Diversity and Inclusion

Introduction

EADTU members have a dedicated task in organising education for disadvantaged groups of students by offering them easy accessible learning paths made fit for a great diversity of students. Open Universities are inclusive, innovative and responsive, promoting social justice and equality of opportunity and represent strategic positioning of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

Meet our experts on Diversity and Inclusion

Alain Boivin, FIED
Dominique Poincelot, FIED
Barbara Steh, University of Ljubljana
Björn Fisseler, FernUni Hagen
John Butcher, Open University (UK)
Achilles Kameas, Hellenic Open University
Tiberio Feliz Murias, UNED
Hakan Aydin, Anadolu University
Marianna Leikoma, Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Paivi Vartiainen, Tampere University of Applied Sciences

EMPOWER offers

The Empower experts represent a great variety of policies, approaches, expertise and experiences in the field of Diversity and Inclusion (DI). They will be sharing expertise and knowledge on:

Institutional strategies for DI, including examples from practice
New developments in the field of diversity and inclusion
Research and innovation within and outside the EADTU membership on diversity and inclusion
(inter)national policy agendas (eg. funding for facilities and actions)

Publications

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Eadtu

25 Jun - Report

The Envisioning Report for Empowering Universities

8th edition, 2024

In this 8th edition on new modes of teaching and learning we cover initiatives related to: Applying AI and Learning Analytics, Enhancing Engagement and Support, Optimizing cross-institutional Studies and Innovating Skills and Competencies.

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15 Feb - annual report

2023 in 23 pages

Annual report EADTU

This report covers the achievements and milestones of EADTU in 2023.

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14 Nov - Proceedings

Accelerating towards a digital and inclusive campus

Proceedings of the Innovating Higher Education Conference 2023

Overview of papers as presented during the Innovating Higher Education Conference, 04 - 06 October 2023 in Istanbul.

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01 Jun - report

The Envisioning Report 2023

For Empowering Universities, 7th edition

This report is set up by the expert pools of the EMPOWER programme established by EADTU to cover the latest trends and developments in new modes of teaching.

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21 Nov - Proceedings

Proceedings of the Innovating Higher Education Conference 2022

This publication contains the proceedings of the I-HE2022 conference held in Athens. It contains 67 papers on a large variety of topics including diversity and inclusion, microcredentials, OER, 21st century skills and online assessment.

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31 May - Task Force report

Diversity and Inclusion in Digital Education

For European Universities

Diversity and Inclusion generate great attention and even more so for EADTU members as they have a dedicated task in organising education also for disadvantaged groups of students by offering them easily accessible learning paths made fit for a great diversity of students.

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24 May - report

The Envisioning Report

For Empowering Universities, 6th edition

This report is set up by the expert pools of the EMPOWER programme established by EADTU to cover the latest trends and developments in new modes of teaching.

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