Student Services at IU
ENUYGAR Coordination Unit for disabled
students provides information access services in collaboration with Disability
Information Center which works under Istanbul University Central Library and
Documentation Head Office.
Disability Information Center
Istanbul University Disability Information
Center is a fully equipped center and gives services for visually impaired
students and academic/administrative staff in Istanbul University Central
Library. In the center, there are 20 computers with special screen reading
programs, 10 computers with screen magnification programs, video magnifiers for
persons with low vision, two Braille displays, three Braille printers, 5
optical character recognition programs and two relief graphics and image
printing machines. Furthermore, there are two fully equipped cabins for audio
books.
Institutional support, modificaitons and
adaptations are provided for disabled students outlined below:
Academic Accomodation
- Registration priority and support in registration
- Arrangement of the campus orientation
- Services related to the provision of lecture
notes-reader support, taking notes, taking voice recordings and other
services (Preparation of training materials according to the student's
preference via the Disability Information Center within the IU Central
Library; e-texts, Braille printing, audio books, internet supply of welded
materials)
- Assistive assistant support in laboratory
applications
- Regulations on homework (Providing different
applications in terms of presentation and duration in accordance with the
student's preference)
- Provision of special tools and equipment related
to education to students with financial difficulties and giving them to
students in a timely manner
- Accessibility in exams
- The following arrangements are made
according to the student's preference:
- Questionnaire in different formats -
enlarged font, embossed font, audio file, etc.
- Readers and / or markers of the exam
terminology
- Additional exam duration
- Access to the exam room, single-room
hall, etc.
- Permission to enter the exam with the
help of the necessary tools (medicine, medical equipment, hearing aid,
magnifying glass, etc).
Social Support and Recreational Activities
- ‘Independent Living Skills Training’ for
visually impaired students
- Pre-residence priority
- Scholarship and opportunity in part-time
working student program through the Counseling Counseling and Social
Support Unit
- Accessible architectural arrangements
through the Department of Construction Affairs (placing ramps and lifts,
arranging existing toilets, making elevators available)
- Repositioning of classrooms and other
activities in non-accessible buildings
- Sport opportunities in accordance with
the interests of the students(chess, tandem bike, etc)
- Enabling to benefit from the Enez Summer
Camp of IU
- Regular ceramic and marbling courses in
IU ENUYGAR Art Workshop
- Social skills training and personal
counseling services through the Career Development Center (KAGEM)
- Provision of Psychiatrist and
Psychological support services through Medico and Guidance Counseling
Social Support Unit
- Appropriate job opportunities after
graduation through governmental and non-governmental organizations,
Operational Chart of ENUYGAR Coordination Unit for Students with Special
Needs
At the beginning of each academic year, ENUYGAR Coordinator Unit requests
the list of SSS who enrolled to IU from the Registrar's Office.
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A special congradulatory letter, signed by the
Rector of IU is sent to the students’ home address, including the Brochures of
ENUYGAR Coordinator Unit and IU
Handbook for Equal Opportunities for Students
with Special Needs
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Students
that register to the Faculty’s Students Affairs Office are informed
about ENUYGAR Coordination Unit and encouraged to visit/register personally or
via internet web site
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ENUYGAR Coordinator welcomes the student and
provides information about the services
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The student
completes and signs the ‘Personal Information Form’ and
declares for academic accommodations
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All faculties, schools and institutes of Istanbul
University have academic advisors (faculty members and residents) who are
assigned to support students with SSS
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ENUYGAR Coordinator fills the ‘Information Sharing
Document’ belonging to the applicant student and sends them to Academic
Advisors by closed envelopes through Faculty Deans, Schools and Institute
Directors
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The academic advisors and ENUYGAR Coordinator work
jointly in order to provide the students with the services they require, and to
carry out the course and exam adjustments in accordance with the needs of SSS
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If necessary adaptations are not made, SSS applies to
ENUYGAR Coordinator by e-mail or petition. With the Coordinator, he / she will
fill out and sign the ‘Informative Document for the Instructor of Special Needs
Students’ and hand it both to the academic advisor and the instructor.
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In case of a contravention or negligence, Faculty
Deans, Schools and Institute Director are informed
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Academic advisors report to the ENUYGAR Coordinator
twice a year (fall and spring semesters) for the students they are responsible
for
National Disability Network in Turkish Higher
Education System
The development of ‘Disability Support
Services’ varies across Turkish Higher Education Institutes and there is a wide range of
practices and resources available across different universities. There are 205
universities in Turkey; although the exact number is missing, most of them have
support units for SSS.
‘Towards Inclusive Universities(TUI) Project’
has facilitated developement of the Turkish University-Disability Network. This
was an international project funded by European Union in 2008. The main outcome
of the project was the dissemination of outputs of the project to the target
groups and beneficiaries and the creation of an online network of specialists
supporting disabled students at university level for further cooperation. An e-mail based
electronic platform has been formed in 2009. The group grew to over 400 in 5
years, and has stabilised around 550 members, from the majority of Turkis