Strategic Approaches to Disabled Student Engagement higher education institutions
- Date: 9 Jun 2010
- Location/venue: University of Derby
Booking is now full. A waiting list is in operation.
A practical one-day event to enhance your institution’s approach to student engagement by introducing proven approaches to furthering the involvement of disabled students in higher education. We will also launch a Practice Guide for the sector in this event.
Draft Programme and Workshop Details
They are available for download in Word version at the bottom of this page. The University of Derby provides them in HTTP format here.
What is the background of this event?
This event forms the culmination of a joint Academy and Equality Challenge Unit project looking at the key area of effective student engagement, and specifically how HEIs can ensure the involvement of disabled students in institutional policy and practice.
We have worked with seven HEIs across England and Wales and each institution formed cross-department teams drawn from a range of university services including marketing, teaching and learning, institutional governance, estates, staff and professional student services. The project found that involvement initiatives were far more effective and meaningful when a range of institutional service areas worked together.
Focusing on strategic approaches to engaging disabled students, the agenda promises a mix of keynote speakers, lessons from HEIs involved in the project, focused workshops and panel discussion.
Who should attend?
The conference will be of interest to staff working across all areas of higher education institutions who want to ensure real and effective participation from disabled students. In particular, staff working in the following areas:
- equality, diversity and disability;
- teaching and learning;
- marketing and communications;
- student services;
- estates;
- institutional governance and management.
How to register on the waiting list?
The booking is now full. To be registered on a waiting list, please visit University of Derby's web page here.
Want to know more about the project?
Please visit here where you will an interim report and project details of the seven institutions.
Post event information
You can download the following presentations and materials related to the Conference:
