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Monday 8 July 2002 ORT House Conference Centre, Camden, London. Organised jointly by LTSN Generic Centre and JISC TechDis This one day conference will support staff in understanding the challenges and opportunities that will be presented by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act, which will affect all education institutions from September 2002. A range of workshops will be held during the day including: * Accessibility of Lab Practicals / Field Trips / Work Placements * Introduction to Assistive Technologies * Accessibility of Web Sites / Online Materials * Understanding the Needs of Disabled Students * Teaching Methods and Materials The conference is aimed at staff developers, pro-VCs and heads of learning and teaching, programme managers of new-lecturer training, as well as LTSN subject centre and JISC RSC staff. Details are available online at: http://www.ltsn.ac.uk/genericcentre/for-scs/AccessibleCurricula.asp A copy of the book Accessible Curricula is available as a pdf at: http://www.techdis.ac.uk/pdf/curricula.pdf If you have any difficulty accessing the relevant detail please contact Annita Hawtin ([log in to unmask]) Simon Ball TechDis 01904 754534 [log in to unmask] www.techdis.ac.uk The Network Centre, Innovation Close, York Science Park YO10 5ZF --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 - Release Date: 05/06/2002