Institution: | University of Krakow |
Name of the tool: | The Newsletter of OSD CUE |
Key actors: | All |
State of the tool: | Evaluated |
Student's areas involved: | Accomodation Waking up and gettin ready Travelling to university Attending lessons Studying Having an exam and practical course/internship Dealing with professor and administrative staff Relation with supporting staff Peers relations Social life International mobility Job placement |
Description of the tool: |
The Office and the Disabled Students’ Association promote their activities by websites, Facebook, CUE magazine Kurier UEK and interuniversity magazine KSSN. Besides this, they try to do their best to promote and create new possibilities. The Newsletter is aimed to promote more CUE activities. The Newsletter is sent by electronic mail to the academic community e.g. internal departments, workers, and all students. Moreover, the Newsletter is sent to other universities in Krakow and Poland, to special schools and organizations which work with people with disabilities. |
User manual: |
The Newsletter is in an electronic form. It is sent three times a year. The Newsletter has several sections:
In this section there is information about events, activities for students with disabilities e.g. workshops organized by the Office for Students with Disabilities, Inter-University Psychological Assistance Centre or Academic Sports Association’s swimming and handbike club of persons with disabilities.
Activities are also provided for employees, especially for academic teachers.
This section is created by members of the Disabled Students Association.
This section is educational. The readers can find there plenty of useful general information about a disability. In each edition the section Good to Know, raises a different issue, e.g general information, visual or hearing impairment. There are also rules how to help students and how design lessons in a universal way available to students with disabilities.
There are presentations and calls for new projects, workshops and other events. Employees of the CUE OSD are authors of most of the articles and they are responsible for the publication of the Newsletter. This is the reason that the Newsletter offers first-hand information. |