{"id":103,"date":"2025-06-21T20:15:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T20:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pursue.sakarya.edu.tr\/?p=103"},"modified":"2025-11-22T15:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T15:01:44","slug":"launching-ceremony-of-iug-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"HEQUITY Project Partners Gather for Inspiring Study Visit in Padua, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-18-at-7.05.11-PM-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From <b>17\u201320 June 2025<\/b>, the partners of the <b>HEQUITY Project \u2013 Building Higher Education Quality InclUsIon PaThwaYs<\/b> convened in <b>Padua, Italy<\/b>, for a rich and collaborative <b>study visit<\/b> hosted by project partner <b>Popoli Insieme ODV<\/b>. The visit was organized as part of the Erasmus+ KA220-HED programme to strengthen institutional inclusion strategies and foster international collaboration on DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>The four-day visit featured a series of interactive sessions, cultural experiences, and site visits designed to deepen participants\u2019 understanding of how local institutions support <b>migrant and refugee students<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The program began with a warm welcome dinner at <b>Peace \u2018n\u2019 Spice Restaurant<\/b>, a refugee-run space that set the tone for meaningful exchange. Over the following days, partners engaged in a variety of activities including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presentations by <b>Popoli Insieme<\/b> and the <b>University of Padua<\/b> on inclusion policies and psychosocial support for international students.<\/li>\n<li>Discussions on the <b>Italian higher education system<\/b>, including its challenges and structures for migrant student support.<\/li>\n<li>A deep dive into the <b>Arrupe Project<\/b>, which provides housing and community to students at risk.<\/li>\n<li>Meetings with students involved in social inclusion initiatives, including a visit to the symbolic mural project <i>\u201cDisegni di Pace\u201d (Drawings of Peace)<\/i>.<\/li>\n<li>A photographic exhibition and film screening as part of <b>Refugee Week<\/b>, which drew public attention to refugee voices and the project\u2019s impact.<\/li>\n<li>A visit to the <b>Xena Association<\/b>, where the group learned about intercultural youth empowerment programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The visit concluded with a final consortium meeting where partners outlined upcoming tasks, including the <b>scientific paper<\/b> (to be led by <b>KU Leuven<\/b> and <b>University of Latvia<\/b>), the launch of the <b>project website<\/b> (coordinated by <b>Sakarya University<\/b>), and further dissemination and mobility planning.<\/p>\n<p>The Padua study visit was a powerful opportunity for the HEQUITY consortium to strengthen partnerships, exchange good practices, and reinforce its shared mission: building more inclusive, equitable pathways for all students in higher education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The infrastructure of scientific research in Palestine has gained considerable attention in the past few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":849,"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hequity.sakarya.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}