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Dare Project Field Monitoring
Dare Project Field Monitoring - 07 August 2016
In the field monitoring meeting, representatives of the Israeli Erasmus+ office visited Haifa University to hear about the progress of the DARE project in all Israeli institutions. All the Israeli partners attended this important meeting.
The visit went very well, we presented the activities carried out so far, a summary of different reports (FWPs, QA plan, dissemination plan, consensus report and comparative framework, proposed institutional report) and our website, Facebook and online table of dissemination.
The Israeli partners also shared their own experiences and briefly described how their institution addresses issues of dissemination, sustainability and impact.
Summary of DARE field monitoring in IL & GEO and its results as sent by Roisin, our project officer in EACEA
Dare Project Field Monitoring in Georgia October 2016
Access to Higher Education International Perspectives
Access to Higher Education International Perspectives - 19 June 2016
The university of Haifa hosted a national conference on the topic of accessibility to higher education. DARE's Israeli partners, educators, administrative staff, and professionals in the field of accessibility and minority attended the conference and actively participated in the discussions.DARE project was presented by Prof. Hanan Alexander, the Dean of Students and DARE coordinator, and Dr. Galit Caduri, DARE's project manager.
Prof. Ovidiu Gavrilovic from the Faculty of Psychology, Alexandru Cuza University in Iasi, Romania discussed issues related to accessibility by exploring with the participants their own perceptions on concepts such as narrative, identity, the "Other", diversity and personal development. He also discussed the "danger of the single narrative" that we hold when communicating with the Other.
Dr. Jo-Anne Dillabough from Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK presented the concept of "accessibility" in terms of the challenges that policy makers, professional, and educators in the UK are facing when dealing with issues of accessibility of disadvantaged groups (migrants, ethnic minority, displaced people etc.) to higher education.
Erasmus+ Day 2016\17 - Israel
Erasmus+ day in Tel-Aviv - 8 December 2016
Prof. Hanan Alexander, the coordinator of DARE and Dr. Galit Caduri, DARE's project manager presented DARE in the Erasmus+ day that was held in Tel Aviv. The main focus of their presentation were ways to nurture and develop a sense of ownership among the project members. Participants were very much engaged in the discussion which was chaired by Ms. Roisin McCabe from the EACEA.
Dissemination of the Ideas of the EU International Project DARE in Georgia
Dissemination of the Ideas of the EU International Project DARE in Georgia
Sokhumi State University, Tbilisi Georgia
26 of April 2017
On April 26, 2017, the conference dedicated to the dissemination of the DARE international project funded by the European Union Program Erasmus + was held at Sokhumi State University (Developing programs for Access of disadvantaged groups of people and Regions to higher Education - DARE).
The organizer of the conference was the project member organization European Access Network (UK) from Great Britain and Sokhumi State University from Georgia.
The conference was opened by the local coordinator of DARE project at Sokhumi State University, Dean of the Faculty of Education Prof. Lia Akhaladze, who spoke about the goals of the conference: "Our meeting aims to introduce the public and make a report on implementing of DARE project ideas. To summarize the work done within the project and at the same time to disseminate this information; Academic, governmental and public sectors to be in touch with each other to discuss the issues of access to higher education and to continue cooperation on these issues in the format of dialogue. More importantly, to disseminate information about DARE ideas and support formation of public opinion in the field of access to higher education of socially vulnerable groups in terms of actualization, advocacy and increasing of public involvement."
Georgian National Training at ISU on Learning Difficulties in Higher Education-- May 19, 2017
Inclusive Education in Higher Educational System- Sept. 28, 2017
Inclusive Education in Higher Educational System
The joint national conference of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and Sokhumi State University was held on September 28, 2017 at the hotel "Hualing". The topic of the conference was “Inclusive Education in Higher Educational System", that is one of the most important challenges for our country. The conference was supported by the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Georgia Ms. Lia Gigauri, the Rector of Sokhumi State University, Prof. Zurab Khonelidze, the Head of Inclusive Education Development Division of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia Eka Dgebuadze, the representatives of the Division Tamar Zhgenti and Maia Mikautadze.
Presentation of DARE at the Forum of Heads of Accessibility Centers in Israel April 22nd 2018
Presentation of DARE at the Forum of Heads of Accessibility Centers in Israel April 22nd 2018
DARE members Ariella Daniel Helwing from Sapir College and Kalanit Kleemner from the University of Haifa presented the DARE project at the forum for heads of accessibility centers for Israeli IHE in which 22 institutions participate. The presentation was exceedingly well received and led to increased knowledge of the good practices developed in DARE as well as the possibility to participate in Erasmus+ projects in the future.
Media and Informational sources for ethnic minorities in Georgia 30/01/2018
Georgian National Meeting, May 3, 2018: Dissemination: Policy Recommendations, Student Participation in CM, Posters
Georgian National Meeting, Dissemination: Posters, Policy Recommendations and Student Participation
The National Meeting graciously held at Telavi State University was very successful. The group agreed on a format for students presentations in the upcoming CM-- covering students feedback, their feelings, situation analyses before and after DARE project and their their expectations. The group then work-shopped writing up the policy recommendations that have been and will be implemented in each institution within DARE as well as those that will be recommended on the national level. The national recommendations focused upon adding means in which students from ethnic and religious minority and majority groups interact and do tasks together; focusing on methods that identify students with learning difficulties before National Entrance Exams; and the recognition of distance learning. Finally the group agreed upon producing posters for dissemination and exploitation that highlight the "DARE difference" and for which drafts will be presented at the upcoming CM for feedback.
Israel National Meeting May, 15, 2018: Policy and Dissemination
The Israeli national meeting was scheduled to be held at Sapir College, but due to the proximity of the roads to clashes at the Gaza boarder and rocket-fire, the meeting was held via video-conference. The participants were Prof. Hanan Alexander, Ms. Corina Hershcovitz and Dr. Rachel Pear (UH), Dr. Rhonda.Sofer (GACE), Dr. Heidi Flavian (Achva), and Anna Kupesok and Ortal Gadot Landau (Sapir). The meeting was deemed a success by participants with a number of decisions made by the group. For instance, Israeli team members liked the poster series theme suggested by their Georgian colleagues "DARE with us". These posters will crystallize how each institution has been changed because of DARE and invite others to join-- either as new prospective students or as other IHE who would like to adopt similar programs. The Sapir team volunteered to help produce the poster drafts for all institutions for the CM so that they could be work-shopped as a set. Other topics discussed included policy recommendations, uploading material for the website, and ideas for intensifying dissemination activities. Everyone went home with a lot to do and results would be shared at the CM in one months time.
Israeli Dean's Forum and DARE meeting on Expanding Access to HE in Israel and Europe, June 20th 2018
On Wednesday June 20th the DARE team gathered together with the Israeli Deans forum to discuss expanding access to HE and the achievements of DARE through both international and local perspectives. The day began with an introduction by Prof. Jenny Kurman, the Dean of Students of the University of Haifa, who co-convened the event. Then Mee Foong Lee, DARE partner from the European Access Network offered a wonderful keynote presentation in which she discussed how the DARE project relates to the goals the EU has established for expanding access to HE.. Following this was a panel discussion and workshops-- what a day!.
For more on this event see the 6th issue of our newsletter
Dissemination Day of International Projects at Sokhumi State University (DOIT, DARE, ASSET), June 30th 2018