Student Support Services

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Disability Equality Partnership Inclusive Policy
and Practice Research Seminar Series Learning
Together to Deliver an Inclusive
Curriculum Aberystwyth July 2008
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• This session
• An original idea by.........
• Why we wanted to do it
• Our objectives
• How we approached it

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• Credits
• Anne Simpson (Strathclyde University)
• Teachability Project (www.teachability.strath.ac.u
  k)
• All colleagues who participated
• But ESPECIALLY Graham Charters

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• Why bother?
• Teaching quality
• Academic reputation
• Equality
• Disability Equality Action Plan
• BECAUSE our students deserve it

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• Want to be a millionaire?
• Small team
• Buy in expertise and resources
• Bid for funds
• Universitys Teaching and Learning Enhancement
  Fund (March 2007)
• Ask the audience
• Supply a reference
• Phone a friend

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• First hurdle?
• Money money money
• Caveat cross faculty participation
• Caveat pilot project

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• Objectives
• Increase awareness of legislative context
• Increase awareness of disabled students learning
  experience/process
• Increase awareness of technology
• Increase knowledge bank on inclusive teaching
• Aim for inclusive curriculum design

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• Focus
• Academic/dept ownership
• Critical BUT constructive self audit/review of
  TL practice
• Evaluation of dept literature
• Examination of phraseology of programme specs and
  learning outcomes
• Review of delivery of TL and of assessment

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• Generating Interest
• Getting to know you, getting to know all about
  you (July 2007)
• 4 departments
• We are the champions
• Team work
• HoD approval
• Action planning

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• Next steps
• Using Teachability session (October 2007)
• 2 review meetings (January and April 2008)
• Support on request in between
• Use of Teachability materials

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• And then there were two.....

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• Questions?