This week IDEA Center hosted a delegation of Access Practitioners of University College Cork (UCC) for an exchange of good practices. The two days working visit dived into the work of IDEA Center and the Education & Students department of Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR), and how that compares with the approach at UCC.
During the first day, staff from both institutions were able to talk about best practices on outreach, student engagement, soft landing activities, inclusive monitoring & research. Furthermore, participants got to hear EUR students’ perspectives on a variety of projects and how they shape those projects.
On the second day, the discussions were centered on international students and students and staff with disabilities. At the end of the programme we facilitated a workshop on how to have conversations around sensitive (political) issues.
Outside the academic setting, our Irish visitors were able to get to know a little bit of Dutch culture and of the city of Rotterdam, visiting some historical places in the city, as well as tasting our Dutch treat: bitterballen.
Paulo Carvalho da Silva, policy advisor at IDEA Center, hosted the visit: “I believe it was a great success. We were constantly behind on the time scheduled. Not because of bad planning, but because of all the great questions and conversations that kept popping up. It was interesting to see the similarities and differences between EUR and UCC, and what we can learn from each other. We hope we will be able to visit them in Ireland very soon to learn even more.”
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