Mob4all presents a guide to improve the international mobility of students with disabilities during its final event

mob4all final event at Seville

The University of Seville held the final event of the Erasmus+ Mob4All project of the Ulysseus European University, which aims to improve the university mobility of students with disabilities. To this end, a training guide will be presented to volunteer students, internationalization and diversity staff, tutor teachers and teachers of the online training course developed by the project.

The program also included a round table on the evolution of the needs of students with disabilities at university, with the participation of members of ONCE, the Asperger’s Federation and Association, ESN (Alumni Erasmus Spain Association) and the Andalusian Federation of Families of Deaf People (FAPAS) and representatives of the European universities involved in the project: the University of Seville, the Université Côte d’Azur (France), the University of Genoa (Italy), MCI | The Entrepreneurial School® (Austria), Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (Finland), INCOMA (Spain) and UNISER (Italy).

Training guide

The Mob4All Guidelines for Mobility Officers, Academic and Non-Academic Staff and Tutor Students is currently nearing completion. This guidelines aims to support Higher Education Institutions and the network of actors involved in a mobility giving them tools to guide, accommodate, support and integrate students with special needs in international mobility. 

Mob4all final event

Breaking “the glass ceiling”.

The US delegate for Health Affairs, Rafaela Caballero, explained that the students “come very well prepared, with many skills, but find many limitations for international mobility. We have to work together so that all people have the same opportunities and to break the glass ceiling, all the barriers that we encounter”.

The internationalization of this students requires that all the improvements that exist in the university of origin must be in the universities of destination, so that mobility only involves, like other students, adapting to a new language and customs. Thus, the project aims to ensure that all Ulysseus universities work together to understand and be competent in diversity. Not coincidentally, a study by ONCE, carried out in Spain, shows that the mobility of students with special educational needs represents 0.01% of all mobility, which is practically negligible.

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UNISER

UNISER is a social co-operative based in Bologna (center-north of Italy), which supports the internationalization of education institutions. Today Uniser cooperates with more than 300 schools in Europe in the design and management of learning mobility projects for their students and staff, organizing international experiences (internships, study visits, job shadowing, training courses, etc.) for about 2000 learners and teachers every year.
To be at the forefront about the innovation of international education and mobility, Uniser created a specific research & development unit. Within this framework Uniser is managing all KA2 projects aiming to develop new products, methodologies and approaches, as well as to allow best practices exchanges and enlarge the partnership worldwide.

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INCOMA

INCOMA is a training and research centre based in Seville (Spain) with extensive know-how and experience in the development and coordination of international cooperation projects mainly funded within the framework of EU programmes, especially in the field of education, training and research. INCOMA’s activity is especially devoted to the development of social innovation projects, with special focus on training targeting groups at risk or with special difficulties to enter to enter the labour market, namely young people, women and migrants. INCOMA is an active member of international networks such as the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures, EFVET (European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training), the WINGS network for female entrepreneurship and the INTERMOVE network.

University of Genoa (Italy)

UniGe is one of the largest universities in Italy. It is defined by its high-level multidisciplinary, multinational educational pathways, its research projects and innovation activities, and its active technological transfer. UniGe provides long-standing expertise in social cohesion and public engagement empowerment.

Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (Finland)

Haaga-Helia is a strongly business-orientated University of Applied Sciences that focuses on co-operation, entrepreneurship, innovation and internationality. Haaga-Helia’s strategic core areas corresponding to the needs of business life are: Business Development, Entrepreneurship, Experiential Service Innovation, Value through Sales, New Emerging Technology and Transformative Pedagogy.

University of Seville (Spain, Coordinator)

USE is a historic university, the second largest in Spain in number of students, with a relevant and robust comprehensive formation, internationally recognized for its academic excellence, research and technology transfer background. USE ranks 8th in scientific production and 1st in international patents in Spain. USE provides strong expertise in coordinating European consortia.

MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®️ (Austria)

MCI follows the concept of an Entrepreneurial School covering Higher Education, research and transfer into practice for management, society, technology and life sciences. MCI empowers motivated people to achieve outstanding performance, provides profound academic competence and creates innovative know-how transfer within a strong international network.

Université Côte d'Azur (France)

UCA is a research-intensive university relying on a strong cluster of Higher Education and research institutions. In 2016, Côte d’Azur won a prestigious “IDEX” award, placing it among the top 10 world-class, comprehensive universities in France. UCA provides its own experience of transforming a campus.