News

Change in approach to Disability Discrimination

[10 July 2008] Information on a court decision relating to discrimination for a reason relating to a disabled person's disability. (login required)

The Future of Supporting Students through Technology

[ 15 June 2008 ] NADP Conference in association with AHEAD and ATHEN, September 2008. [More information]

NADP Spring 2008 Conference

[ 8 May 2008 ] Transcripts and presentations (login required) from the highly successful Spring Conference are now available.

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Future Events

The Future of Supporting Students through Technology

NADP Conference in association with Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) and Access Technologists Higher Education Network (ATHEN), September 2008. [More information]

NADP Autumn Conference 2008

The Autumn Conference will take place in Manchester on 4th November 2008. The theme of this conference is: Support and Assessment of Visually Impaired Students.

Past Events

NADP Annual Conference & AGM 2008

NADP's Annual Conference 2008 will took place on the 24th and 25th of June 2008 in Daventry. Programme and abstracts.

NADP Spring Conference 2008

The NADP Spring Conference took place in London on Monday 14th April 2008. The theme of this conferences was: Support and Assessment of Visually Impaired Students.

Presentations from the Spring Conference can be downloaded by members. (login required)

NADP Autumn One-day Conference 2007

NADP's Autumn One-day Conference 2007, an event in association with CHESS (Consortium of HE Support Services with Deaf People), took place on 7st November 2007 in Manchester and focused on Perspectives on Deaf Student Support.

Presentations from the Autumn Conference can be downloaded by members. (login required)

NADP Annual Conference & AGM 2007

The focus of the NADP Annual Conference 2007 was Supporting the Practitioner. It took place at the Paramount Hotel, Daventry on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th July 2007.

Some of the presentations from this conference can be downloaded by NADP members. (login required)

NADP Spring One-day Conference 2007

NADP's Spring One-day Conference 2007, an event in association with CHESS (Consortium of HE Support Services with Deaf People), took place on 19th April 2007 in London and focused on Perspectives on Deaf Student Support.

Presentations from the Spring Conference can be downloaded by members. (login required)

Disability Equality Duty Event

NADP held a members only event, Disability Equality Duty - Expert advice, peer support and common treads, on Tuesday 7th November at Sheffield Hallam University. Tina Elliott gave a presentation and there was an opportunity to bring along existing draft schemes and questions for Tina Elliott and each other in discussion and networking sessions.

NADO Autumn Conference 2006

NADO's Autumn One-day Conference 2006 took place on November 1st in Manchester. The theme of this event was Supporting Students with Asperger's Syndrome in Higher and Further Education.

Transcripts of the event are available to NADP members. (login required)

NADO Annual Conference & AGM 2006

The NADO 3-day Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting 2006 was held on 3rd, 4th and 5th July at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham City Centre. The focus was on higher education, further education and assessor issues.

NADO Spring Conference 2006

NADO's Spring Conference 2006 took place in London on March 16th. This theme of this event was Supporting Students with Asperger's Syndrome in Higher and Further Education.

The presentations and a transcript of the conference for NADO members. (login required)

NADO Autumn Conference 2005

The fully booked Autumn Conference: Supporting Students with Mental Health Issues was a rerun of the already successful NADO Spring Conference 2005 and took place in Manchester on Wednesday 2 November 2005.

NADO September Conference 2005

Implementing the Disability Equality Duty in post 16 education and update on the Disability Discrimination Act 1995

A NADO Conference in partnership with the Disability Rights Commission and Bond Pearce LLP Solicitors which took place Thursday 8 September 2005 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Birmingham City Centre. Find out more...

NADO Annual Conference & AGM 2005

Presentations from the NADO Conference 2005: Beyond Compliance, which took place at the University of Warwick on 11/12 July, are available for download.

NADO Spring Conference 2005

Supporting Students with Mental Health Issues was the theme of the NADO Spring Conference 2005, which took place in London on Wednesday 9th March 2005.

NADO One-Day Autumn Conference on Dyslexia

The Autumn Conference on Dyslexia, a re-run of the March event, was held at the University of Manchester Conference Centre, Chancellors Hotel, on Wednesday, 3 November 2004.

NADO Annual Conference & AGM 2004

The NADO Conference 2004 was held on 13/14 July at the Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham. The theme of the conference was: "Student Lifecycle approach to support in Further and Higher Education". Guest Speakers included Professor John Tomlinson and Sophie Corlett.

For NADP members: Secretary's Report July 2004 (login required)

NADO One-Day Spring Conference

Some of the presentations given at the NADO One-Day Spring Conference in London on Thursday 11 March 2004 are available for download. A transcript of the event is also available.

NADO Annual Conference & AGM 2003

The 2003 Conference had the theme "Roles, Responsibilities, Competencies, Terms & Conditions" and was held on the the 1st and 2nd of July at the University of Lincoln.

Members can download some of the presentations from the NADO Conference. (login required)

A Conference report (login required) appeared in the Autumn issue of NADO News and a transcript is also available.

Autumn Mini Events for NADO members

  • 'Generic Job descriptions for differing support workers.'
    Monday 4 November 2002, University of Southampton.
  • 'Analysis of job descriptions.'
    Tuesday 19 November 2002, Manchester Metropolitan University.

The results of these event are available for members (login required).

NADO Annual Conference & AGM 2002

Delivering a Professional Support Service In Post-16 Education.
University of Lincoln, 26-27 March 2002

Innsbruck Fourth International Conference on Higher Education and Disability

Friday 10th July 2001

NADO 1st Conference & AGM

Raising the Standard.
March 20th - 21st 2001

  • 'What makes a HIGH Quality Disability Service?'
    Presentation by Deb Viney, University of Southampton

    Download this presentation in 4 parts:

    • Part 1 (MS Word 97 .doc, 34 Kb)
    • Part 2 (MS Word 97 .doc, 112 Kb)
    • Part 3 (MS Word 97 .doc, 83 Kb)
    • Part 4 (MS Word 97 .doc, 63 Kb)

NADO Inaugural Conference

Monday 29th March 1999, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside