María Teresa Bendito Cañizares from UNED gave a presentation about HERMES: University Integration Project for Immigrants as part of the online events by expert pool Insitutional Support within EMPOWER.

1. 15/05/2017

2. 15/05/2017
The proporsal
 Presented to JT International in March 2099
 Signed in September
 Start of actions in November 2009
 Actions:
• Immigration counseling offices in higher education in Valencia,
Mérida and Madrid Centro, Madrid Sur, Motril, Gerona, Málaga,
Calatayud, Ceuta, Las Palmas
• Technical glossary of university specialties
• Sponsored courses for homologation of foreign degrees
• Pre-entry course for immigrants over 25 years old in Valencia,
Mérida and Madrid Centro, Madrid Sur, Motril, Gerona, Málaga,
Calatayud, Ceuta and Las Palmas
• Academic Achievement Awards in the Pre-Access Course

3. 15/05/2017
Offices for immigrant orientation in higher
education
 Objective: To inform and guide the residents of Spain
who have university studies in their countries of origin,
completed or initiated, of the possibilities or to validate
them and to continue them or to obtain homologation
 Some numbers
• Number of people served: 2.280

4. 15/05/2017
Technical glossary of university specialties
Objective: To offer foreign graduates a specific
tool that facilitates their insertion in the Spanish
language
Specialties
• Education
• Economy
• Informatics Engineering
• Law
• Philosophy

5. 15/05/2017
Sponsored courses for homologation of
foreign degrees
 Objective: To offer foreign graduates the possibility of
completing the complementary training requirements
prior to the homologation of higher education
qualifications through the modality of tutelary courses to
prepare the aptitude test
 Specifically developed materials
• Psychology of organizations
• Psychology of Thought
• Psychology of Language
• Psychopathology
• Psychological intervention techniques

6. 15/05/2017
Pre-enrollment course for immigrants over
25 years old
 Objective: To provide the set of competencies of
intellectual work and basic knowledge to face the Course
of Access for Seniors of 25 years of the UNED or for
other courses of access of similar profile offered by other
university institutions
 Some figures:
• Delivered in ten centers
• Nº of students: 1320
• Countries represented: 22

7. 15/05/2017
Academic Achievement Awards in the
Pre-Access Course
 Objective: To stimulate the academic performance of the
attendees of the course, making possible their
incorporation to the course of Access. They are prizes to
the effort that they pretend to promote the development
of the talent and the equality of opportunities
 Description of the prize: The project costs the tuition and
teaching materials of the Access Course for over 25
years
 Number of prizes awarded: 90