University of Sassari – Sassari, Italy
The service implements activities aimed both at students and university staff. In addition to psychological support, activities include efforts for structural improvement (accessibility improvement) and educational activities. In the last two years, the service organized the following activities:
- Support and counseling both for students and university staff,
- Lectures, workshops, seminars for students, faculty and non-teaching staff,
- Training courses for peer educators,
- Public promotion (for example, production of media content such as podcasts),
- Fundraising events,
- Improving physical and digital accessibility.
In addition to these activities supporting inclusion, the service also implements activities to counter exclusionary and discriminatory practices by relying on strategies and actions plans, recommendations and guidelines and preventive programs. All services are free and in addition to Italian, are available in English, French and Spanish, to accommodate the needs of international students.
The staff working at counseling and psychological support and activities consider their services successful because they have been continually improved and expanded since 2010. Practices they consider crucial in achieving success are “professionalism, competence of the staff, continuous methodological supervision, weekly team meetings, monitoring and evaluation”.

Academic Gudiance and Psychological Support
Sassari, Italy
IDEA-net: Expanding the network of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) practitioners in higher education through institutional capacity building
Project ref: 2022-1-NL01-KA220-HED-000089789

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