| Abstract [eng] |
Growing internationalisation opportunities create conditions for students with diverse needs including disability to participate in internationalisation processes. Participation of persons with disabilities or persons in a disability situation in all processes of higher education including internationalisation activities causes challenges for both students and universities. Experiences, difficulties, various problems of students in a disability situation in pursuing higher education and during studies have been analysed by Lithuanian and foreign researchers. However, experiences in international higher education processes and the factors determining involvement of students with disabilities in internationalisation activities at universities have not been analysed. The aim of the research – to reveal the factors that determine the empowerment of students in a disability situation to participate in international higher education activities through students’ experiences. In the dissertation the experiences of students in a disability situation are revealed through promotion of students’ emancipation and critical thinking; the experiences of academic community, specialists responsible for implementation of international activities in higher education institutions, their attitudes towards participation of students with disabilities in international activities were investigated. The research discloses social, cultural, economic, political, academic and personal factors and their interrelations that influence internationalisation at the university. |
