KHAS Barrier-Free / Persons with Disabilities Commission
KHAS Barrier-Free / Persus With Disabilities Commission aims to make more accessible the lives of, in particular, disabled students by removing all types of obstacles that any student within the KHAS family may encounter at the university campus.
Students are encouraged to inform about problems they may encounter and ask for support by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
KHAS Barrier-Free / Persus With Disabilities Commission conducts an annual survey by taking the opinions of students with disabilities. annual improvements are planned according to the results of this survey.
The studies included in the report prepared by the KHAS Barrier-Free / Persus With Disabilities Commission for the 2021-2022 academic year to be submitted to the Council of Higher Education are shared below.
2021-2022 Academic Year KHAS Barrier-Free / Persus With Disabilities Commission Report
Within the scope of our university's Barrier-Free KHAS Commission, 2021-2022 education and academic year the works carried out and ongoing in the year are given below:
C Block lecture theatre garden railing construction for emergency outdoor access completed.
A Block basement floor lecture theatre garden laboratories corridor for the visually impaired construction of directional-information signs and tactile/guiding surfaces completed.
All signboards of Block A basement floor lecture theatres and garden laboratories were changed to Bril Alphabet transformed.
Web Content Accessibility Standards and Criteria of our university website (WCAG-2.1) standards and to ensure that special needs to be made available to our students as well as the general public study was carried out.
During the pandemic period, all printed resources requested by the students of our University from the Information Centre (library) were sent by post without any charge were delivered to our students. On this occasion, during the pandemic process, our students the use of our printed resources is provided in a barrier-free manner.
Members of KHAS Barrier-Free / Persus With Disabilities Commission:
Prof. Dr. Mitat ÇELİKPALA
Vice Rector in Charge of Education
Assoc. Prof. Aslı ÇARKOĞLU
Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences
Asst. Prof. Aslı ERCİYES
Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences
Aslı Ceylan BEBEK
Director of Campus Life
İlkay ENGİN
Assistant Specialist
Muhammet SEVİNÇ
Construction and Technical Affairs Office Manager
Ceren Nurdan DİRİKOL
Student Representative
Directorate Of Education Policies and Review
The report on the opinions of disabled students prepared by the Directorate of Education Policies and Review was shared with the relevant units of the university. This report was prepared for the university to plan the work to be done for the disabled members of the university and to identify areas of improvement.
KHAS Barrier-Free / Persons With Disabilities Students Views Report
Health Support Units
Healthcare Services
In the Health Unit located in the Cibali Campus of our university, we provide emergency and emergency treatment for our students, academic and administrative staff.
Outpatient medical services are provided.
We are in contact with full-fledged hospitals close to our campuses and in case of emergencies or deemed necessary
In such cases, referrals and referrals are made to the relevant hospitals for further examination and treatment.
Kadir Has Psychological Counseling and Guidance Center
KHAS Psychological Counseling and Guidance Center (KHAS-PDRM) puts the needs of students at the center and enables them to realize their mental, emotional and social potential. To use this potential and the resources around it efficiently, we aim to provide protective/preventive and, when necessary, intervention-oriented mental health services voluntarily to give a multicultural psychological service with a reliable and sheltered environment.
However, it is to carry out “preventive” studies for the problems that may arise during the learning process. With our work, we adopt a psychological approach different from medical intervention, which deals with the human as a whole.
PRINCIPLES
Competence: All of our counselors and psychologists serve within the scope of their education levels and competencies. When they encounter a unique situation that exceeds the limits of competence, they are responsible for seeking help by applying to the available scientific, professional, and technical resources and developing their competence with scientific training.
Honesty: Our psychological counselors and psychologists adopt honesty, accuracy, and reality as principles in the psychological counseling process. He makes a correct statement about professional qualifications and is aware of his limitations.
Being sensitive and respectful: Psychological counselors and psychologists are sensitive to individual rights and freedoms and are responsible for acting impartially while helping clients recognize their interests, abilities, and values.
Sensitivity to individual and cultural differences: Our psychological counselors and psychologists are aware of the needs and problems of every segment of society and try to adapt the methods and techniques they use in their work according to their needs. In addition, it takes care that individual and cultural differences such as age, gender, religion, language, race, socioeconomic level, belonging to different groups or cultures, sexual orientation, and marital status do not adversely affect the service they will provide.
Confidentiality: Interviews with our psychological counselors and psychologists are conducted in line with ethical and professional principles. The principle of trust and privacy is fully fulfilled. The conversations will not be shared with other people without your permission. However, when your or someone else’s life is in danger, third parties can be contacted. Even in this case, we will contact you before sharing information with others. In some cases, students are also responsible for ensuring the confidentiality principle (e.g., sharing in the group counseling process).
CONTACT
Burcu DOK, Specialist
Ext: 1178 Office: Cibali Campus D-242
E-mail: [email protected]
Burak TUNA, Specialist
Ext: 1184 Ofis: Cibali Campus D-242
E-mail: [email protected]
Pelin GURE ERTEM, Specialist (Part Time)
Ext: 1179 Office: Cibali Campus D-242
E-mail: [email protected]
THE Gender and Women's Studies Research Center
Mission, Values & Vision Statement
The Gender and Women's Studies Research Center at Kadir Has University aims to create an intellectual locus for interdisciplinary research, teaching and institutional change related to gender equality. As one of our goals, we seek to critically re-examine discussions of equality and gender as they pertain to the status of women, while bearing in mind that the field is not limited to male and female prototypes but also includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI+) individuals. We are specifically interested in creating change that is systemic and sustainable.
Ours is a feminist organization. We define feminism as a social movement that seeks to end sexist and gender based oppression. As such, simply adding more women to existing system is not enough, rather our goal is a transformation of systems of power so that they value a diversity of peoples and create conditions of equality. To this end, men have a role to play in advancing gender equality and we believe that an interrogation of cultural ideas of masculinity is vital1.
Mission
Our mission is to educate and produce research for academic communities and the public, primarily but not exclusively in Turkey, with the hope of contributing to ending sexism and dismantling gender based oppression.
Values
People orientation – The Center puts people first; everybody’s complete identity, not just that which they present when engaged with the Center, will be acknowledged and treated equally.
Communication – The Center implements open communication; communication which is consultative, non-confrontational and which emphasizes an active listening approach.
Respect – The Center is a respectful and a collaborative space; recognizing and valuing individuals and their differences in a non-hierarchical manner.
Democracy – The Center is a democratic environment and strives to make decisions using democratic means.
Vision
Our vision is to be a significant change agent in transforming Kadir Has University into a leading institution in gender equality and to contributing to ending gender-based oppression in society by:
Producing high quality, scientifically driven research
Organising gender equality plans & activities
Initiating active collaboration with the university (campaigns & workshops)
To network with other institutions
Organising and attending seminars
Creating awareness campaigns
Contributing to diversity
Improving reputation management (communication skills, branding)
Reaching out to men & work on masculinity issues.
[1] This is heavily inspired by the work of bell hooks. “Feminism Theory: From Margin to Center”. New York: South End Press, 2000.
Social Responsibility Projects For Reduce Inequlities
Kadir Has University students produce social responsibility projects to support disadvantaged groups within the core programme. Kadir Has University has made the core programme compulsory for all first year students. The social responsibility course (KHAS 110 and KHAS 120) and the projects of 5 students each within the scope of this course are not elective but compulsory. Thus, all Kadir Has University students work with disadvantaged groups to reduce inequality. More details about the projects and detailed information is available on the social responsibility projects part.