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Introduction
The Más Project was a pilot project, funded by the Leonardo da Vinci
Programme, to broaden access for deaf and disabled people to learning, training
and employment. It run from 2001 to 2003
The project involved partners from Germany,
Spain and the United Kingdom, developing
three modules to widen access to education and employment. There were three
partners in each country, representing universities, user groups and
professional organisations. At the end of this page it is the information to
contact us.
See also MÁS UK project website.
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multimedia software to train and improve reading
comprehension in adult deaf people.
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Partners
In Germany, the partners were responsible for developing a module to train
and use educational interpreters and tutor-students:
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The Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal is a University of Applied Sciences, and is
one of the main academic institutions in the federal state of Sachsen-Anhalt. It
has introduced a degree programme in sign language interpreting in a planned
move to developing expertise in disability studies. This course has been
extended to include deaf students, and is the first of its kind in any
University of Applied Sciences, and complements the course at the University of
Hamburg. It acted as both lead and secondary partner for the German module.
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The Bundesverband der GebärdensprachdolmetscherInnen Deutschlands e.V. is a
national organisation representing German Sign Language Interpreters. It
promotes sign language interpreting in Germany and maintaining the quality of
professional standards. It gives a high priority to the development of
professional training programmes for interpreters, especially in the education
field. It acted as a national dissemination partner in the German module, to
promote the results form the project, and to help in the evaluation of the
programme.
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The Landesverband der Gehörlosen Sachsen-Anhalt is the main organisation of
Deaf people in the federal state of Sachsen-Anhalt. It has more than a dozen
local member organisations throughout the state, and is a member of the national
German Deaf Association. It advocates Deaf people's rights to communication,
education and equal opportunities and promotes their interests. It acted as a
user group in the project, participating in the management, evaluation and
dissemination of the Magdeburg module.
In Spain, the partners will be developing a module to promote the use of
written language, and the improvement of reading skills, using sign language as scaffolding
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Unidad de Investigación
ACCESO (Research Unit ACCESO) belongs to the
Department of Educational and Evolutive Psychology of Universitat de
Valčncia-Estudi General in Spain. ACCESO participates in projects where the
information and communication technologies are applied to the development and
education of people with physical and/or sensorial disabilities. ACCESO will be
the lead partner in Spain, with responsibility to develop the module on
preparation through support.
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Federación de Personas Sordas de la Comunidad
Valenciana -FESORD-CV is a federation of 14 local and regional associations of deaf
people in the Valencia Region. It represents and defends the interests of the
member associations, and was established in 1979 as a non profit organisation.
FESORD is a member of the Spanish National Deaf Confederation (CNSE), allied to
the EUD (Deaf European Union) and World Federation for Deaf (WFD). It acted
as a social partner and user group in the project, contributing to the
evaluation and management of the Spanish module and its testing.
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Assessoria Universitŕria d'Estudiants amb Discapacitació is the
Counselling Service for Disabled Students of Universitat de Valčncia Estudi
General. Assesoria is one of the services provided by CADE, the Center for
Students Counselling and Animation. CADE belongs to DISE the Student Information
Service of Universitat de Valencia. Assessoria is the secondary partner in
Spain, working with Bristol and Magdeburg to help make their modules applicable
in Spain and accessible to users.
In the United Kingdom, the partners
were developing a preparation programme that could be accessed online. See
MÁS UK project website.
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De Montfort University is one of the largest universities in the UK, with
over 30,000 students studying at four different centres. The Faculty of Social
and Community Studies has a developing expertise in disability issues, currently
focusing on access for deaf students, students with dyslexia and blind students
to vocational training, higher and further education. It has well-established
connections with further education colleges. DeMontfort was the lead partner
in the UK, with responsibility for developing the preparation module.
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The Leicestershire Centre for Integrated Living (LCIL) is an organisation of
disabled people, promoting their equal rights to full participation in society.
It works closely with disabled people and the Deaf community in Leicester, and
has an active partnership with the Royal National Institute for Deaf People
(RNID). It acted as the social partner and user group in the UK partnership,
participating in the development of the UK module, and in its management and
evaluation.
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Bristol University is a sector leader in the development of support services
for deaf students, with a particular focus on the development of educational
interpreting and computer-based learning support. Its Access Unit for Deaf &
Disabled Students is working in partnership with higher and further education
institutions in the area to promote the participation of deaf and disabled
people, with a particular focus on preparing students for higher education. It
acted as the secondary partner for the UK, investigating how the UK module
could be made applicable in Magdeburg and Valencia.
If you wish you can email
the contact person in each of the partner countries.
Webpage
maintained by Unidad ACCESO. Updated:
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