University College West Flanders is the coordinator of the ‘Flemish Support Centre for Studying and Working with Disabilities in Higher Education’ and has been an advocate for equal opportunities for students with disabilities for many years now. It provides support of high qualitative standards both in the own institution as well as in the whole of Flanders. During the years, the University College has gained a lot of competence in the field of studying with disabilities and belongs to the national and international networks.
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For the contents and the programme of the Bruges Event, the University College West Flanders is supported by 5 other national professional support umbrella structures
The Slovenian Association of Disabled Students is an organization of university students with disabilities. Currently the organization links 180 students with various types and degrees of disabilities. It was founded to advocate and promote the rights and interests of disabled students and to offer services and support to improve the educational and living circumstances of disabled students and graduates.
Among the services we offer are personal assistance, adapting study materials, transportation services, use of modern computer technology, educational, cultural and sporting activities and social events home and abroad, provide advice on study courses, accessible housing, possibilities of financial aids, employment opportunities, etc.
Cooperation with higher education institutions, NGOs and governments, home and abroad, helps us to achieve greater knowledge on disability in relation to higher education and employment.
National Bureau for Students with Disabilities helps disabled people across the UK make the most of their learning and employment opportunities. Skill, Skill Northern Ireland, Skill Scotland and Skill Wales achieve this by running an information and advice service for disabled people about further and higher education, training, employment and volunteering. Skill also organises conferences for professionals as well as disabled students, trainees and job-seekers, produces publications, conducts research projects, informs and influences key decision makers to open doors for the millions of disabled people in the UK, and working with its members and volunteers.
In Sweden, there is a cooperative network between the Coordinators for students with disabilities in higher education institutions. With time, the national network has developed into a recognised and interactive forum for experience exchange, policy discussion and education/training. The network is here represented by the University of Gothenburg, a wide-ranging and versatile university with eight faculties and 57 departments, approximately 50 000 students and 5 000 employees, and actually one of the major universities in Europe.
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AHEAD, the Association for Higher Education Access and Disability, is an independent non-profit organisation governed by a mission statement: "To promote full access to and full participation in higher education by students with disabilities and to assist in their employment on graduation." Established in 1990, AHEAD, works in partnership with higher education institutions, statutory and non-statutory bodies and people with disabilities to carry out its mission. AHEAD’s principles are firmly rooted in a rights-based philosophy and activities include:
GET AHEAD – the National Forum of Graduates with Disabilities, was set up by AHEAD as an independent platform to act as a collective voice of graduates in supporting and advising employers and institutions on how to create inclusive workplaces. GET AHEAD, with a motto - “By, For and With Graduates with Disabilities” provides information on Recruitment processes, Interview and CV preparation, Disclosure, Employer grants, Assistive Technology, Employment Legislation and Universal Design - Access to the Workplace. The email discussion group – get-ahead@smartgroups.com is always open to new membership and ideas!!!!
Further information
AHEAD (Association for Higher Education Access and Disability)
East Hall, UCD, Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
Phone: 00353 1 7164396
Email: ahead@ahead.ie
Website: www.ahead.ie
Handicap + studie, the Dutch expert centre for studying with disabilities, stimulates the participation of students with disabilities in higher education. The mission of handicap + studie is to allow students with a handicap to successfully participate in the higher education of their choice.
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