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INVITATION TO TENDER

FEEDBACK ON HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR

DISABILITY EQUALITY SCHEMES

 

The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) is seeking to commission a freelance consultant to provide feedback to higher education institutions on their Disability Equality Schemes (DES), which need to be in place by 4 December 2006.

 

The feedback service that the ECU wants to provide links to a DES Progress Survey that was sent out in May/June to DES leads in HEIs, which asked whether such a service would be welcome.  Responses indicate that approximately 40/50 institutions are likely to want to submit their schemes for feedback, but we cannot be certain of exact figures and therefore we are offering this work on a payment per scheme basis. Scheme submissions will be accepted from 4 September 2006 until 20 October 2006. 

 

The purpose of the feedback will be to provide an assessment of the quality of the scheme to meet the legislative requirements and also to provide pointers towards developing a scheme that will have the capability to move the institution towards promoting a positive and inclusive environment for disabled students and staff.

 

As a first stage, you are invited to submit an expression of interest to tender for this work that indicates your capacity, expertise and approach to address and deliver this project. The final date for submitting an expression of interest is Monday 10 July 2006.  We will then contact you with details of the tender submission that will need to be returned by Thursday 20 July 2006.  The successful applicant will be notified the week commencing 24 July 2006.

 

We would be grateful if you would forward this invitation to anyone else who you think might be interested in this work.  We would particularly welcome applications from disabled people.

 

Please respond to:

 

Rachel McNulty

Projects Officer

 

Equality Challenge Unit

 

7^th Floor

Queens House

55/56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

London WC2A 3LJ

 

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