The IN-WORK project addresses the role of the university within its reference region as a driver for an inclusive culture, by developing and testing a model of intervention focused on relations between inside and outside the university, and engaging people involved. The project adopts the work-integrated learning method, which includes work-based learning (internships and traineeships) to support people with special needs to undertake meaningful learning experiences with the world of work. The project work will be inside the university, to stimulate the use of work-integrated learning pedagogies in an inclusive way by teachers, also by means of online technologies, and outside the university, to promote a culture of inclusion through the involvement of business players in the learning design and development.