{"id":141927,"date":"2022-06-28T14:43:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T12:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=141927"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:21","slug":"too-much-lost-potential-of-graduates-with-a-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/06\/28\/too-much-lost-potential-of-graduates-with-a-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Too much lost potential of graduates with a disability\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today Minister Dijkgraaf was handed a manifesto with ten recommendations to change this situation for the better.<\/p>\n

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'Please use the stairs' stickers by the elevator on campus.<\/span><\/p>

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One of the recommendations in the manifesto<\/a> reads: ensure there\u2019s one place at the institution where students can go with all their questions about employment. Additionally, institutions could offer specific workshops to students with a disability on how to apply for jobs, and set up \u2018personal career dossiers\u2019 for students that could be consulted by potential employers.<\/p>\n

Overlooked group<\/h2>

About five percent of all students in higher professional education have difficulty taking the step to employment on their own, in the words of<\/a> Jan Raaijman of the Vocational Education-Job Market Expertise Centre in Nijmegen (Kenniscentrum Beroepsonderwijs Arbeidsmarkt Nijmegen). \u201cThis means that we\u2019re losing a great deal of high-quality employment potential. They form an overlooked group in strategies for tackling youth unemployment\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

The signatories to the manifesto want Minister Dijkgraaf to order the universities of applied sciences to maintain support for young people until they get their first job. They believe he should also give them the financial resources to do so. The Minister entered into talks today with students who need special support, but whether he will hand over the money is still unclear.<\/p>\n

The manifesto was drawn up by students and staff from a number of universities of applied sciences. They wrote it in collaboration with partners, including the Expertise Centre for Inclusive Education (ECIO) and KBA Nijmegen.<\/p>\n\n\t

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