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Dear Hazel Please find attached details of the Training for Excellence Conference. Regards Sian Hazel Devereux wrote: > could you please send registration details as a word attachment? > > many thanks, Hazel Devereux > Inclusive Services, Edge Hill HEI > > >>> [log in to unmask] 06/06 3:29 PM >>> > * Apologies for cross-posting * > > Please note that places are still available for the following > conference: > > Training for Excellence Conference > 10am * 4.30pm > 21 June 2001 > Hereward College of Further Education, Coventry, UK > > The 'Training for Excellence' Conference is the culmination of the first > year's work of Hereward College's FEFC-funded Widening Participation > project: Widening Participation in Higher Education for Disabled > Students. This project, which commenced in earnest in July 2000, seeks > to increase the number of disabled students in higher education locally > and focuses on students with significant impairments. Particular > attention has been addressed to the issue of transition from FE to HE. > > One of the issues highlighted by work on the project is the need for > high quality training to ensure that both students and their support > workers are equipped with the skills to perform at their best in the HE > environment. This is particularly > pertinent as students move into HE and, in contrast to the > centrally-organised nature of FE/school support, are required to take a > much more pro-active role in their support arrangements. Numbers of > students with significant impairments in > higher education are, as yet, very low and opportunities to share > experiences and examples of good practice can be minimal. > > Programme: > > 09.00 Refreshments > > Session One > > 09.30 Registration > 10.00 Welcome: Cath Cole, Principal, Hereward College > 10.20 Research Report: Sian Hindle, Lead Researcher * Disability and > Higher Education, Hereward College > 10.40 Refreshments > > Session Two > > 11.00 Ozcan Konur, City University * Transition from FE to HE: Current > Public Policy Issues > 11.30 Ian Webb, Learning Support Advisor, Manchester Metropolitan > University * Implementing Universal Design for > Learning (UDL) > 12.00 Emma Shelton, Disability Co-ordinator, Exeter University * Staff > transition from FE to HE; Observations from a > Disability Co-ordinator who has made the move > 12.30 Lunch > > Session Three > > 13.30 Workshop Sessions > > * Val Chapman, Equal Opportunities Co-ordinator, University College > Worcester - Training for Disability Co-ordinators > * Rachel Perrin, Educational Enabler Co-ordinator, Hereward College - > Training for educational enablers > * Hazel Peasley, Consultant Trainer, A World of Difference * > Introductory training for employing personal assistants > * Tony Winstanley, Senior Manager, Derby College for Deaf People * > Transition arrangements for Deaf People > > 14.30 Feedback to conference > 15.00 Refreshments > > Session Four > > 15.20 Hazel England, Disability Liaison Officer, University of > Wollongong * Maximising independence for students with > disability in tertiary education in Australia > 15.50 Eric Boardman, Regional Disability Liaison Office, Central > Queensland - Enhancing the access of people with > disabilities to tertiary education by promoting cross-sectoral > co-operation: the RDLO initiative > 16.20 Closing address: Margaret Taylor, HE Co-ordinator, Hereward > College > 16.30 Refreshements > > To register, please contact Sian Hindle at: > Tel 02476 426171 > Fax 02476 421916 > Email [log in to unmask] > Post Hereward College; Bramston Crescent; Tile Hill Lane; Coventry; CV4 > 9SW; UK