Breaking down barriers: inclusiveness and accessibility for sustainable development

This chapter of the monograph is devoted to discussing the current topic of inclusiveness and accessibility in modern higher education, emphasizing their key importance for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Through the prism of the experience of the academic community of Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, the educational and social barriers, caused by the war in Ukraine, which limit the full participation of students and teachers in the educational process, are considered. Tested adaptation strategies of the university, which helped to level the influence of the specified barriers in crisis conditions, are presented. The author team has developed strategic recommendations for building an inclusive barrier-free educational environment with an emphasis on the Sustainable Development Goals, which can be useful for representatives of the administration of higher education institutions, teachers who seek to master inclusive practices, politicians in the field of education working on reforms in this field and other stakeholders.