tinneke de clercq nele pierlet elke van paemel · artevelde university college ghent 2016 ......

EFYE 2018

Tinneke De Clercq

Nele Pierlet

Elke Van Paemel

Office of Study and Career Guidance

Artevelde University College Ghent

Artevelde University College Ghent - EFYE 2018

Diversity: from policy to action

1. From policy to action at Artevelde University College▪ Our context▪ Our strategy▪ Challenges▪ Our diversity action plan

2. Sharing effective strategies▪ Universal design for learning and inclusive learning▪ Support and councelling for refugee students▪ Guidance for distance learning and the enhancement of social cohesion

3. Pick of the day


1. From policy to action at Artevelde University College Ghent


History

▪ Diversity as an added value - Commitment statement of higher education Flanders - 2005

▪ Diversity policy – Creating added value –Artevelde University College Ghent 2016

▪ 6 key aspects on diversity

6 key aspects

Artevelde University College…

1. aims for an inclusive policy, complemented with a target policy when necessary.

2. is a college without direct or indirect discrimination, exclusion, segregation or racism.

3. aims for a successful intake, progression and outflow policy for students.

4. involves all stakeholders, students, partners and society in extending a diversity policy.

5. provides monitoring and registration on student diversity.

6. communicates on its diversity policy through internal and external channels.


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Support for chronically ill students

Possibility of preparatory courses for refugees

Language support

Providing data about minority students to the lecturers

Setting up a buddy system for students with a disability

Continuing to embed the 21st century skill ‘world citizenship’

Research on entrance, study success and outcome of disadvantaged groups

Professionalisation of lecturers and fellow workers:enhancement of intercultural competences

Expanding intervision and training for the diversity forum

Education on talentbased education

Enhancing the chances on the labour market

Cocreation on diversity

Think tank on diversity policyconcerning minority studentswith programme coördinators,diversity coaches and students

Validation of multilingualism

Attention for LGBT

Week on multilingualism

Symposium on diversity

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Support for chronically ill students

Possibility of preparatory courses for refugees

Language support

Providing data about minority students to the lecturers

Setting up a buddy system for students with a disability

Continuing to embed the 21st century skill ‘world citizenship’

Research on entrance, study success and outcome of disadvantaged groups

Professionalisation of lecturers and fellow workers:enhancement of intercultural competences

Expanding intervision and training for the diversity forum

Education on talentbased education

Enhancing the chances on the labour market

Cocreation on diversity

Think tank on diversity policyconcerning minority studentswith programme coördinators,diversity coaches and students

Validation of multilingualism

Attention for LGBT

Week on multilingualism

Symposium on diversity

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Difficulties and

challenges

▪ Overlap between different offices eg. study and carreerguidance & educational development, internationaloffice.

▪ Inserting actions already in progress in the different faculties or not?

▪ Brainstorming on 6 key aspects: Overlap in aspects oneaction works on + certain key aspects seem more urgent.

▪ Involvement of all affected parties & willingness to beinvolved Importance of the process.

▪ Balance between enthusiasm and feasiblity, maintainingboundaries.

▪ Support, time, space and resources… The sif as anessential part of the process.

Difficulties and

challenges

▪ Taking time to write out goals and actions (smart). It will make you realise how broad certain actions are.

▪ Longer proces, but important to do it in a fased way.

▪ Keeping overview.

▪ Gathering ideas from other institutions through intervision, literature, symposiums. What does/doesn’t work?

eg. Emphasis on social integration came through research done on social integration and study success.

Result


2. Sharing effective strategies


Conversation tables

▪ Interaction.

▪ Gathering ideas & sharing experiences.

▪ Three main topics:Universal design for learning and inclusive learning

Support and councelling for refugee students

Guidance for distance learning and the enhancement of social cohesion


Universal design for

learning and inclusive learning

1. Which good practices of inclusion or UDL do you know in your institution?

2. How does your institution identify the special needs of the students?

3. How are students engaged in inclusive education?

Support andcouncelling

for refugee students

1. How are refugees informed about higher education in your country?

2. How do we include refugee students in regular education? What are possible challenges, good practices and recommendations?

3. How can institutions involve students in the integration of refugee students in higher education?

Guidance for distance

learning and the

enhancement of social

cohesion

1. How can students (voluntarily?) learn and be evaluated from a distance? Which tools are used for that?

2. How are students from your institution coached from a distance? (Regularly? They take the first step ...?)

3. What are the difficulties regarding distance learning?

4. How would you like to see the future of distance learning?

3. Pick of the day


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