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Part I

Institutional capacity building to

increase inclusion, equity, and

access

Introduction

Capacity building in partner HEIs was a specific objective of the BUKA project,
focusing on areas such as the engagement of teaching, technical, and instructional

design sta in inclusive learning design or the development of central institutional

support teams who then support capacity building in academic colleagues. The
need for associated capacity building as part of partner HEI e orts to increase

equity and access was called out in the details of each partner project, for example
Wawasan Open University (WOU), in Malaysia, highlighted a need for sta capacity

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