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Improving provision for disabled psychology students
Are you a disabled psychology student, or do you teach or work with
disabled psychology students or graduates? If so, the Improving Provision
for Disabled Psychology Students (IPDPS) project would like to hear from
you.
This two-year, HEFCE-funded project aims to develop evidence-based reports
and guides to help university psychology departments provide a better
teaching and learning experience for disabled psychology students, and to
help these students in decision making concerning the study of psychology.
To assess the needs of potential and current disabled psychology students,
and the issues faced by departments, the IPDPS project is conducting a
number of confidential surveys, focus groups and interviews with disabled
psychology students and graduates, and those who teach and support them.
We will shortly be sending all university disability services and
psychology departments, relevant disability organisations, and psychology
professional associations, more publicity and information about the
project, and we hope staff in these areas will help us recruit students, as
well as tell us about their own experiences.
We’ve also set up a brief open-ended staff survey on the project website,
which gives all staff teaching psychology (including GTAs) the opportunity
to anonymously describe their experiences with disabled psychology
students. You can find this survey at http://ltsnpsy.york.ac.uk/ipdps/.
We’re in the process of adding other useful information, for both staff and
students, to the site – check it out!
If you’re interested in participating in the research, can help us
publicise it, or just want to be kept informed, please contact us via:
• the project website (http://ltsnpsy.york.ac.uk/ipdps), where you
can complete the online form, or download the project leaflet and (e)mail
it back to us;
• phone (01904 433188), fax (01904 433181), or email
([log in to unmask]); or
• post (IPDPS Project, Department of Psychology, University of York,
York YO10 5DD).
With thanks
Dr Lucy Zinkiewicz
Project Manager, IPDPS
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