The Hague University of Applied Sciences, Hotelschool The Hague, The Hague University of the Arts and mboRijnland will work on more inclusive education. During Accessibility Week they signed the UN Convention on Disability Declaration of Intent and joined forces.

The UN Convention on Disability lays the foundation for inclusive educational practice. Lack of time, staff, high workload and fragmentation of knowledge make it difficult for educational institutions to optimally meet this need. In the UN Treaty working groups, the schools will work on, among other things, flexibility in the curriculum, promoting the expertise of employees, information provision, internationalization, digitalization and an inclusive transition from training to work. With these fundamental inclusion elements, they bring the UN Convention into educational practice.

The schools consider it essential to work together to create an inclusive learning and working environment in which all students and employees feel welcome. With an accessible learning and working environment where everyone has the opportunity to further develop their own talents and make dreams and goals come true. This contributes to the quality of education and research and increases the social impact.

Huug de Deugd, Executive Board chairman of the University of the Arts The Hague: “Inclusion is one of the most important themes for our education. We want to offer every student an environment that is accessible, safe, challenging and inspiring. That is our great task.”