v1.0 – Sep 2019 – (C) MobiAbility Project
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[Juridical study] [Empirical study] [Expert study] [Block I.1. Access] [Block I.2. Physical accessibility] [Block I.3.Info accessibility] [Block I.4.Teaching-learning] [Block I.5.Participation] [Block I.6. Scholarships] [Block II. Management] [Block III. Assessment]
I. JURIDICAL STUDY: SAMPLE
| Id | State/Country | Region (2) |
| AT | Austria | Vienna |
| BE | Belgium (1) | Brussels |
| CZ | Czech Republic | |
| FI | Finland | |
| FR | France | |
| DE | Germany | Berlin |
| GR | Greece | |
| HU | Hungary | |
| IE | Ireland | |
| IT | Italy | |
| LT | Lithuania | |
| NL | Netherlands | Noord-Holland |
| PL | Poland | |
| PT | Portugal | |
| RO | Romania | |
| SK | Slovakia | |
| ES | Spain | |
| SE | Sweden | |
| CH | Switzerland | Vaud |
| TR | Turkey | |
| UK | U Kingdom | |
| Total analysed | 20 | 5 |
The 21 selected countries represent (3):
- 95% of outgoing student
- 97% of incoming students
- 98% of incoming and outgoing students with disabilities
Notes:
(1) It was not analysed as country (…back).
(2) When state analysis was not possible, more representative regions, in number of mobilities, were selected (…back).
(3) Source: http://ec.europa.eu/education/resources/statistics_en (a, Participants by Country 2012-2013. Annual Report 2013, Annex 2; b, Erasmus facts, figures and trends 2013-2014; c, Erasmus facts, figures and trends 2012-2013) (…back)
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[Juridical study] [Empirical study] [Expert study] [Block I.1. Access] [Block I.2. Physical accessibility] [Block I.3.Info accessibility] [Block I.4.Teaching-learning] [Block I.5.Participation] [Block I.6. Scholarships] [Block II. Management] [Block III. Assessment]
II. EMPIRICAL STUDY: SAMPLE
| PARTICIPANTS | Students in 2017 | Students with special needs in 2017 | Erasmus participation (5) | Quality aknowledgement (6) | |||||||
| COUNTRY | N | Public Ownership | Media | Min | Max | Media | Min | Max | Mean percentage (4) | N | N |
| ESPAÑA | 17 | 15 | 22809 | 4311 | 52018 | 299 | 0 | 1065 | 1,2% | 17 | 6 |
| ITALY | 6 | 6 | 27607 | 3000 | 87000 | 408 | 20 | 1100 | 1,5% | 5 | 0 |
| GERMANY | 2 | 1 | 2870 | 481 | 5258 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0,3% | 2 | 0 |
| POLAND | 2 | 2 | 27401 | 9371 | 45430 | 838 | 114 | 1562 | 2,3% | 2 | 0 |
| PORTUGAL | 2 | 2 | 17650 | 11500 | 23799 | 118 | 112 | 124 | 0,7% | 2 | 1 |
| CZECH REP. | 1 | 1 | 40400 | 40400 | 40400 | 550 | 550 | 550 | 1,4% | 1 | 0 |
| FRANCE | 1 | 1 | 30803 | 481 | 30803 | 533 | 0 | 533 | 1,7% | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 31 | 28 | 24220 | 481 | 87000 | 393 | 0 | 1562 | 1,3% | 30 | 8 |
Notes:
(4) Mean percentage = students with disabilities / total of students * 100 (…back)
(5) Erasmus participation = Participation in Erasmus + mobility programmes in the last 5 years (…back)
(6) Quality acknowledgement = Quality label related to people with special needs services/programs in the last 5 years (…back)
| GENERAL DATA OF ERASMUS+ STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR LEARNING DISORDERS | ||||
| Outgoing | Ingoing | |||
| Students | N | Mean | N | Mean |
| Enrolled | 24 | 10 | 26 | 11 |
| Attended | 22 | 9 | 26 | 10 |
| Percentage | 85% | 95% | ||
III. EXPERT STUDY: PARTICIPANTS
| Partner | Number of judges/experts |
| UMU | 5 |
| CERMI-RM | 5 |
| F. ONCE | 2 |
| F. Universia | 2 |
| U. Masaryk | 3 |
| Total | 17 |
UMU, University of Murcia (Spain)
- Catalina Guerrero-Romera, Associate Professor at Education Department
- Manuel Hernández-Pedreño, Associate Professor at Sociology Department
- Eva Casanova, Technical staff at the Attention to Diversity Office
- Jesús Molina-Saorín, Associate Professor at Education Department
- Miguel Á. Pérez-Sánchez, Associate Professor at Psychology Department
CERMI-Región de Murcia (Spain)
- José Luis Aedo- Cuevas, President of the Education Committee
- Mari Carmen López-Gómez, Technical staff
- Cristina Lázaro-Pérez, Collaborator (Psychologist)
- Mª Carmen Abellán-Fernández, Collaborator (Psychologist)
- María Palazón Rodríguez, Collaborator (Speech therapist)
Fundación ONCE (Spain)
- Isabel Martínez-Lozano, Director of Programs with Universities and Promotion of Young Talent
- Silvia Duarte, Technical staff
Fundación Universia (Spain)
- Ramón Rodríguez, Marketing and Global Projects Manager
- Marta Gago, Communication and Culture Manager
University of Masaryk (Czech Republic)
- Petr Peňáz, Head of the Teiresiás Centre for Students with Special Needs
- Boris Janča, Accountant of the Teiresiás Centre for Students with Special Needs
- Tomáš Varga, Specialist – Studies Section (Teiresiás Centre)
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[Juridical study] [Empirical study] [Expert study] [Block I.1. Access] [Block I.2. Physical accessibility] [Block I.3.Info accessibility] [Block I.4.Teaching-learning] [Block I.5.Participation] [Block I.6. Scholarships] [Block II. Management] [Block III. Assessment]
III. STANDARD OF SUPPORT MEASURES: BLOCK I. RESOURCES, MEASURES AND ACTIONS TO SUPPORT ERASMUS+ STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR LEARNING DISORDERS.
1. ACCESS TO THE ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME
| Regulation at state level reviewed by MobiAbility team | Regulation reported by universities | ||||
| Accessing restrictions | Aids | At state level | At region level | University level | |
| 96% of countries do not add any other non academic restriction in access and admission to university | 40% of countries offer one o more aids in the accessing process (entrance exams, reduced or no fees, etc.) | 97% | 79% | 85% | |
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Involved agents | Responsible agents |
| S-1.1. Dissemination of information and attracting students with disabilities and/or learning disorders for European mobility programmes | 67% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Civil and social organizations; National/European agencies | Technical staff; Civil and social organizations; National/European agencies |
| S-1.2. Management of the Erasmus+ Programme application and grant (i.e., supporting students with the application for the Programme and for the special needs support grant) | 59% | 29 | 86% | Technical staff; National/European agencies | Technical staff; National/European agencies |
| S-1.3. Negotiation and/or coordination of an adaptation agreement with the other University prior to the exchange of students with disabilities and/or learning disorders | 62% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
[Back to Outcomes page] [Description of the Standard (PDF)]
[Juridical study] [Empirical study] [Expert study] [Block I.1. Access] [Block I.2. Physical accessibility] [Block I.3.Info accessibility] [Block I.4.Teaching-learning] [Block I.5.Participation] [Block I.6. Scholarships] [Block II. Management] [Block III. Assessment]
2. PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY TO UNIVERSITY FACILITIES
| Regulation at state level reviewed by MobiAbility team | Adapted residence halls reported by universities | ||
| Physical accessibility was not specifically analysed at the higher education level regulation because it is regulated by more general statutes. A report of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in 2015 claimed that 23 out 28 EU Member States have mandatory accessibility standards for the construction and alteration of national and local authority buildings (8 states only requires the partial application of accessibility standards under some conditions; see https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2014/indicators-right-political-participation-people-disabilities/building-standards) | At state level | At region level | University level |
| 58% | 48% | 52% | |
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Involved agents | Responsible agents |
| CLASROOMS | |||||
| S-2.1. Physical accessibility in all or in most areas inside the facilities (7) | 81% | 16 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.2. Signals for visual impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (8) | 27% | 15 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.3. Signals for hearing impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (9) | 13% | 15 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.4. Accessible transport to all or most of the facilities (10) | 50% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Local authorities |
| S-2.5. Accessible parking places (min. 10% if no specific regulation applied) next to all or most of the facilities (11) | 71% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| LABORATORIES | |||||
| S-2.6. Physical accessibility in all or in most areas inside the facilities (7) | 67% | 16 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.7. Signals for visual impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (8) | 29% | 15 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.8. Signals for hearing impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (9) | 14% | 15 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.9. Accessible parking places (min. 10% if no specific regulation applied) next to all or most of the facilities (11) | 63% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| R-2.1. Accessible transport to all or most of the facilities (10) | 47% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| CENTRAL SERVICES | |||||
| S-2.10. Physical accessibility in all or in most areas inside the facilities (7) | 94% | 16 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.11. Signals for visual impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (8) | 33% | 15 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.12. Signals for hearing impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (9) | 13% | 15 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.13. Accessible transport to all or most of the facilities (10) | 50% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| S-2.14. Accessible parking places (min. 10% if no specific regulation applied) next to all or most of the facilities (11) | 71% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| LIBRARIES | |||||
| S-2.15. Physical accessibility in all or in most areas inside the facilities (7) | 100% | 16 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.16. Signals for visual impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (8) | 33% | 15 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.17. Signals for hearing impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (9) | 13% | 15 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.18. Accessible transport to all or most of the facilities (10) | 50% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| S-2.19. Accessible parking places (min. 10% if no specific regulation applied) next to all or most of the facilities (11) | 76% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| DINING AREAS | |||||
| S-2.20. Physical accessibility in all or in most areas inside the facilities (7) | 88% | 16 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.21. Signals for visual impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (8) | 27% | 15 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.22. Signals for hearing impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (9) | 13% | 15 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.23. Accessible transport to all or most of the facilities (10) | 50% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| S-2.24. Accessible parking places (min. 10% if no specific regulation applied) next to all or most of the facilities (11) | 71% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| UNIVERSITY APARTMENTS/RESIDENCES | |||||
| S-2.25. Physical accessibility in all or in most areas inside the facilities (7) | 69% | 16 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.26. Signals for visual impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (8) | 21% | 15 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.27. Signals for hearing impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (9) | 7% | 15 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.28. Accessible transport to all or most of the facilities (10) | 50% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| S-2.29. Accessible parking places (min. 10% if no specific regulation applied) next to all or most of the facilities (11) | 71% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| S-2.30. Mean percentage of accessible places (beds) in University student apartments/residences | 6,1% | 30 | 67% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| SPORT, CULTURAL, AND LEISURE FACILITIES | |||||
| S-2.31. Physical accessibility in all or in most areas inside the facilities (7) | 56% | 16 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.32. Signals for visual impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (8) | 27% | 15 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.33. Signals for hearing impairment in all or in most areas of the facilities (9) | 7% | 15 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-2.34. Accessible transport to all or most of the facilities (10) | 50% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| S-2.35. Accessible parking places (min. 10% if no specific regulation applied) next to all or most of the facilities (11) | 59% | 13 | 57% | Technical staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| GENERAL | |||||
| S-2.36. Accessibility of mobility between the different facilities (12) | 68% | 16 | 94% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| S-2.37. If the accessibility is not available, the university responds to the student’s request and offers it | 28% | 12 | 96% | Technical staff; Teaching staff | Technical staff |
| S-2.38. Accessibility study on the University facilities (updated in accordance with the regulation) | 80% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
| R-2.2. University accessible facilities and buildings registered in a online portal (MapAbility, MappED, or similar) | 42% | 31 | 29% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
Notes:
(7) Facilities guarantee a non-discriminatory, independent and safe use, subject to the applicable law and development regulations in order to enforce equal opportunities and universal accessibility. Furthermore, they are eligible for reasonable adjustments, through the necessary and adequate modifications and adaptations, as long as they are not very expensive. If it is not possible to guarantee some of the accessibility conditions established by law, alternative solutions shall be put into place in order to guarantee the highest level of fulfilment of such conditions. Self-protection plans and emergency and evacuation plans guarantee their adequacy to the needs of people with reduced mobility or any disability and learning difficulties. Legislation requiring an accessible lift is fulfilled. Its design allows for independent access and use at least from the entry hall of the house to the living area, bedroom, kitchen and an area for personal hygiene, storage rooms, car parks and communal areas, as set forth in the relevant regulations. They should be accessible for people with disabilities and learning difficulties accompanied by assistance dogs (…back).
(8) In terms of communication, the environment, service or equipment shall be considered accessible as long as there are all the necessary characteristics to ensure the exercise of the right to information by everyone, regardless of their physical, sensory or intellectual conditions. Buildings, premises, facilities and public spaces, as well as the goods and services of public use shall be provided using at least two different and simultaneous information systems, such as visual, sound and/or tactile systems, to facilitate accessibility, so that it can be easily perceived by people with hearing and/or visual and intellectual disabilities and learning difficulties. Special attention shall be paid to the signage of those areas or elements that may pose serious risks, taking into account the uses and characteristics of the environment, buildings, premises and facilities. Self-protection plans and emergency and evacuation plans shall include the procedures for warning and supporting people with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities and learning difficulties. Information and signage shall be updated and in a good state of conservation. All adaptations, modifications and new services shall be appropriately indicated (…back).
(9) In terms of communication, the environment, service or equipment shall be considered accessible as long as there are all the necessary characteristics to ensure the exercise of the right to information by everyone, regardless of their physical, sensory or intellectual conditions. Buildings, premises, facilities and public spaces, as well as the goods and services of public use shall be provided using at least two different and simultaneous information systems, such as visual, sound and/or tactile systems, to facilitate accessibility, so that it can be easily perceived by people with hearing and/or visual and intellectual disabilities and learning difficulties. Special attention shall be paid to the signage of those areas or elements that may pose serious risks, taking into account the uses and characteristics of the environment, buildings, premises and facilities. Self-protection plans and emergency and evacuation plans shall include the procedures for warning and supporting people with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities and learning difficulties. Information and signage shall be updated and in a good state of conservation. All adaptations, modifications and new services shall be appropriately indicated (…back).
(10) The transport system shall be accessible for everyone taking into account the different needs in terms of mobility, communication and access to information. Vehicles used to provide public transport services must have the technical conditions laid down in the relevant regulations. Seating preference shall be given to people with mobility difficulties. It shall be guaranteed that all the information concerning the conditions of transport, travel, bookings, online information and services accessibility is available in appropriate and accessible formats for people with disabilities and learning difficulties or with reduced mobility (…back).
(11) A minimum number of parking places is reserved according to the legislation in force. Such parking places shall fulfil the conditions established by law (…back).
(12) The different areas guarantee a non-discriminatory, independent and secure use, in accordance with the law applicable regarding equal opportunities and universal accessibility (…back).
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[Juridical study] [Empirical study] [Expert study] [Block I.1. Access] [Block I.2. Physical accessibility] [Block I.3.Info accessibility] [Block I.4.Teaching-learning] [Block I.5.Participation] [Block I.6. Scholarships] [Block II. Management] [Block III. Assessment]
3. TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION ACCESSIBILITY
| Regulation at state level reviewed by MobiAbility team | Regulation reported by universities | |||
| Specific designs, websites and apps | At state level | At region level | University level | |
| 60% of the countries regulate measures on specific designs for physical or telematic accessibility to information (architectural designs, adaptation of teaching materials, web pages, etc.). Of these, three also regulate specifically the availability of technological resources for the inclusion of people with disabilities. | 77% | 63% | 65% | |
| Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies | ||||
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Involved agents | Responsible agents |
| At least AA level of compliance with information accessibility on: | |||||
| S-3.1. University homepage | 61% | 28 | 100% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
| S-3.2. Disability support office (or similar) website | 57% | 28 | 100% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
| S-3.3. International mobility office (or similar) website | 54% | 28 | 100% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
| S-3.4. Website with specific information for students with disabilities and/or learning disorders | 46% | 28 | 100% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
| S-3.5. Website for enrolment management | 39% | 28 | 100% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
| S-3.6. Website for consultation of the library catalogue | 44% | 27 | 100% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
| S-3.7. Online teaching platform (Moodle, Sakai, own software, etc.) | 32% | 28 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff | Technical staff |
| S-3.8. Teaching material (slides, PDF files, links, web content) available for students, if is officially edited by the University | 39% | 28 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff | Technical staff |
| S-3.9. Own university apps | 22% | 27 | 86% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
| S-3.10. Possibility of requesting further improvements in compliance with information accessibility | 93% | 27 | 57% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
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[Juridical study] [Empirical study] [Expert study] [Block I.1. Access] [Block I.2. Physical accessibility] [Block I.3.Info accessibility] [Block I.4.Teaching-learning] [Block I.5.Participation] [Block I.6. Scholarships] [Block II. Management] [Block III. Assessment]
4. SUPPORT RESOURCES AND REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WITHIN THE TEACHING-LEARNING AND EVALUATION PROCESSES
| Regulation at state level reviewed by MobiAbility team | Regulation reported by universities | |||
| Teaching-learning process: Assistance and support, and reasonable accommodations | At state level | At region level | University level | |
| 60% consider in their regulations the need to make reasonable accommodations in the teaching-learning process. In particular, personalized advice, adaptation of procedures, possibility of increasing the budget of the administration for this purpose, and others are mentioned. | 68% | 45% | 74% | |
| 24% include normative provisions on special or additional academic support, such as a special tutor, specific academic guidance, free textbooks, etc. | ||||
| Evaluation and exams: Assistance and support, and reasonable accommodations | At state level | At region level | University level | |
| 53% regulate, with greater or lesser precision and amplitude, measures and adaptations for the exams. The measures range from generic provisions to more specific and deep ones such as the exemption of performing certain types of exams, technical aids such as keyboards or calculators, longer time for taking exams, or adapting to a written or oral exam. | 64% | 36% | 76% | |
| Only 12% specifically regulate special measures for reviewing or claiming evaluations. | ||||
| GENERAL MEASURES FOR ANY TYPE OF DISABILITY AND/OR LEARNING DISORDER | |||||
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Involved agents | Responsible agents |
| Adaptation of educational materials and access to information | |||||
| S-4.1. Books or lecture notes (e.g., Digital books, PDF files, images, video-notes, or similar formats) | 90% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| S-4.2. Audio recorded books or lecture notes | 68% | 31 | 57% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| S-4.3. Supplementary teaching materials (notes, outlines, etc.) | 67% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| S-4.4. Lesson audio recording is allowed (only lessons by teachers) | 90% | 30 | 57% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| S-4.5. Lesson video recording is allowed (only lessons by teachers) | 53% | 30 | 57% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| S-4.6. Online teaching (Lecturer’s classroom computer shares desktop with students computer) | 50% | 30 | 57% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.7. Online academic follow-up (i.e., procedures and software used by lecturers to communicate online with students, such as e-mail, Moodle, Sakai, own software, etc.) | 69% | 29 | 57% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.8. Supplying materials in advance (including bibliography) with a clear and chronological planning. | 87% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| R-4.1. Aid for photocopies (discounts or for free) | 42% | 31 | 14% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| R-4.2. Text simplification/Easy reading (i.e., summarised and drafted content using a clear and simple language) | 45% | 31 | 14% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| R-4.3. Grant for peer note-takers (i.e., grants provided by the university directly to note-takers in order to recognise their work) | 45% | 29 | 43% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| Adaptation of facilities and methods inside the classroom | |||||
| S-4.9. The teaching plan is adapted in any way (e.g., working in small groups or individually or in any other way) | 86% | 28 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Teaching staff |
| S-4.10. A proper seat is guaranteed (13) | 90% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Teaching staff |
| S-4.11. There is someone responsible for accompanying students from one classroom to another if they need to | 77% | 31 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.12. Students are allowed to leave the room if they need to | 100% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Teaching staff |
| Personal support resources managed by the university | |||||
| S-4.13. Persons with specialized training in disabilities who, whether within a specific service or not, carry out a task aiming to support people (e.g., academic guidance, psychological counselling, educational reasonable accommodations, etc.) | 77% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.14. Staff from other services that occasionally provide support to students (e.g., janitors, caretakers, guards, management staff, etc.) | 87% | 31 | 29% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.15. Special tutors for students in faculties, departments or degrees (i.e., tutors who are in charge of helping, supporting and guiding students with disabilities and learning disorders throughout the different learning tasks.) | 80% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Teaching staff |
| S-4.16. Student mentor (i.e., occasionally supports students with disabilities in some specific activities: Collection of lecture notes, mobility within the facilities, instructions for software or hardware handling, etc.) | 81% | 31 | 43% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Students |
| R-4.4. Personal assistant that permanently accompanies students with disabilities during their academic activity (14) | 48% | 31 | 43% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| R-4.5. Student-mentor with disabilities | 32% | 28 | 29% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Students |
| Funding of services | Total or partial cost reduction for the student | N | Expert agreement | Involved agents | Responsible agents |
| S-4.17. Computers | 77% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.18. Technical aids (15) | 83% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.19. Support Software | 77% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.20. Transport | 47% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Students; local resposibles | Technical staff; local responsibles |
| S-4.21. Personal Assistant | 53% | 30 | 57% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.22. Accommodation | 47% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Students; local resposibles | Technical staff; local responsibles |
| S-4.23. Fees | 87% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Students; local resposibles | Technical staff; local responsibles |
| S-4.24. Sign Language Interpreter (Sign Language of the host country) | 80% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| R-4.6. Photocopies | 29% | 31 | 14% | ||
| Adapted furniture available | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Involved agents | Responsible agents |
| S-4.25. Adjustable height tables (i.e., adjustable height and/or with lectern tables according to the needs of students.) | 84% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.26. Ergonomic chairs (i.e., they can be adjusted to the characteristics of a certain student in height, needed padding, etc.) | 68% | 31 | 71% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.27. Interactive whiteboards (16) | 77% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.28. Whiteboards (17) | 93% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.29. Stretchers in toilets or in changing rooms | 59% | 29 | 57% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| Software/hardware for teaching activity | |||||
| S-4.30. Computers for borrow to students during the course | 81% | 31 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.31. Audio recorders for loan to students during the course | 61% | 31 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.32. Other devices for loan to students during the course | 63% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.33. Software adapted for voice management that can be installed in the student’s personal computer | 59% | 29 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.34. Software adapted for voice management that can be installed in the student’s loaned computer | 67% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.35. Software adapted for voice management that can be installed in the classroom computer | 34% | 29 | 71% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.36. Software adapted for voice output that can be installed in the student’s personal computer | 54% | 28 | 57% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.37. Software adapted for voice output that can be installed in the student’s loaned computer | 61% | 28 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.38. Software adapted for voice output that can be installed in the classroom computer | 36% | 28 | 71% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| R-4.7. Tablets for loan to students during the course | 48% | 29 | 43% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| R-4.8. Scanners for loan to students during the course | 37% | 30 | 43% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| Adaptations of format and time for exams and tasks counting towards the mark in the evaluation process | |||||
| S-4.39. Available in electronic format | 90% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.40. Available in oral or auditory formats | 90% | 29 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.41. Adapted to shorter exams and tasks | 72% | 29 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.42. Extra time for exams and deadlines for academic activities | 100% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| R-4.9. Adapted to simplified language or Easy reading | 43% | 28 | 43% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| Changes in evaluation modality (types of exams and academic assignments; changes in the evaluation modality must not imply changes in the competences under evaluation) | |||||
| S-4.43. From written to multiple choice | 65% | 31 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.44.From written to short questions | 65% | 31 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.45. From multiple choice to written | 65% | 31 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.46. From written to oral exam | 83% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| R-4.10. From exams to assignments | 48% | 31 | 14% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| Adaptations in the internship centres or companies: | |||||
| S-4.47. Adaptations in the internship centres or companies | 66% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.48. The university selects and prioritizes the accessible internship centres for students with disabilities | 61% | 31 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| Individual tutoring and follow-up programme | |||||
| S-4.49. By the support office for persons with disabilities and/or learning disorders (or similar) | 77% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.50. By an academic tutor at the faculty or department | 74% | 31 | 71% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.51. Activities are carried out to facilitate relations with the rest of classmates in order to promote social integration | 53% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.52. Student mentor | 77% | 30 | 71% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Students |
| R-4.11. By a special tutor in charge of accessibility for persons with disabilities and/or learning disorders | 47% | 30 | 57% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR STUDENTS WITH VISUAL SENSORY IMPAIRMENT | |||||
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Involved agents | Responsible agents |
| Technical aids or adapted materials allowed or offered to borrow or to be used in the classroom | |||||
| S-4.53. Reading lamp or point of light (i.e., Lamp or luminous area that allows the student to properly visualize the blackboard, its notes and all the necessary material.) | 84% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.54. Lectern | 81% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.55. Audio recorder | 87% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.56. Additional table for technical aids (i.e., Table provided to a student, in addition to that of common use, to place his/her specific technical aids.) | 83% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.57. Guide Dog | 77% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.58. Screen magnification software | 81% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.59. Voice-adapted software (i.e., Programme or set of programmes enabling the student to use the computer following audio instructions.) | 80% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.60. Laptop or tablet | 87% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.61. Braille Line (i.e., Communication system represented by means of relief signage, readable through touch, used by blind people.) | 80% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| Adapted teaching materials | |||||
| S-4.62. Braille documents | 60% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.63. Large print in paper documents (i.e., Teaching materials in large print according to the student’s needs.) | 94% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.64. Video audio-description (i.e., Description of the plot or content of audiovisual material) | 47% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.65. High contrast or customised colour contrast | 83% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.66. Verbal description of images | 74% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.67. Accessible formats in online communications (e-mail, readable PDF, etc.) | 93% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR STUDENTS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT | |||||
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Involved agents | Responsible agents |
| Technical aids or communication systems are offered to borrow or to be used in the classroom: | |||||
| S-4.68. FM station (i.e., System through which the lecturer can communicate with the student by means of a microphone, sending a message to his/her hearing aid or cochlear implant.) | 68% | 31 | 71% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.69. Magnetic loop (18) | 63% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.70.Microphone | 86% | 28 | 71% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.70. Lip reading | 80% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.72. Sign Language Interpreter (Sign Language of the host country) | 87% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.73. There should be a hearing loop at counters, auditoriums, etc. as well as in classrooms (at least in the most of them) | 100% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| Adaptation of educational material and access to information: | |||||
| S-4.74. Written description/subtitles of audio-visual material | 52% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.75. Changes in materials, if any, reported in writing or via email | 75% | 28 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.76. In addition to teaching materials, other type of materials (informative, dissemination, etc.) from University services are offered following the former adaptations (at least in some areas) | 76% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| R-4.12. Structured, clear and specific language (Easy reading) | 43% | 28 | 57% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| R-4.13. Sign language interpretation of videos (Sign Language of the host country) | 17% | 29 | 43% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR STUDENTS WITH DEAF-BLINDNESS | |||||
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Involved agents | Responsible agents |
| Adaptation of educational material and access to information in addition to those previously described for visual and hearing impairment: | |||||
| S-4.77. Interpreter specialized in deaf-blindness | 17% | 29 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.78. Accessible study place | 60% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.79. Exam adapted according to needs (oral with interpreter, Braille, etc.) | 62% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR STUDENTS WITH PHYSICAL AND/OR ORGANIC DISABILITIES | |||||
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Involved agents | Responsible agents |
| Technical aids or supports are offered to borrow or to be used in the classroom: | |||||
| S-4.79. Wheelchair | 84% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.80. Other means of support to go from one classroom to another | 84% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.81. Adequate furniture or measures that allow the student to function autonomously in the classroom | 90% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.82. Reserved space next to the door to facilitate the entry and exit of the classroom | 90% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.83. Support for writing (i.e., Reasonable accommodations and support to carry out writing activities according to the student’s needs.) | 84% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.84. Support for physical activities (i.e., Reasonable accommodation and support to carry out physical activities.) | 70% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.85. Enabling to keep up a specific life care system (i.e., Reasonable accommodations of the teaching methodology to the student’s specific life care system.) | 50% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.86. Adaptation of organisational measures and methodologies to symptom episodes/course | 76% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.87. Assistance dog | 72% | 29 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| Other measures in relation to: | |||||
| S-4.88. Change of group or shift on the grounds of disability or learning disorder | 81% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.89. Adaptation of activities involving physical effort or handling | 80% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.90. Personal assistant for basic activities of daily life | 47% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.91. Accessible or adapted material for handling | 73% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-4.92. Information to the University (Department, College or Faculty) with specific instructions in case of a possible emergency taking place related to the student with disabilities or learning disorders | 80% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| R-4.14. Adaptation to structured, clear and specific language (Easy reading) | 48% | 29 | 57% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR STUDENTS WITH MENTAL OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES | |||||
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Involved agents | Responsible agents |
| Adaptation of educational material and access to information is offered: | |||||
| S-4.93. Support for writing and/or other activities (i.e., support material or staff to carry out reading, writing or other activities) | 71% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.94. Structured, clear and specific language (Easy reading) | 47% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| Other measures in relation to: | |||||
| S-4.95. Adaptation of organisational measures and methodologies to symptom episodes/course (e.g., providing notes in the event of absences from class in times of crises, hospital stays, etc. helping the student break down the classroom tasks, assignments, etc. into smaller steps) | 24% | 29 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.96. Providing information in advance | 23% | 31 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| R-4.15. Enabling to keep up a specific life care system | 41% | 29 | 57% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| R-4.16. Reminding of time elapsed or deadlines for academic activities | 23% | 30 | 57% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISORDERS | |||||
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Involved agents | Responsible agents |
| Adaptation of educational material and access to information is offered: | |||||
| S-4.97. Support for writing and/or other activities (e.g., Enabling the use of support material commonly used by the student such as a computer with specific dyslexia software, a recorder, etc.) | 73% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.98. Structured, clear and specific language (Easy reading) | 48% | 29 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.99. Verbalising aloud what is being shown or written on the whiteboard, power point presentation, etc. | 74% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.100. Rereading the exam questions if the student requests so to facilitate his/her understanding of complex texts. | 87% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| Other measures in relation to: | |||||
| S-4.101. In the case of mistakes in terms of wording, mainly evaluate the content. | 87% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.102. Helping out in the organisation, study planning and time management. | 97% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.103. Setting clear working plans (e.g., Highlighting what is to be done, how lecturers want it to be done, the steps to be taken, the time allocated to the activity, the necessary materials, etc.) | 81% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.104. Place the student far away from possible distractions, preferably on the front rows, so that he/she will not get distracted and will be able to focus his/her attention. | 97% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-4.105. Providing information and materials in advance | 81% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | |||||
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Agents involved | Responsible agents |
| Measures in relation to: | |||||
| S-4.106. The same measures for learning difficulties | 82% | 28 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| R-4.17. Curricular adaptations or individualized education programs | 30% | 27 | 43% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
Notes:
(13) Allowing students to seat where they can see the blackboard, screen or lecturer better; or on the most appropriate places such as those with the best lighting, the best sound quality, next to sockets to plug in their laptops if necessary, etc. so they can properly follow the contents of the lecture (…back).
(14) A person, from outside or inside the university (student or other) and provided by the university, who is in charge of helping, supporting and guiding students with disabilities throughout the different learning tasks (attendance to classes, tutoring, studying at the library, working in a group, etc.) (…back).
(15) Any product (including devices, equipment, instruments and software) specially manufactured or available on the market, used by or for persons with disabilities and intended to facilitate, protect, support, train, measure or replace functions/structures of the body, or prevent deficiencies and limitations in activities (…back).
(16) Resource to be used in the classroom with a multimedia computer that has an internet connection and a video projector. It is a technology system reproducing sounds and projecting images on a screen, and allows interaction through pressure or movement (…back).
(17) It is a white rectangular board used to draw with a marker (in different colours) and that is easily rubbed out. The main differences between whiteboards and blackboards are the colour of the board and the fact that you need chalk to write on the latter (white chalk) instead of markers. Some visually impaired students see better the information written with a marker (black on white) than the information written on blackboard using chalk (…back).
(18) Devices picking up the voice, audio or sound and sending it by means of magnetic signals directly to the user¿s hearing aid or implant, avoiding reverberation and other environmental noises that may make it difficult to hear (…back).
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[Juridical study] [Empirical study] [Expert study] [Block I.1. Access] [Block I.2. Physical accessibility] [Block I.3.Info accessibility] [Block I.4.Teaching-learning] [Block I.5.Participation] [Block I.6. Scholarships] [Block II. Management] [Block III. Assessment]
5. PROGRAMS FOR PROMOTING PARTICIPATION
| Regulation at state level reviewed by MobiAbility team | Regulation reported by universities | ||
| Staff training on disabilities | At state level | At region level | University level |
| Only 1 country regulates specifically that university staff has to get training on disabilities | 42% | 36% | 44% |
| Adapted sports | At state level | At region level | University level |
| No mention of this topic was found in the review | 48% | 41% | 46% |
| Researching taking into account universal design o from a disability perspective | At state level | At region level | University level |
| Not reviewed | 48% | 39% | 54% |
| Adapted job placement | At state level | At region level | University level |
| No mention of this topic was found in the review, maybe because it is regulated in more general statutes. | 85% | 77% | 54% |
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Agents involved | Responsible agents |
| Customised guidance and training for the University community | |||||
| S-5. 1. Pedagogical guidance and study techniques | 77% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-5. 2. Psychological guidance and personal development | 76% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-5. 3. Syllabi with content related to universal accessibility and design for all | 56% | 27 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-5. 4. Training and awareness raising on disabilities and/or learning disorders | 76% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-5. 5. Specific training on design for all | 46% | 26 | 86% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-5. 6. Common rules or practices on design for all | 52% | 25 | 100% | Technical staff; teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| Mobility for students with disabilities and/or learning disorders | |||||
| S-5. 7. Help to manage Erasmus+ grants (i.e., supporting students with the application for Erasmus+ Programme mobility grants) | 100% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; Students; Civil and social organizations; National/European agencies | Technical staff; National/European agencies |
| S-5. 8. Help to manage national mobility grants (i.e., supporting students with the application for national mobility grants) | 87% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; Students; Civil and social organizations; National/European agencies | Technical staff; National/European agencies |
| S-5. 9. Help to manage adaptations at the host University | 94% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-5. 10. Welcome programme for mobility students (Erasmus+ and/or national) | 80% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| R-5. 1. Promotion and dissemination events and activities involving or organized by former Erasmus+ students with disabilities (19) | – | – | – | Technical staff; Students; Teaching staff; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff; Students; |
| Employment | |||||
| S-5. 11. Specific labour integration service for graduates with disabilities and/or learning disorders | 50% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| S-5. 12. Specific service for management and adaptations of internships for students with disabilities and/or learning disorders | 50% | 28 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| S-5. 13. Adapted Internship for students with disabilities and/or learning disorders | 57% | 28 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| Accessible sport and leisure | |||||
| S-5. 14. Specific programmes for accessible sport (i.e., Sport which has adequate facilities and conditions for different types of disabilities.) | 45% | 29 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| S-5. 15. Specific programmes for adapted sport (i.e., Sport which is modified to enable access to it by everyone, including people with disabilities.) | 46% | 28 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| S-5. 16. Accessible leisure activities | 72% | 29 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| Employees with disabilities and/or learning disorders | |||||
| S-5. 17. Job and workstation accommodations | 90% | 29 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
Notes:
(19) The item R-5.1. was not evaluated in the empirical study or by the expert group, but it was suggested as a novel item by the focus group that later evaluated the standard of measures (…back).
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[Juridical study] [Empirical study] [Expert study] [Block I.1. Access] [Block I.2. Physical accessibility] [Block I.3.Info accessibility] [Block I.4.Teaching-learning] [Block I.5.Participation] [Block I.6. Scholarships] [Block II. Management] [Block III. Assessment]
6. SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS FOR FEES AND OTHER NEEDS
| Regulation at state level reviewed by MobiAbility team | Regulation reported by universities | ||
| Tertiary studies fees, discounts, grants and related supports | At state level | At region level | University level |
| Six states (Poland, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Portugal and Spain), 20%, regulates an exemption or discount from payment of tuition fees, scholarships or other economical aids, specifically for students with disabilities and/or learning difficulties | 81% | 74% | 81% |
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Agents involved | Responsible agents |
| Financial aid for students with disabilities and/or learning disorders | |||||
| S-6.1. Exemption from payment of tuition fees | 80% | 30 | 86% | Technical staff; Students; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| S-6.2. Specific grants for students with disabilities and/or learning disorders (e.g., Scholarships to cover adapted materials, personal assistant, etc.) | 60% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; Students; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
| R-6.1. Exemption from payment of non-formal training (i.e., non-formal training are extracurricular planned learning activities such as sport training, seminars, summer courses, etc.) | 20% | 30 | 43% | Technical staff; Students; Local authorities | Technical staff; Local authorities |
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[Juridical study] [Empirical study] [Expert study] [Block I.1. Access] [Block I.2. Physical accessibility] [Block I.3.Info accessibility] [Block I.4.Teaching-learning] [Block I.5.Participation] [Block I.6. Scholarships] [Block II. Management] [Block III. Assessment]
STANDARD OF SUPPORT MEASURES. BLOCK II. MANAGEMENT PROCESSES OF THE SUPPORT SERVICES
| Permanent university services/support offices of dedicated staff | At state level | At region level | University level |
| Surprising is the fact that only four countries (Spain, United Kingdom, Turkey and Portugal) and one region (Brussels) contemplate in their regulations the need to have at the universities specialized and permanent offices to support people with special needs. This lack of legislative support contrasts with the reality that these services are widely spread among European universities. | 84% | 52% | 75% |
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Agents involved | Responsible agents |
| Request protocol for reasonable accommodations | |||||
| S-7.1. The request protocol is public | 70% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching Staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.2. The request is done via questionnaire (as a documentary evidence of the adaptation request) | 52% | 29 | 43% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| R-7.1. The request is made through questionnaires with closed questions | 33% | 30 | 14% | ||
| Channels to inform on the reasonable accommodations request protocol | |||||
| S-7.3. University information services | 86% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.4. Website of University, Faculty, Degree, or Subjects | 86% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.5. University rules | 68% | 28 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.6. University staff | 87% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S.2.7. University specialised tutors/counsellors | 79% | 28 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| Usual involvement of specialised actors in the needs assessment process: | |||||
| S-7.8. University support service for disability or similar | 93% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.9. University service for student guidance or similar | 57% | 30 | 29% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.10. Teaching staff | 66% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-7.11. Special tutors | 55% | 29 | 57% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff; Teaching staff |
| S-7.12. Civil and social organizations | 54% | 28 | 43% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| R-7.2. University psychological support services or similar (mandatory for assessment of psychosocial and intellectual disabilities, and learning difficulties) | 48% | 29 | 57% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| Strategies and techniques for information collection and needs assessment (to the student) | |||||
| S-7.13. Personal interview | 90% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.14. Online questionnaire with open-ended questions | 29% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.15. Online questionnaire with close-ended questions | 26% | 31 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.16. Direct observation in the classroom or in other academic activities | 32% | 31 | 71% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.17. Consultation with the origin centre (home university) | 48% | 10 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| R-7.3. Printed questionnaire with open-ended questions | 45% | 31 | 29% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| R-7.4. Printed questionnaire with close-ended questions | 35% | 30 | 14% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| R-7.5. Standardised tests | 29% | 31 | 29% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| Consensus-based processes on reasonable accommodations proposal | |||||
| S-7.18. With the student | 87% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.19. With the teaching team | 81% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.20. According to rules, procedures or common practices | 87% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students | Technical staff |
| Actors responsible for the preparation of the report on results (needs assessment and proposed accommodations) | |||||
| S-7.21. University support service for disability or similar (This unit is the one that should make the report; the rest can provide information or advice) | 87% | 31 | 100% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
| A report on needs assessment is carried out and delivered to: | |||||
| S-7.22. The student | 39% | 24 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.23. The teaching team | 48% | 19 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff | Technical staff |
| S-7.24. The Deal or Department Head or similar | 42% | 21 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff | Technical staff |
| S-7.25. Technical units/services | 32% | 23 | 86% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
| S-7.26. Internship centres or companies | 23% | 22 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching Staff; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| R-7.6. Specific tutors/professors | 39% | 18 | 43% | Technical staff; Teaching staff | Technical staff |
| A report on reasonable accommodations (and other measures) is carried out and delivered to: | |||||
| S-7.27. The student | 42% | 25 | 86% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.28. The teaching team | 61% | 23 | 100% | Technical staff; Teaching staff | Technical staff |
| S-7.29. The Deal or Department Head (or similar) | 52% | 24 | 71% | Technical staff; Teaching staff | Technical staff |
| S-7.30. Technical units/services | 32% | 23 | 86% | Technical staff | Technical staff |
| S-7.31. Internship centres or companies | 23% | 22 | 86% | Technical staff; Teaching Staff; Civil and social organizations | Technical staff |
| R-7.7. Specific tutors/professors | 48% | 21 | 43% | Technical staff; Teaching staff | Technical staff |
| Follow-up and re-assessment processes of the cases | |||||
| S-7.32. Follow-up with the student | 93% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.33. Follow-up with the staff involved | 77% | 30 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.34. Re-assessment after follow-up process | 72% | 29 | 71% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
| S-7.35. Adjustment of measured adopted, if needed | 90% | 29 | 100% | Technical staff; Students | Technical staff |
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[Juridical study] [Empirical study] [Expert study] [Block I.1. Access] [Block I.2. Physical accessibility] [Block I.3.Info accessibility] [Block I.4.Teaching-learning] [Block I.5.Participation] [Block I.6. Scholarships] [Block II. Management] [Block III. Assessment]
STANDARD OF SUPPORT MEASURES: BLOCK III. ASSESSMENT OF THE PROGRAMME BY THE STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES AND/OR LEANING DISORDERS
| Standard measures (S) and recommendations (R) | Current implementation | N | Expert agreement | Agents involved | Responsible agents |
| The student can make a final evaluation regarding the following aspects of the program | |||||
| S-8.1. Access to the Erasmus + programme | 54% | 26 | 57% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; National/European agencies | Technical staff; Students; National/European agencies |
| S-8.2. Satisfaction with the Erasmus+ programme | 60% | 25 | 57% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; National/European agencies | Technical staff; Students; National/European agencies |
| R-8.1. Resources, measures and actions to support students with disabilities and/o learning disorders | 48% | 29 | 57% | Technical staff; Teaching staff; Students; National/European agencies | Technical staff; Students; National/European agencies |
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[Juridical study] [Empirical study] [Expert study] [Block I.1. Access] [Block I.2. Physical accessibility] [Block I.3.Info accessibility] [Block I.4.Teaching-learning] [Block I.5.Participation] [Block I.6. Scholarships] [Block II. Management] [Block III. Assessment]
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