Accessibility and disability
Here, you will find information for students, employees and interested people with disabilities. The information featured below can also be relevant to involved parties.
People with and without disabilities want to know what they can expect when they visit a university building. That is why there is a page with information on buildings This enables visitors to clearly see at a single glance for every building what it is like in terms of reachability, accessibility and facilities such as disabled parking and elevators. UU wants to give everyone as much access as possible to university buildings and grounds. Diversity, accessibility and inclusivity are important themes that should be recognisable in the accommodations of Utrecht University.
In pre-existing buildings, Campus & Facilities is solving bottlenecks in consultation with users. This often succeeds, but especially the monumental buildings in the inner city can sometimes be quite a challenge. All newly constructed buildings of the university will meet the guidelines for accessibility.
Utrecht University wants everyone to be able to use all the information on the uu.nl website. That is why we are focusing on user-friendliness, accessibility and searchability. The UU site partially meets the digital accessibility requirements right now.
Utrecht University wants everyone to feel welcome and to receive the necessary assistance to get the best out of themselves and the degree programmes. If you have a chronic illness or a physical or mental disability, you can apply for special provisions and supervision.
There also is Studying without Limitations. This is a platform for and by students. The platform provides supervision and advice to students with disabilities. On their website, you will find information on what in do in case of matters such as study delays. It is possible to be assigned a buddy who helps you to orient within the university via the platform. In collaboration with Career Services, the Platform Unhindered Studying also provides job-application training to students and alumni with disabilities. Do you have any questions on studying with disabilities? If you do, please send an email to Studying without Limitations.
Everyone in the Netherlands who can work but will not always succeed on the job market without support is covered under the Participation Act and the Job Agreement. This law is to ensure that more people find work, including people with disabilities. Those with target group registration are covered under the Participation Act.
Utrecht University is working hard to carry out the Dutch Job Agreement. By now a group of people a target group registration are employed at the university. They work in a variety of positions; from archivist, web editor and laboratory assistant to researcher.
Within Utrecht University there are several initiatives for participation employees, such as introduction meetings, coffee mornings, and a newsletter. As a participation employee, you will find more information on intranet (only accessible to employees) about what you need to know at the start if you have entered through the Job Agreement Act. Do you have a disability, but are you not covered under the Job Agreement? If so, please contact your supervisor to arrange for provisions.
Vacancies
UU also regularly provides vacancies for participant employees. These vacancies are only open for people with a target group registration. Want to check whether you have a target group registration? You can check this yourself on My UWV. Utrecht University vacancies are published on careers.ctalents.nl. They match talents with an auditory or visual disability to UU. Do you have a disability that is not auditory or visual? Even then you are welcome to apply. Please contact the Central participation team if you have any questions.
Employees with physical or mental disabilities can count on support from the University; you can see what that support entails on the intranet (employees only).
Myra-Lot Perrenet works within the Utrecht University as inclusion correspondent. She does this in collaboration with the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Office. As inclusion correspondent, Myra-Lot's focus is on what it means to work or study with a disability.
By sharing stories, there will be more familiarity and openness on disabilities. This awareness is of essential importance for the development towards a more inclusive university. Some examples of Myra-Lot's work are interviewing employees with disabilities.