The Role of Formal Social Support to Students in the Context of the Social Dimension of Higher Education / Uloga formalne socijalne podrške studentima u kontekstu socijalne dimenzije visokoga obrazovanja

This paper aims to present the development of the social dimension of higher education and the importance of developing social support through competent and professional counselling for students. The establishment of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and the social dimension of higher education dedicated to student support, ensued from the acknowledged need to advance higher education in the European Union. Along with different measures of student support (such as financial aid, streamlined administrative requirements for admission, institutional support in housing, transportation, food, and health care), social support services, such as guidance and counselling, equally represent a significant aspect of the social dimension. Dedicated institutional structures provide formal social support such as student counselling centres, which offer individual or group counselling and support students in overcoming the challenges of the academic experience. Finally, the activities concerning the social dimension of higher education focus on vulnerable groups, as well as the role and the importance of further developing counselling support at higher education institutions in Croatia. Keywords: counselling, higher education system; students --- Cilj je rada prikazati razvoj socijalne dimenzije visokoga obrazovanja te važnost razvoja socijalne podrske kroz strucno i profesionalno savjetovanje namijenjeno studentima. Svijest o potrebi unaprjeđenja visokoga obrazovanja u Europskoj uniji vodila je utemeljenju jedinstvenoga podrucja europskoga obrazovanja tzv. EHEA (European High Educatian Area) i unutar njega, posebnoga podrucja koje se bavi podrskom studiranju kroz tzv. socijalnu dimenziju visokoga obrazovanja. Uz razlicite mjere pomoci studentima u vidu financijskih potpora, jednostavnijih i olaksanih administrativnih pravila upisa, institucijske podrske u vidu stanovanja, prijevoza, hrane i zdravstvene pomoci. Važan dio te socijalne dimenzije odnosi se na usluge pružanja socijalne podrske u smislu usmjeravanja i savjetovanja. Formalna socijalna podrska ostvaruje se preko specijaliziranih institucionalnih usluga kao sto su studentska savjetovalista koja nude usluge individualnoga ili grupnoga savjetovanja i pomagana studentima u prevladavanju izazova na koje nailaze u akademskom životu. Zakljucno rad kroz socijalnu dimenziju visokoga obrazovanja stavlja fokus na ranjive skupine te ulogu i važnost daljnjega razvoja savjetovalisne podrske na visokim ucilistima u Hrvatskoj. Kljucne rijeci: savjetovanje; studenti; sustav visokoga obrazovanja