Every year about a considerable number of students come to UBT to study thanks to the Erasmus+ programme. In turn, many students from UBT go abroad to study at other European universities. Decisions on study, education, training, and work/study behavior is made on the basis of each person’s dignity, without prejudice, and based on objective criteria and factors. Besides well-off youth, UBT strives to enable individuals with fewer opportunities to apply for open positions and study in line with available financial and other resources. These aspects are mandatory for all members of UBT as set by the Code of Ethics  and UBT Regulations for Non-Discrimination.

UBT classifies students with fewer opportunities, who can receive a financial top-up from the Erasmus+ Programme, as following:

1. 1. Students with social barriers – young people who are discriminated against (due to their gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other factors), young people with weak social skills, young and/or single parents, orphans, young people from broken families, and so on.
   2. Students facing financial challenges – such as those with a low quality of living, a low income, a reliance on the social security system, long-term jobless youth, homeless youth, young people in debt or in financial difficulties, and so on.
   3. Disabled students – students with mental (intellectual, cognitive, learning), physical, sensory, or other impairments.
   4. Students with learning disabilities – early school-leavers and school dropouts, young individuals with low school performance due to a distinct cultural/linguistic background etc.
   5. Students with cultural disparities – such as young immigrants or refugees, or descendants of immigrants or refugees, young members of a national or ethnic minority, young people with language and cultural integration issues, and so on.
   6. Students with health issues – such as those who have chronic health issues, severe diseases or psychiatric ailments, or those who have mental health problems.
   7. Students with geographical obstacles – who come from distant, rural, or hilly locations, young people living on peripheral regions, young people from underserved places (limited public transportation, insufficient facilities, abandoned villages), and so on.

In many cases, individuals may fit into several of the categories described above at the same time (e.g. a teenage mother who lives in a remote village). An individual should not automatically be included in the “fewer-opportunity” group simply on the basis of one characteristic. A student has to have at least three exclusion indicators to be in the ‘fewer opportunities’ group. These indicators are defined based on an online survey that students complete which is part of the application process.

Specific measures that UBT already uses to ensure participation of those with fewer opportunities:

– Inclusion and diversity are part of the criteria to select applicants for nomination
– UBT organizes Info Sessions in order to offer guidance, help with the application process, documents.
– Forms to be used for application are clear, short, and understandable.
– For incoming participants with disabilities a family member or accompanying person can come to Kosovo for the whole period of the exchange.
– Language learning opportunities are offered by the Language Institute at UBT

UBT welcomes and sends staff members for short term visits within the framework of agreements with a number of universities from the EU countries – based on annual quotas.

Decisions on  recruitment, career, promotion, training, income, leave, and work behavior are made on the basis of each person’s dignity, without prejudice, and based on objective criteria and factors. UBT strives to enable individuals with disabilities to apply for open positions and work in line with available financial and other resources. These aspects are mandatory for all members of UBT as set by the Code of Ethics  and UBT Regulations for Non-Discrimination.

UBT classifies staff with fewer opportunities as following:

1. Staff with social barriers: people who are discriminated against (due to their gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or other factors), people with weak social skills, single parents etc.
2. 2. Disabled staff: staff with mental (intellectual, cognitive, learning), physical, sensory, or other impairments.
3. Staff with cultural disparities – such as young immigrants or refugees, or descendants of immigrants or refugees, members of a national or ethnic minority, people with language and cultural integration issues, and so on.
4. Staff with health issues – such as those who have chronic health issues, severe diseases or psychiatric ailments, or those who have mental health problems.
5. Staff with geographical obstacles – who come from distant, rural, or hilly locations, people living in peripheral regions, people from underserved places (limited public transportation, insufficient facilities, abandoned villages), and so on.

In many cases, individuals may fit into several of the categories described above at the same time (e.g. a  mother who lives in a remote village). An individual should not automatically be included in the “fewer-opportunity” group simply on the basis of one characteristic. A staff has to have at least three exclusion indicators to be in the ‘fewer opportunities’ group. These indicators are defined based on an online survey that staff complete which is part of the application process.

Specific measures that UBT already uses to ensure participation of those fewer opportunities:

– Inclusion and diversity are part of the criteria to select applicants for nomination
– UBT organizes Info Sessions in order to offer guidance, help with the application process, documents.
– Forms to be used for application are clear, short, and understandable.
– For incoming participants with disabilities a family member or accompanying person can come to Kosovo for the whole period of the exchange.