and Disability July 22-26, 2013 ◊ Innsbruck, Austria.

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Mapping problems From Student’s Perspective • fear of the unknown • lack of self-confidence

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  1. Fostering the Mobility of Students with Disabilities in Erasmus Programme Agnes Sarolta FazekasEötvös Loránd UniversityBudapest, Hungary8th International Conference on Higher Education and DisabilityJuly 22-26, 2013 ◊ Innsbruck, Austria

  2. StructureI. Students with special needs in Erasmus mobility II. ExchangeAbility projectIII. Outcomes of my Research IV. Recommendations & Conclusions

  3. I. Students with special needs in Erasmus programme •Erasmus Programme: one of the sub-programmes of EU’s LLP • Staff/students with special needs - broad definition at EU level• „ [...]a potential participant whose individual physical, mental or health-related situation is such that his/her participation in mobility action would not be possible without extra financial support.” (Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) Guide 2012 , p32.)• Various definitions of PWD in countries involved in Erasmus• Procedure on granting supplementary amount –Guide for NAs• Data for number of students with special needs : via grants

  4. According to the data from European Commission, there is a very low participation of students with special needs in Erasmus mobility Source: According to the data from European Commission, Erasmus programme statistics http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/statistics_en.htm

  5. II. ExchangeAbility Project•1st phase: Making Erasmus Student Network an accessible organization with support of EDF,Youth Agora, UNICA in 2009/2010  providing the conditions ,opportunities for students with disabilities to actively participate in international student life. • 2nd phase for ExchangeAbility in 2010/2011approved by European Commission „Erasmus Accompanying Measures Action”Consortium: UNICA, ESN, Comenius University SK, ELTE University, HU, Erasmus Hogeschool, BE, Tallin University of Technology, EE, University of Cyprus, CY Fostering Mobility of Students with Disabilities • encourage & increase the number of students with special needs taking part in mobility programmes • comparing situations in involved HEI-s during site visits

  6. III. Outcomes of my ResearchMapping problems(1) Financial sources(2) Adequate level of foreign language skills (3) convertibility of knowledge and credits transfer across HEIs(4) Overarching problems – EU, countries(5) Various procedure of Supplementary Grant for special needs(6) Barriers of Info - CommunicationTechnology & Built Environment (7) Cooperation within & between HEIs (8) Availability & Transportability of Services (e.g.Personal Assistance!)(9) Adequate Exchange of Information

  7. Mapping problems From Student’s Perspective • fear of the unknown • lack of self-confidence • barriers to the student life • lack of good practices, inspiring personal experiences • further complex individual factors for willingness to study abroad • time-consuming preparation • diversity of risks and unknown situations

  8. Milestones of my Irish – Hungarian Comparative Research HUNGARY • Incoherent term of use for special needs/disability in Extra grant and HE legislation • „Open-ended” budget plan Form • More „medical model” assessment of grant application • PWD population in HE and Special needs student in Erasmus not entirely the same statistical set • less coordinated data- collection on situation of student with disabilities in HE IRELAND • Coherent term of use for special needs/disability in Extra grant and HE legislation • „Closed-ended” budget plan Form • More „user friendly” assessment of grant application • PWD population in HE and special needs student in Erasmus the same statistical set • coordinated data - collection on situation of student with disabilities in HE

  9. IV. Recommendations • Approaching coherent terms of use regarding special needs,disability• „Access needs and user friendly” mechanism of assessment of extra grants• Guidance for Budget Planning for Supplementary Grant• Collecting Parallel Information on Study Abroad projects, news etc.• Data collection, researches, surveys on statistics of PWD, HEI, Accessibility• Distribution on work/load – HEI coordinators & students organizations ( „knowledge triangle” – e.g. Exchangeability coordinator at ESN ) • Adequate use of Student’s Supplementary Grants Reports • Compensation of lack of experiences with trainings including Students• Offline/online platforms for mobility experiences, mapping problems• Develop services at HEIs for local, international students with special needs • Short term pre-visits for students,staff before actual mobility programme • Encourage students to disclosure needs,reduce feelings of stigmatization

  10. IV. Conclusion• Several initiatives have started (SAWL, Exchangeability, etc)• In Erasmus Programme : countries, HEIs depend on each other• EU level, countries – OMC* fields (education, social dimension)• Legislation and practical elements of Transportability of Services e.g.Personal Assistance for PWD between countries• „ Freedom of Movement. Are you free enough?” European Disability Forum Campaign• Develop a "mobility culture” opportunities for All• New initiative for 2014-2020 : ERASMUS +* Open Method Coordination (http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/glossary/open_method_coordination_en.htm

  11. Thank You!Agnes Sarolta FazekasFAVE@T-ONLINE.HUSocial Policy PhD Student at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary ExchangeAbility Coordinator at Erasmus Student Network HungaryEXCHANGEABILITY@ESN.HUFor further information: http://www.exchangeability.eu/ http://exchangeability.eu/blog/3rd-exchangeability-video-released-meet-agnes

  12. References:•The Erasmus Programme Reports http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/doc/stat/1011/report.pdf http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/doc/stat/0910/report.pdfhttp://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/doc/stat/report0809.pdfhttp://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/doc/stat/0708/report.pdf• UNICA Network-Exchangeabilityhttp://www.unica-network.eu/project/exchangeability• Erasmus Student Network Hungary http://www.esn.hu/content/exchangeability• Erasmus Student Network Internationalhttp://exchangeability.esn.org/content/what-exchangeability• European Commission Education& Training http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/statistics_en.htm • Erasmus Accompanying Measures Actionhttp://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/results_projects/documents/erasmus_compendiu m_2010_en.pdf• Exchangeability Projecthttp://www.exchangeability.eu/content/exchangeability • Agnes Sarolta Fazekas: Speciális szükségletű hallgatók részvétele a felsőoktatási mobilitási programokban – Írország és Magyarország gyakorlatának összehasonlító elemzése. Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 2013.

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