Widening Access, Inclusion and Diversity
Preventive early career education Children’s Universities Recognition of prior learning Arqus support networks for inclusion Integrated Arqus plan for refugees and students at risk Seniors Universities Inclusive peer tutoring Fast track for gifted students Job market transition for inclusive universities Common Charter on Gender Equality, Inclusion and SustainabilityThe transition from the university to the job market has always been a complex experience process for all graduates. One of the Arqus Alliance’s main targets in the Line of Work 2: Widening access, inclusion and diversity was to facilitate this transition phase, focusing especially on students with vulnerabilities.
To do so, the Alliance created a special Task Force to work on the concept of students with vulnerabilities, which includes students with special needs, student with socio-vulnerabilities and students with financial vulnerabilities.
Although, some more specific actions were identified during the task force’s meetings, with 2 student sub-groups highlighted (vulnerables students and internationally-oriented students) and a new direction for Career Centers (to act as a real advocacy group), the main expected outputs were:
- Annual joint staff training events for careers guidance officers (3 days, 3 participants per
university). - Design of shared counseling services for graduates wishing to relocate to a partner region.