TY - GEN
T1 - Widening participation in EIE programmes across Europe for students with disabilities
AU - Grout, Ian
AU - Grindei, Laura
AU - Ward, Tony
AU - Snowden, Penn
AU - Marner, Christina Busk
AU - Welzer, Tatjana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/8/21
Y1 - 2015/8/21
N2 - Widening participation in higher education is a major component of governmental level education policy within Europe. It consists of an attempt to increase not only the numbers of young people entering higher education, but also the proportion from so-called 'under-represented groups' (those from lower income families and some ethnic minorities (socio-economically disadvantaged), along with individuals with disabilities and mature students). The policies developed must align both with the European wide directives which all European countries should follow and the creation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). In this paper, widening participation in higher education is discussed in relation to the results from the SALEIE (Strategic ALignment of Electrical and Information Engineering in European Higher Education Institutions) project and specific responses from a survey amongst the partner institutions are identified and discussed. Conclusions and recommendations are then provided.
AB - Widening participation in higher education is a major component of governmental level education policy within Europe. It consists of an attempt to increase not only the numbers of young people entering higher education, but also the proportion from so-called 'under-represented groups' (those from lower income families and some ethnic minorities (socio-economically disadvantaged), along with individuals with disabilities and mature students). The policies developed must align both with the European wide directives which all European countries should follow and the creation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). In this paper, widening participation in higher education is discussed in relation to the results from the SALEIE (Strategic ALignment of Electrical and Information Engineering in European Higher Education Institutions) project and specific responses from a survey amongst the partner institutions are identified and discussed. Conclusions and recommendations are then provided.
KW - education
KW - EIE programmes
KW - widening participation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84959524223&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ITHET.2015.7217967
DO - 10.1109/ITHET.2015.7217967
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84959524223
T3 - 2015 International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, ITHET 2015
BT - 2015 International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, ITHET 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, ITHET 2015
Y2 - 11 June 2015 through 13 June 2015
ER -