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Chris Hughes from the Careers Service at the
Enable your students with
Disability Toolkits for career success
Employers often cite work experience as one of the key
things they look for in their graduate recruits. Now, a new
Disability Toolkits - www.disabilitytoolkits.ac.uk - is
a free, interactive, web-based service providing dedicated information, advice
and resources for:
a) Students with disabilities
b) Academics involved in any form of off-campus
learning for disabled students
c) Prospective employers
Areas covered include: work experience opportunities;
disability-friendly employers; disability disclosure; sources of funding and
support; legal matters; best practice, and general advice on understanding specific
issues and needs.
Officially launching in October 2005, a pilot version of
this national website is currently online. Funded by the Higher Education
Funding Council for
We hope you will agree that Disability Toolkits could
be an invaluable resource for your students, and would be grateful if you could
help us to promote the site to its target audiences.
For example, it would help if you could:
1. Create links from relevant pages
on your institution’s website to www.disabilitytoolkits.ac.uk
2. Ensure all disability officers,
careers advisors and student union officers are aware of the site, and able to
recommend its services to students
3. Inform academic supervisors via
your usual methods (e.g. email, memos, newsletters, etc)
4. Refer businesses who offer work
placements to your students to the site
We are also looking for case studies from representatives all off three categories of
users, detailing their experiences undergoing, organising or providing work
experience. If you are able to source any for us, or simply provide us with
potential contacts, we would be extremely grateful. Please contact Chris Hughes
([log in to unmask])
for further information and a list of relevant questions.
If you would like assistance with any of this, please
let us know. We will be in touch again, closer to the launch, with further
information and assistance with promotional materials, should you require any.
In the meantime, many thanks for your attention.
To find out more, contact Chris Hughes, project manager for Disability Toolkits and a
careers consultant at The University of Manchester: 0161 275 2828 / [log in to unmask]
Elaine Shillcock
Head - Disability Support Office
Office if the Deputy Registrar
LG27
M13 9PL
Tel. 0161 275 7512 Fax. 0161 275 7018
Minicom. 0161 275 2794
Text 07899 663512 / 07899 658790
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the named recipient please email the sender immediately then delete this
message. You should not disclose the content, distribute or retain any copies
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If you are the intended recipient of this email
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