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NADP Spring Conference 2008

Theme: Assessment and Support of Visually Impaired Students

Monday 14th April 2008
Hilton London Kensington, 179-199 Holland Park Avenue, London W11 4UL

This event will be repeated in Manchester in November 2008.

Transcripts and presentations from these conferences can be downloaded by members. (login required)

Programme

Time Program item
9.45 - 10.00 Welcome and Introduction by Dr Nicki Martin, Chair of NADP
10.00 - 10.30 Perspectives of visually impaired students: an overview - Sharon Sturgess, University of Loughborough
10.30 - 11.15 Impact of a visually impaired student on an HEI - Karen Hall, Royal National College for the Blind
11.15 - 11.30 Refreshment Break
11.30 - 12.00 Braille: a Dead Medium or a Tool for The Future? - Paul Jarman, Queen Mary College
12.00 - 12.45 DAISY Explained - Paresh Raval, University of St Andrews
12.45 - 2.00 Lunch
2.00 - 2.30 Caught in the Web: E-Learning and Visual Impairment, the Problems - Paul Jarman, Queen Mary College
2.30 - 3.30 Student Voice
3.30 - 3.45 Refreshment Break
3.45 - 4.30 Assessing Students in Further and Higher Education - Vicki Jackson, Sheffield College
4.30 - 5.00 Questions and Plenary

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Further information

For further information please contact:

NADP Ltd.
Moulton Park Business Centre
Redhouse Road
Moulton Park
NORTHAMPTON
NN3 6AQ

Tel./Fax: 01604 497933

Email: <admin@nadp-uk.org>