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 Fast track for gifted students Job market transition for inclusive universities Common Charter on Gender Equality, Inclusion and SustainabilityThe aim of the Activity 2.11: Fast track for gifted students was to carry out in-depth analysis of current commitments, initiatives, and practices in the field of giftedness/excellence. In our first step we analysed the words giftedness and excellence to find out what common literature says. The breadth of models and approaches make clear that the topic of gifted students and excellence is vast, with many different approaches both in literature and in practice. Children capable of high performance include those with demonstrated achievement and/or potential ability in any of the following areas, singly or in combination: general intellectual ability, specific academic aptitude, creative or productive thinking, leadership ability, visual and performing arts, psychomotor ability.
The encouragement from different Arqus Universities of gifted students follows a series of recommendations:
- Giving out scholarships and grants according to every institution’s requirements.
- Implement a one-year program that aims to develop motivated students in terms of personal
development and business understanding. - Implementation of an interdisciplinary elective program to support motivated students who want to develop in business-related areas during their studies.
- Implementation of a school of higher education dedicated to supporting gifted students in the form of a separate institution integrated into the university’s system.
- Programs/initiatives which are organised in cooperation with universities.