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Supporting Disabled Students
Useful websites and reading
Websites: Agencies, codes of practice, legislation, study skills
Government/Non-Government Agencies |
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| Direct Gov Advice for disabled people |
| Equality & Human Rights Commission |
| Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Disability Statistics within HE |
| HEFCE (England) Providing support for students with disabilities |
| Scottish Higher Education Funding Council |
Codes of Practice |
| Code of Practice (revised) for providers of post16 education and related services (pdf doc) |
| QAA Code of Practice: Disabled Students (pdf doc) |
Legislation |
| Disability legislation: practical guidance for academic staff information about how to apply disability legislation to teaching and learning from the Equality Challenge Unit |
| Equality Act 2010: implications for higher education institutions (pdf doc) |
| SENDA compliance in HE An audit and guidance tool for accessible practice (pdf doc) |
Student Support Literature: study skills |
| BBC Skills wise Basic English |
| OWL: academic writing |
Websites: Good practice
| Managing reasonable adjustments in higher education pdf doc from Equality Challenge Unit |
| DEMOS online materials for staff disability awareness |
| HEA Briefing Series on inclusive access |
| Inclusive Practice is Good Practice (University of Tasmania) |
| MMU Guide for Disabled Students (pdf doc) |
| NIACE guides for staff working with disabled learners (pdf doc) |
| SCIPS Worcester University: Information related to specific programme areas and disability needs |
| Special educational needs and disabilities learning & teaching guidance for Geography, Earth & Environmental sciences (pdf doc) |
Admissions |
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| University of Oxford : Admission of Students with Disabilities |
Curriculum Development |
| Inclusive Curriculum Project |
| Developing an Inclusive Curriculum Checklist (pdf doc) |
| Accessible curriculum for students with disabilities |
| MMU |
| Lecture, Seminar and Tutorial Checklist in SENDA compliance in HE An audit and guidance tool for accessible practice (p43-53) (pdf doc) |
| Laboratories, Workshops and other practice based environments Checklist in SENDA compliance in HE An audit and guidance tool for accessible practice (p63-75) (pdf doc) |
| MMU Assessment Regulations These can be found in Appendix 4 to the Regulations for Programmes of Study 2007/8 (pdf doc) |
Employability |
| The Use My Ability employability and disability project online resource offers a variety of information and practical advice relating to employability skills and how to support students with specific impairments to develop these skills. |
Placements |
| Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Supporting disabled students on placement |
| Fieldwork Checklist in SENDA compliance in HE An audit and guidance tool for accessible practice (p53-63) (pdf doc) |
| Placement Learning Checklist in SENDA compliance in HE An audit and guidance tool for accessible practice (p75-85) (pdf doc) |
| Best Practice Guide: Disabled Social Work Students and Placements Wray et al (2005) (pdf doc) |
Assistive Technology |
| Ability hub |
| Ability Net A national charity helping disabled adults and children use computers and the internet by adapting and adjusting their technology |
| Bobby system (tests web-site accessibility) |
| Foundation for Assistive technology |
Websites: Disability organisations
Useful reading
| Adademic Fellowship report by Kath Botham: Support for the Learning and Teaching of Students with Disabilities within the School of Health, Psychology and Social Care (pdf doc) - The guidance for supporting disabled students on the CELT website is largely based on this report. |
| Borland, J., James, S. (1999) The learning experience of students with disabilities in Higher education. A case study of a UK university, Disability & Society, vol 14, no 1 p85-101 |
| Fuller, M., Bradley, A., Healey, M. (2004) Incorporating disabled students within an inclusive higher education environment. Disability & Society, Vol 19, No 5, p455-468 |
| Heenan,D. (2005) Challenging stereotypes Surrounding disability and promoting anti-oppressive practice: Some reflections on teaching social work in Northern Ireland . Social Work Education, Vol 24, no 5, p.495-510 |
| Holloway, S. (2001) The experience of higher education from the perspective of the disabled students Disability & Society, Vol 16, No 4, p597-615 |
| Owen Hutchinson, Jane and Atkinson, Karen (2010) Into physiotherapy: welcoming and supporting disabled students. CSP and RNIB, London |
| Parker, V. (2000) Developing a code of practice for disability coordinnators Eur. J. of Special Needs Education, Vol 15, no 3, p275-284 |
| Tinklin, T., Hall, J. (1999) Getting round obstacles: disabled students experiences in higher education in Scotland . Studies in Higher Education, Vol 8, no 2, p203-222 |
| Tinklin, T., Riddell, S., Wilson , A. (2004) Policy and provision for disabled students in higher education in Scotland and England : The current state of play. Studies in Higher Education . Vol 29, No 5, p637-657 |
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