Studying with Impairment-Related Study Time Delays and/or Study Interruptions
Background
Students with disabilities and chronic illnesses often study longer than their peers. They also interrupt their studies significantly more frequently and for an extended period (Middendorff et al. 2017, 37).
Considering the fact that students with disabilities and chronic illnesses are predominantly not visibly impaired and, moreover, often conceal their impairments, partly out of fear of stigmatization, it can be suggested that their above-average participation in the group of students with study time delays and interruptions is also not obvious (DSW 2018, 25ff.).
Students with impairment-related study time delays and/or interruptions drop out of their study community and many of their social circles. However, a strong social integration in the university is an essential prerequisite for academic success. This includes study-related relationships such as study groups as well as relationships related to the everyday environment, e.g. friendly activities (Heublein et al. 2017, 158f.). A prolonged duration of study does not necessarily prevent educational success, but it may emerge as a serious obstacle (RuhrFutur 2018, 44).
Project Goals
The project's aim is to raise awareness among academic advisors, teachers and faculties about the situation of students with (non-visible) impairments among students with study time delays and interruptions. Support services will be offered to successfully integrate students with impairment-related academic time delays into the appropriate semester cohort as well as to successfully ensure the return of students after academic interruptions. Additional study delays, unnecessary course changes and also dropouts should thus be avoided.
Among other things, a support group service for affected students is in the process of being set up.
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Project Terms: 2020 to2021
Funding: TU Dortmund (Quality improvement Funds)
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Location & approach
The campus of TU Dortmund University is located close to interstate junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerlandlinie A 45 (Frankfurt-Dortmund) crosses the Ruhrschnellweg B 1 / A 40. The best interstate exit to take from A 45 is “Dortmund-Eichlinghofen” (closer to South Campus), and from B 1 / A 40 “Dortmund-Dorstfeld” (closer to North Campus). Signs for the university are located at both exits. Also, there is a new exit before you pass over the B 1-bridge leading into Dortmund.
To get from North Campus to South Campus by car, there is the connection via Vogelpothsweg/Baroper Straße. We recommend you leave your car on one of the parking lots at North Campus and use the H-Bahn (suspended monorail system), which conveniently connects the two campuses.
TU Dortmund University has its own train station (“Dortmund Universität”). From there, suburban trains (S-Bahn) leave for Dortmund main station (“Dortmund Hauptbahnhof”) and Düsseldorf main station via the “Düsseldorf Airport Train Station” (take S-Bahn number 1, which leaves every 15 or 30 minutes). The university is easily reached from Bochum, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr and Duisburg.
You can also take the bus or subway train from Dortmund city to the university: From Dortmund main station, you can take any train bound for the Station “Stadtgarten”, usually lines U41, U45, U 47 and U49. At “Stadtgarten” you switch trains and get on line U42 towards “Hombruch”. Look out for the Station “An der Palmweide”. From the bus stop just across the road, busses bound for TU Dortmund University leave every ten minutes (445, 447 and 462). Another option is to take the subway routes U41, U45, U47 and U49 from Dortmund main station to the stop “Dortmund Kampstraße”. From there, take U43 or U44 to the stop “Dortmund Wittener Straße”. Switch to bus line 447 and get off at “Dortmund Universität S”.
The H-Bahn is one of the hallmarks of TU Dortmund University. There are two stations on North Campus. One (“Dortmund Universität S”) is directly located at the suburban train stop, which connects the university directly with the city of Dortmund and the rest of the Ruhr Area. Also from this station, there are connections to the “Technologiepark” and (via South Campus) Eichlinghofen. The other station is located at the dining hall at North Campus and offers a direct connection to South Campus every five minutes.
The AirportExpress is a fast and convenient means of transport from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Dortmund Central Station, taking you there in little more than 20 minutes. From Dortmund Central Station, you can continue to the university campus by interurban railway (S-Bahn). A larger range of international flight connections is offered at Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), which is about 60 kilometres away and can be directly reached by S-Bahn from the university station.
The facilities of TU Dortmund University are spread over two campuses, the larger Campus North and the smaller Campus South. Additionally, some areas of the university are located in the adjacent “Technologiepark”.
Site Map of TU Dortmund University (Second Page in English).