Admitting Equality:
key developments in access for disabled students in higher education
5-6 December 2005
Cambridge Belfry Hotel
The conference will cover current issues in the admissions and progression of disabled students, including the likely impact of Post-Qualification Admissions (PQA) and the DED. The conference will discuss how universities might put support in place in time for disabled students under a PQA system. Universities will have to monitor the admission, retention, progression and achievement rates of disabled students under the new DED and the conference will explore and debate how universities might be best placed to do this.
Who should attend?
The conference is aimed at all staff who plan and deliver services for disabled students including
* senior managers
* heads of student support services
* disability officers.
The conference programme includes
Debate: This house believes that the Disability Equality Duty is a retrograde step from a fully inclusive higher education system
For: Professor Alan Hurst, University of Central Lancashire
Against: Dianne Keetch, Disability Rights Commission
Responding to the Disability Equality Duty - Emma Raczka, HEFCW, Paul Brown, Scottish Disability Team, Liz Sutherland, ECU
New directions: implications and complications - Jenni Dyer, Policy Director, Skill
DDA - what's hot and what's not - Beth Coxon, Legal Officer, Disability Rights Commission
In addition, there will be workshops, briefings and peer group discussions to cover good practice and key issues relevant to staff in the higher education sector.
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