Hi
As the University of Nottingham Students' Union Equal Opportunities Officer I have this year been dealing with a vast amount of issues surrounding disability and inclusion. One thing I have noticed is that there is generally a lack of guidance and publications specifically targeted at Students' Unions regarding the area of disability.
There is some information and guidance produced by organisations such as the NUS, Skill and the DRC which is fantastic but it often does not cover every aspect of a Students' Union, is produced by a range of different organisations or for example tends to focus on employers, businesses or service providers which although relevant to Students' Unions never quite meets the very specific and wide variety of needs within a Students' Union.
I have therefore started producing a "Guide to Inclusion and Disability" specifically for Students' Unions which is relevant to managers, officers and students running activities and services at grass roots level. Hopefully the guide will be completly finished within the next month, published and made available for other Unions to use.
However, I would love to include guidance and information to hopefully cover as much as possible. If you therefore have any ideas of what you would like to see included or found hard to find information relevant to Students' Unions I would love to hear from you so we could look at producing something to cover that area.
Also, examples of good practice would also be fantastic to include. I have found that giving managers, officers and student groups "real life" examples often helps their understanding and actually results in them going back and making positive changes.
I would love to hear from anyone who would like more information, has suggestions and advice so that the guide is as relevant and useful as possible to help Students' Unions further.
Thank you for your time.
Martin
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Martin Jermyn
Equal Opportunities Officer
University of Nottingham Students' Union
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