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Newsflash!

We have successfully secured further European funding for a new project, QATRAIN 4 Students (Q4S). Q4S will provide support for disabled young people undertaking courses in mainstream VET by helping them to identify barriers to learning and providing them with strategies and practical resources to overcome these barriers.

Support to help teachers and trainers eliminate these barriers has been developed in the QATRAIN and QATRAIN2 projects. Q4S will transfer this conceptual framework and support materials for direct use by those most directly affected: disabled learners themselves, thereby improving their VET outcomes and qualifications, so enlarging the pool of trained recruits available to employers.

International Spring Fair, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

The Spring International Plovdiv Fair in Bulgaria was held from 12th to 17th May 2009. The Marie Curie Association presented the project in Pavilion 6. The organisation provided information to delegates on their international projects in the field of the vocational training and human resources development - QATRAIN2 being one of these.

Research Connection 2009 in Prague

The Marie Curie Association was one of the exhibitioners at Research Connection 2009 conference and exhibition which took place in Prague from 7th to 8th May 2009 under the Czech Presidency of the European Union. MCA presented QATRAIN2 to a wide variety of visitors at stand 37.

BCD involved in live TV Programme about Disabled People

Alper Elicin of BCD took part in a one and a half hour panel as part of a live programme for one of the major Turkish channels, TGRT News, on 15th February 2009. One of the main discussions was concerning inclusive education and a great deal of interest was generated by audience and lots of phone calls were received during the programme which included questions regarding the QATRAIN2 project and its expected outcomes. The channel broadcasted the recorded session for the second time during the same evening.

Alper Elicin (BCD) during a live broadcast for TGRT News, Turkey

BCD attended the First Disability Fair in Istanbul, Turkey

The First National Disability Fair took place in Istanbul between 3rd and 6th December 2008 and was attended by various NGOs, municipalities, schools, publishers and disability equipment providers.
BCD was present at the fair with posters, brochures and documents to demonstrate the work of QATRAIN2.
Visitors and representatives of the participating organisations showed a great deal of interest in the QATRAIN2 project and BCD were able to inform those present about the project's developments.

 Zehra Elicin (BCD) with one of the delegates at the First Disability Fair in Istanbul

Quality Assurance of Youth Career Consultancy

Dr Val Chapman of the University of Worcester attended the SCAS (Student Computer Art Society) conference held at the Arena di Serdica Hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria on 20th Septemer 2008.

The focus of the conference was 'Quality Assurance of Youth Career Consultancy'. Dr Val Chapman gave a presentation on 'Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training' and to promote the three European funded projects currently operating from the University of Worcester - ETTAD, QATRAIN2 and VM2.

Employment Solutions through Innovation

Dr Val Chapman of the University of Worcester attended the Employment Solutions through Innovation conference held at the Palacio Miramar Conference Centre in San Sebastian, Spain from 20th to 23rd May 2008.

The conference was hosted by Workability Europe member, EHLABE, and organised in the framework of the 2008 Year of Innovation declared by the Basque Government. Dr Val Chapman co-presented with Martin Ohridski to promote the three European funded projects currently operating from the University of Worcester, ETTAD, QATRAIN2 and VM2 (see links page).

Employability and Disability

Dr Val Chapman, Director of the Centre for Inclusive Learning Support (CILS) at the University of Worcester, has succeeded in bidding for a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship Scheme project funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).

The project, entitled 'Employability and Disability' will provide a sector wide initiative that will lead to enhanced graduate employability by equipping disabled students with skills to match employability competencies. Drawing on the wide range of experience of three National Teaching Fellows with recognised expertise in the field of disability, the project will build on the knowledge acquired by the establishment of the existing heavily used resource, SCIPS (Strategies for Creating Inclusive Programmes of Study) to develop a new web resource, USEMYABILITY.

This new resource will help academic and careers staff, employers and work based mentors to understand the particular needs of, and challenges for, disabled students in developing employability skills, competencies and attributes as mapped in 'Student Employability Profiles' (Kubler et al, 2006).

In offering guidance to adjusting practice, the resource will make a significant contribution to institutional strategic priorities across the sector in relation to the Disability Equality Duty (applicable to all HEIs in the UK) and to the national strategy of encouraging employers to employ more disabled persons.