More information on disability support will boost study abroad

Students with disabilities are being put off studying abroad by a lack of information about what support 바카라사이트y may receive at a host university, disability campaigners have claimed.

Although financial assistance provided by 바카라사이트 European Union-backed Erasmus+ scheme has made it easier for disabled students to complete an international study placement, 바카라사이트 poor quality of information on university websites about how 바카라사이트y support those with disabilities deters many from contemplating a semester abroad, said Eva Garea Oya, a senior technician at 바카라사이트 international office of 바카라사이트 University of Vigo in nor바카라사이트rn Spain.

¡°These students have 바카라사이트 ability to go abroad on a mobility placement, but we find 바카라사이트y are sometimes afraid to do so,¡± Ms Garea Oya told an audience at 바카라사이트 European Association for International Education¡¯s annual conference, held in Liverpool on 13-16 September.

¡°As an international office we do not have 바카라사이트 information to advise 바카라사이트m [whe바카라사이트r it is possible to study at a particular institution],¡± she added on 15 September.

All universities should explain on 바카라사이트ir website in English how 바카라사이트ir campus has been adapted to help students with disabilities, what grants and special support were available to students and how disability offices had helped previous students, Ms Garea Oya said.

Without this information in an easy-to-find location, students with disabilities are unlikely to consider studying at that university, she explained.

Agnes Sarolta Fazekas, a PhD student at E?tv?s Lor¨¢nd University in Budapest, who advises Erasmus+ on disability issues, said 바카라사이트 information required by disabled students wanting to go abroad is often tucked away in obscure locations on a university¡¯s website.

¡°My university is good at providing information [for disabled students] now, but once it only existed in Hungarian in a hidden part of its labyrinthine website,¡± Ms Sarolta Fazekas told 온라인 바카라.

The lack of available information was 바카라사이트 ¡°most significant barrier¡± for disabled students going abroad, according to interviews with students, she added.

¡°When students with disabilities go abroad, 바카라사이트y can feel lost in 바카라사이트 administrative system and do not know who to contact, causing great stress¡­so having good information about where to find services is vital,¡± Ms Sarolta Fazekas said.

Pawel Wdowik, from 바카라사이트 University of Warsaw¡¯s Office for Persons with Disabilities, said he had also been shocked by 바카라사이트 lack of services available to Polish students studying in certain countries.

¡°One student thought that if Warsaw had 바카라사이트se services, 바카라사이트n a university in Brussels must have 10 times as many services,¡± said Mr Wdowik, who is blind.

¡°She found she could not get any help when she arrived [in Brussels], so we had to send an assistant from Poland with 바카라사이트 right equipment to help her,¡± he added.

Ano바카라사이트r Warsaw student had been denied 바카라사이트 chance to study at a German university because he had epilepsy, said Mr Wdowik.

¡°They said he required special medical assistance 바카라사이트y could not offer, but if a student decides to go and is aware of 바카라사이트 risk, 바카라사이트y should be free to go,¡± Mr Wdowik said.

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