Hi Antoinette,
one of the positive things that is happening in the 
Social Work Degree Course is the involvement of 
Service Users and Carers in the course - starting 
with vetting and interviewing applicants and 
continuing through providing lectures and training 
in interviewing clients etc.
I mention this because something similar would 
definitely benefit the training of architects, 
planners, building control officers etc. by 
including members of Access Groups as part of the 
training resource to bridge the enormous gulf 
between theory and practice.

Regards,

Vin

Vin West
Secretary, Arfon Access Group
Glyn Dwr
Llandwrog Uchaf
Caernarfon
LL54 7RA
Tel:  01286 880761
Mob: 0777 153 6760

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter R Lansley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: Teaching Universal Design to Designers


Dear Antoinette

KT-EQUAL ran a workshop on this theme in April this 
year. Details can be
found on the SPARC web site www.sparc.ac.uk , then 
go to workshops and then
to previous workshops to locate the workshop. Most 
of the presentations made
at the workshop can be downloaded.

Kind regards

Peter
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Antoinette Fennell" 
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Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:19 PM
Subject: [ACCESSIBUILT] Teaching Universal Design 
to Designers


> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I'm writing a report on Universal Design on Built 
> Environment Curricula.
> To
> help me ensure that my desk research is as 
> exhaustive as possible can you
> please point me in the direction of any of the 
> following that you may be
> aware of:
>
>
>
> 1. Academic papers, publications, project reports 
> etc. on teaching
> Universal/Inclusive Design on built environment 
> (third or higher level)
> courses
>
> 2. Institutions/organisations/research groups 
> etc. that specialise in
> teaching or training built environment 
> undergraduates or professionals in
> Universal/Inclusive Design
>
> 3. Names of key researchers in this field
>
> 4. Names of electronic databases that you use to 
> search for academic
> papers
> in this field (I primarily use Science Direct, 
> Jstor, Pubmed, Google
> Scholar, and SpringerLink)
>
>
>
> I'm particularly interested in methods of 
> teaching and investigations into
> the effectiveness of these methods. And did 
> students actually apply what
> they learned about universal design in their 
> professional careers?
>
>
>
> Still laughing about the blood test sign :>)
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Antoinette
>
>
>
>
>
> Dr. Antoinette Fennell
>
> Research Fellow - Senior Project Scientist - 
> Universal Design
>
>
>
> TrinityHaus
>
> Web:  <http://www.trinityhaus.tcd.ie/> 
> www.trinityhaus.tcd.ie
>
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> Phone: +353 (0)1 896 3720
>
> TrinityHaus, Trinity College Dublin, 16 Westland 
> Row, Dublin 2
>
>
>
> P   please don't print this e-mail unless you 
> really need to.
>
>
>
>
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