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The European project entitled IHES – Inclusive Higher Education Systems for students with intellectual disabilities was written and coordinated by the project applicant and scientific coordinator Pablo de Olavide University (Spain) in cooperation with Pixel. The project was funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, KA2 - Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Education. The aim of the IHES project is 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.
Funding Programme
Erasmus+ Programme, KA2 - Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Education
Theme
Inclusion and Diversity
Target group
Higher Education
Project Reference
2021-1-ES01-KA220-HED-000032084
Date
01-12-2021 | 01-06-2024
Role of Pixel
Technical Coordinator
Project Details
Project Title
Inclusive Higher Education Systems for students with intellectual disabilities
Context
Universities do not offer the same opportunities to all students with functional diversity. People with intellectual disabilities are still excluded from the higher education environment. University policies have not consolidated structural strategies to make higher education accessible to people with intellectual disabilities.
Objectives
The purposes of IHES project is:
- Develop and implement online programme on inclusion and independent living for people with intellectual disabilities in universities.
- Design and pilot a methodology to support inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in the Higher Education (HE) systems.
- Develop a set of recommendations to university policy and decision makers at HE level on how to promote inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.
Activities
The purposes of IHES project is:
- Develop and implement online programme on inclusion and independent living for people with intellectual disabilities in universities.
- Design and pilot a methodology to support inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in the Higher Education (HE) systems.
- Develop a set of recommendations to university policy and decision makers at HE level on how to promote inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.
Results
For the purpose the project will develop and make accessible the following deliverables:
- An Online Training Programme for the acquisition of skills related to the empowerment and equal opportunities life of people with intellectual disabilities
- A Digital Handbook on models and strategies to promote inclusion and independent living within the university for students with intellectual disabilities.
- Recommendations for the higher education sector (decision makers and policy makers) on how to build a more inclusive university system.