Inclusion

The Action Line 2: “Widening access, Inclusion and Diversity” is coordinated by the Inclusion Board, chaired by the University of Padua. The main objectives of the Action Line 2 are the following:

• Increasing inclusion (widening access and diversity) within universities.
• Increasing the awareness of the local and regional environment about different forms of disparity, under-represented groups, diversity and inclusion.
• Influencing inclusive policies on a regional and national level.

Action Line Board Chair and contact person: Benedetta Zatti (arqus@unipd.it)

Activities

Engagement with pre-university education pupils

1. Preventive early career education shared models of preventive early career education through the training of experts and shared resources.
2. Children’s universities sharing best practice and development of shared guidelines for outreach activities for primary and secondary schools.

Secondary/ high school to university transition

3. Support networks for inclusion sharing best practice in services offered to meet vulnerable high school students’ needs in their transition towards university.

Widening access – new transitions

4. Recognition of prior learning shared guidelines for a credit recognition and transfer system for accredited professionals and work experience. Recommendations for national authorities.
5. Enabling refugees a shared policy for the academic recognition and admission process of refugees.
6. Seniors’ Universities sharing of best practices and short-term mobility for seniors’ universities.

Inclusion and diversity at university

7. Inclusive peer tutoring sharing best practices and staff development for heterogeneity-sensitive programmes, internships and staff.
8. Fast tracks for gifted students

University to World of Work

9. Job market transition for inclusive universities Shared Policy Approach.
10. Common charters on Gender Equality, Inclusion and Sustainable Development Goals