Study and career counseling | Iceland Academy of the Arts

Student counselling aims to raise students' awareness of their attitudes, interests and abilities so that they can enjoy themselves in their studies. Self-study is a major part of university studies, and it is therefore important that students adopt good study habits right at the beginning of their studies.

About the Student Counselling at IUA

A study advisor at the Iceland Academy of the Arts is Ragnhildur Ísleifs Ólafsdóttir.

Ragnhildur is located in Stakkahlíð, but regularly goes to other buildings of the school and meets students. Presence in other buildings is advertised separately in each place.

Students at IUA can book an interview here http://namsradgjof.lhi.is/. You can also send an email to namsradgjof@lhi.is

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Ragnhildur Ísleifs Ólafsdóttir

SERVICE

Student counselling is an individual service that is primarily for students. We offer Individual interviews, group counselling, psychological interviews, lunchtime lectures, and services for students who need specific resources. It is the students' responsibility to inform the student counsellor of their disabilities when they begin their studies at the school.

Services available, among other things:

Guidance, teaching and advice on improved work practices in learning and learning techniques

Guidance, advice and registration for specific resources in studies

Advice on well-being and personal issues

Various courses such as study technology courses, courses in cognitive behavioral therapy, group work courses and communication, courses for job hunting.

Career counselling

Interviews include supporting students and promoting them to academic success. Furthermore, helping them find their strengths and interests.

Student counsellor works for the benefit of students and looks after their interests. Students are welcome to talk about everything that is on their mind and it is kept confidential in all conversations. Efforts are made to provide students with the support they need whether the errands are related to promoting themselves and strengthening themselves in learning or personal difficulties and traumas.

Students are advised to contact the programme director regarding issues that arise in the program itself.

Department coordinators provide assistance and information, including:

Credits

Academic progress

Teaching arrangements

Organization and configuration of studies

Admission requirements

Changes to registrations

PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT

Students can apply for a grant for psychological benefits from IUA.  

To apply for the grant, you make an appointment with the student counsellor.

CAREER COUNSELLING

Career counselling is a process that seeks to empower individuals in the direction of knowing themselves better so that they can make decisions about their future. Therefore, the main role of IUA career counselling is to help students prepare for further education or professional life after their studies end at IUA. Short courses, lectures and interviews are held on issues related to life after graduation.

EVALUATION OF PREVIOUS STUDIES

General

Applications for evaluation of previous university studies are only accepted from students who have been admitted to study at IUA.

An assessment of previous studies is applied for by filling out an electronic form below.

Applications for evaluation of previous studies are considered twice a school year, once a semester.

Applications received before September 1st are usually processed by September 25th at the latest.

Applications received before January 10 are usually processed by January 25 at the latest.

The assessment committee's decision is binding. If the student has comments on the assessment, he can request a reassessment or explanation to the evaluation committee, especially if new information or points of view are provided. Comments must be made within 10 days of the evaluation committee's decision.

Evaluation by departments

The student counsellor manages the evaluation of previous studies Each department is responsible for the evaluation in consultation with the student counsellor. The evaluation committee consists of the dean, the programme director of the relevant subject area together with the student counsellor. The head of teaching development can be called in for an evaluation. To promote consistency between departments, the evaluation is based on criteria below. The student counsellor receives applications and formally finalizes the results of the evaluation committees. The dean confirms the evaluation committee's decision with a signature on the evaluation sheet and sends it to the student counsellor who formally finalizes the evaluation and sends the result to the student.

Completion of applications

In order for the evaluation committee to process an application for an evaluation of a previous university program, the application must meet the following conditions:

The courses that the student considers equivalent to his previous university studies must be specified.

The application must state whether an application has previously been made for an assessment of the same courses atIUA or other schools. If so, the ruling of the previous assessment must accompany the application.

Applicants are responsible for all of the above information appearing in the application so that it can be processed. If the application is not satisfactory, it will be refused on those grounds.

Confirmed study history statements and course descriptions from the relevant university from the curriculum of the year in which the courses were taken must be included with the application.

Curriculum data must be in Icelandic or English.

Processing applications

Once the application has been processed, the student receives a notification by e-mail at the LHÍ e-mail address about the outcome of the assessment. The dean, the programme director and the department coordinator also receive a mail about the outcome of the assessment, and the department coordinator completes the registration accordingly to the student's academic record. Both the application and the result of the assessment are saved to the student's academic record.

Criteria for assessment

Only university-level courses are evaluated from a recognized university. Generally, studies other than formal higher education are not allowed to be evaluated.

The previous program is evaluated against an entire course, the number of credits (ECTS) must be the same or higher.

If it is requested to have a compulsory course evaluated, the course must be fully comparable to a course that the applicant must take at IUA.

To have the possibility of getting a course evaluated, they must have been completed in the last nine years or later.

Final projects and/or final thesis are not evaluated.

Students who start a master's program at IUA can only receive evaluated courses that they have completed at the master's level from an accredited university.

A course that has previously been valid for a degree from another recognized university can be used for a degree at most once.

Registration of assessed studies in the curriculum system

The student counsellor submits a summary document on the evaluated study to the department coordinator.

The department coordinator records the assessed program in the school's curriculum system.

IUA can evaluate studies at bachelor's level up to 90 credits and up to 60 credits at master's level. This means that a student who graduates from IUA did not take less than half of his studies at the school.

Applicants for the evaluation of previous studies cannot assume that the application will be accepted, and it is therefore advised not to change the course registration until a result is available.

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Academic accommodation in studies

It is important to apply for academic accommodation in studies in a timely manner so that teachers have time to process requests and can meet students in the best possible way.

The fall application period is open from the beginning of the second to and including October 1st
The spring application period is open from the beginning of the second to and including March 1

Students can apply for academic accommodation in their studies due to disabilities, specific learning disabilities, or chronic illness. The support aims to equalize status and opportunities for learning and in no way involves reducing learning requirements (students must always meet learning learning criteria and/or courses).

Student counselling oversees academic accommodation resources and offers personalized counselling and/or follow-up for students.

The condition for academic accommodation is that there is confirmation from an appropriate specialist of disability, specific learning disabilities or illness, including but not limited to, the following:

Hearing loss and deafness

Dyslexia and AD(H)D

Tourette's and autism spectrum

Movement disorders, whether long-term or temporary, for example due to illness or accident

Chronic illness, such as cancer, rheumatism, MS, MND or mental disabilities.

Analyzes need to be from an accredited professional in the same field as the student's support needs lie. They need to be on an individual basis and group analyses are not accepted. Diagnoses must not be older than since the student was in the upper grades of elementary school. It should be noted that Davis analysis is not sufficient to receive specific support as it is not a diagnosis of specific learning disabilities.

Dyslexia

A student with dyslexia must present a diagnosis from a specialist using one of the following methods:

GRP 14 diagnostic test (GRP 14H group analysis is not enough on its own)

Aston Index Reading Analysis

Logos dyslexia analysis

ICD 10 diagnostic criteria (used by psychologists)

Applications for academic accommodation in studies

The student starts by filling out an application for academic accommodation in studies

The student also submits an analysis/certificate with the application

Subsequently, the student books an appointment with the student counsellor

The student counsellor evaluates the requests of students who apply for academic accommodation in their studies

The student counsellor confirms to the Programme Director that the student is entitled to academic accommodation in studies, but it is the student's responsibility to contact the teacher/professional director about the implementation of support, for example increased time for project and exam submissions, reading assistance, assistance with academic writing, adaptation of the learning environment.

It is important to apply for academic accommodation in studies in a timely manner so that teachers have time to process requests and can meet students in the best possible way.

The fall application period is open from the beginning of the second to and including October 1st

The spring application period is open from the beginning of the second to and including March 1

You can apply for an exemption if an illness or accident occurs at other times. A medical certificate must always be submitted.

Those who struggle with disabilities that can be seen as temporary and can be worked with, cured or made more manageable, apply for special resources for each semester or for the school year. If the student's restrictions are permanent, the student applies for special resources at the beginning of the program and is registered with support for the duration of the study at IUA.

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INFORMATION ABOUT ELECTRONIC TOOLS

Audio Library

Students with dyslexia and anyone who cannot use printed language, have access to speech synthesis at the Audio Library The speech synthesizer is free of charge to students.

What needs to be done:

The person must be registered with the Audio Library of Iceland, hbs.is, which sends confirmation regarding analysis to the Blindrafélag. The student will then be sent a link for downloading a speech synthesizer and a key for voices. Inquiries regarding speech synthesis will be sent to afgreidsla@blind.is.

Curriculum in computerized form: The Audio Library of Iceland, hbs.is, collaborates with foreign electronic libraries. When looking for study materials at the Hlóðbókasafn for the first time, the student must apply for access (https://hbs.is/leidbeiningar/hverjir-geta-ordid-lanthegar). Contact is Hafthór Ragnarsson, hafthor@hbs.is and he provides all information and advice.

Speech synthesis in Canvas

Í Canvas each course's learning management website is a configured speech synthesizer that students can use to help themselves. A button appears in the top right corner of each course marked Accessible reading environment/Immersive reader.

In OneNote, you can upload documents, eg PDF and Word, and have a speech synthesizer read the text from the documents. Instructions can be seen here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/topic/use-immersive-reader-for-onenote-10712138-b4ed-4513-958d-d9a1b3038170

Atlas Primer is a speech server that is intended to make the learning environment more flexible. More information can be found at Atlas Primer (https://www.atlasprimer.com/).

Á The smart web can you find information, technical tools and smart devices (https://www.snjallvefjan.is/).

With Natural Reader can text, PDF documents and other templates be converted into spoken language (https://www.naturalreaders.com/).

Central atom is a website for language technology and artificial intelligence https://mideind.is/is.

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