The HEFCE announces the appointment of:


EQUIP: Enhancing Quality in Provision
Disability Co-ordination and Development Team

The Council has appointed the eQuip team to co-ordinate and develop 
disability provision in HE. The team is funded under the current special 
initiative to encourage high quality provision for disabled students, which 
runs until July 1999. The team forms part of the Council's commitment to 
widening participation and is in line with Dearing's recommendation to 
enhance learning support for disabled students.

The team's role is to:

? Support projects funded by the initiative
? Gather information about good practice in all institutions
? Develop collaboration between projects, other HE institutions, specialist 
organisations and other relevant HE initiatives to share resources and 
expertise
? Encourage all HE institutions to improve their disability support
? Help institutions to develop and disseminate their disability statements

Initially the eQuip team will visit special initiative projects and foster 
links between institutions (with or without special initiative funding) 
working in similar areas. In early 1998 the team aims to broaden the scope 
of its work: it plans to support all institutions in improving services for 
disabled students, and make information about disability work in the sector 
more accessible.

The team will produce an occasional bulletin, facilitate and run workshops 
on the development of services and be a source of advice and support for all 
HE institutions.

For more information please call the team's administrative office on 01203 
536369 (voice and minicom) or contact the team member for your area. The 
three part-time members of the team are:

North of  England

Rosemary Turner
University House
Lancaster University
LANCASTER LA1 4YW
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Midlands

Mike Adams
Coventry University
Alma Building
Alma Street
COVENTRY CV1 5FB
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South of England

Liz Sutherland
The Open University in Scotland
10 Drumsheugh Gardens
EDINBURGH EH3 7QJ
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Responsibility for London institutions will be split between the team 
members. Please telephone for details.




HEFCE disability enquiries to Richard Townend ([log in to unmask])


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