{"title":"Moving beyond the binary: Collaborating to embed sustainable and inclusive gender equality in the Irish Higher Education sector","authors":"Allison Kenneally","doi":"10.53807/08019pyr","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53807/08019pyr","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":496705,"journal":{"name":"European journal of university lifelong learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141812204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) offers continuing education courses that help already qualified and experienced professionals maintain their competitiveness in the changing labour market to avoid the risk of exclusion. However, the self-funding system for continuing education limits accessibility for disadvantaged groups because courses are offered at market price, and not everyone can afford the cost. An initiative was outlined to seek alternative funding sources to make SUPSI’s CE courses more inclusive by covering the needs of specific disadvantaged groups. Raising awareness and interacting with active employees in continuing education is crucial to ensuring the initiative’s success. We therefore decided to launch an internal communication campaign to promote a more inclusive continuing education culture and proactivity towards finding potential alternative sources of funding. A dedicated newsletter combined with meetings and individual counselling were the main tools identified to implement the campaign. This initiative aims to create a culture that encourages the identification of specific needs and promotes a participatory and inclusive vision.
{"title":"Removing financial barriers to Continuing Education for disadvantaged groups","authors":"Martina Rauseo, Nadia Bregoli","doi":"10.53807/0801180e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53807/0801180e","url":null,"abstract":"The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) offers continuing education courses that help already qualified and experienced professionals maintain their competitiveness in the changing labour market to avoid the risk of exclusion. However, the self-funding system for continuing education limits accessibility for disadvantaged groups because courses are offered at market price, and not everyone can afford the cost. An initiative was outlined to seek alternative funding sources to make SUPSI’s CE courses more inclusive by covering the needs of specific disadvantaged groups. Raising awareness and interacting with active employees in continuing education is crucial to ensuring the initiative’s success. We therefore decided to launch an internal communication campaign to promote a more inclusive continuing education culture and proactivity towards finding potential alternative sources of funding. A dedicated newsletter combined with meetings and individual counselling were the main tools identified to implement the campaign. This initiative aims to create a culture that encourages the identification of specific needs and promotes a participatory and inclusive vision.","PeriodicalId":496705,"journal":{"name":"European journal of university lifelong learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141812117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making inclusion and diversity promotion a central strategy in universities","authors":"Ester Cois, Eva Cendon, Wieger Bakker","doi":"10.53807/08013sr8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53807/08013sr8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":496705,"journal":{"name":"European journal of university lifelong learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141811845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding and embedding diversity in an Irish university","authors":"Róisín Shanahan, Neill Wylie, Allison Kenneally","doi":"10.53807/080121s3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53807/080121s3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":496705,"journal":{"name":"European journal of university lifelong learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141813216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kelly Streekstra, Koen Wessels, Peter Pelzer, Jesse Hoffman, Josie Chambers
{"title":"A pebble in the shoe: Diversity and Inclusion in University Continuing Education. Conversation with Lilian Nwanze and Matthew Weait","authors":"Kelly Streekstra, Koen Wessels, Peter Pelzer, Jesse Hoffman, Josie Chambers","doi":"10.53807/0801n4sw","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53807/0801n4sw","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":496705,"journal":{"name":"European journal of university lifelong learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141811580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Academia in the mirror: Methods and tools for promoting academic reflexivity in the university policies for gender equality. The case of the European Erasmus+ project SMILE (Social Meaning Impact through LLL universities in Europe)","authors":"Ester Cois","doi":"10.53807/0801aqdq","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53807/0801aqdq","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":496705,"journal":{"name":"European journal of university lifelong learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141812159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Scardigno, Marianna Colosimo, Amelia Manuti, Serafina Pastore
{"title":"Lifelong Learning and Higher Education serving for the inclusion of refugees and students with migratory background","authors":"F. Scardigno, Marianna Colosimo, Amelia Manuti, Serafina Pastore","doi":"10.53807/0801rrf9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53807/0801rrf9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":496705,"journal":{"name":"European journal of university lifelong learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141813809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How to support universities in strengthening the impact of ULLL and UCE activities. The role of the Italian network of UCE (RUIAP)","authors":"Mauro Palumbo, Roberta Piazza","doi":"10.53807/0702l3cq","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53807/0702l3cq","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":496705,"journal":{"name":"European journal of university lifelong learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138944278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clelia Paraluppi, Patricia Mancebo May, Ceyrine Pellikaan, Naomi Wahls
{"title":"Enhancing quality assurance in continuing education through an organisational cultural change","authors":"Clelia Paraluppi, Patricia Mancebo May, Ceyrine Pellikaan, Naomi Wahls","doi":"10.53807/0702adf6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53807/0702adf6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":496705,"journal":{"name":"European journal of university lifelong learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138946254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A stakeholder approach to Lifelong Learning","authors":"Marian Thunnissen","doi":"10.53807/0702sa0x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53807/0702sa0x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":496705,"journal":{"name":"European journal of university lifelong learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138944491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}