News

The Future of Supporting Students through Technology

[9 Oct 2008] Feedback from the Conference September 2008.

NADP Autumn Conference 2008

[8 Oct 2008] Autumn Conference "Support and Assessment of Visually Impaired Students" will take place in Manchester on 4th November 2008. Programme now available.

NADP Annual Conference 2009

[30 Sept 2008] Call for Papers for the NADP Annual Conference, July 2009, Nottingham.

Annual General Meeting 2008

[20 July 2008] Minutes and reports from the AGM 2008 are now available to members (login required).

Fourth NADP briefing now available

[20 July 2008] REAL services to assist students who have Asperger syndrome. Available from the NADP Office. FREE to all Members.

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)

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Disability Equality Duty (DED) - Information, resources, events

Links

Equality Challenge Unit (ECU)
The ECU has produced guidance on structuring your institution's first Disability Equality Scheme.
Disability Rights Commission (DRC)
Information on the Disability Equality Duty for the public sector, which comes into effect in December 2006.
Office for Fair Access
The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) is an independent, non departmental public body which aims to promote and safeguard fair access to higher education for under-represented groups in light of the introduction of variable tuition fees in 2006-07. All publicly funded providers of higher education in England who decide to charge tuition fees above the standard will be required level to submit an access agreement.
Information on and list of access agreements.

Resources

Disability Equality Duty - Good practice from Oxford Brookes

Disability Equality Questionnaire - This questionnaire is one of a range of consultation activities designed to offer students the opportunity to actively influence the content and focus of Oxford Brookes' Disability Equality Scheme.

Download questionnaire as...

[Word icon] MS Word document (105 Kb).

[PDF icon] PDF document (146 Kb)

The Bloomsbury Consortium - Disability Equality Scheme - draft template April 2006

Bloomsbury Consortium have prepared a template for their DES based on the ECU's suggested outline:

[Word icon] Download Bloomsbury Consortium DES draft template (MS Word document, 119 Kb).

The following version includes additional information from the various sources ECU recommended about what could / would / should be included in a DES:

[Word icon] Download Bloomsbury Consortium DES draft template with colour codes (MS Word document, 242 Kb).

Events

Disability Equality Scheme - Implementing and Mainstreaming Disability Equality

Tuesday 26th September 2006 - Central London

Chaired by: David Morris, Senior Policy Adviser to the Mayor of London (Disability), Greater London Authority

Speakers include:

  • Rory Heap, Disability Equality Duty Manager, Disability Rights Commission
  • Frances McAndrew, Equalities and Diversity Manager, London Development Agency
  • Robyn Challis, Equality Challenge Unit
  • Loraine Martins, Head of Diversity, Audit Commission
  • Mike Brace OBE, Chairman, British Paralympic Association

The December 2006 deadline for completing your Disability Equality Scheme is fast approaching. Following on from the successful February conference, which highlighted the goals of the Disability Equality Duty, Capita's practical and timely conference will provide you with advice and guidance on overcoming problems in completing your Disability Equality Scheme and implementing it beyond December 2006.

Practical presentations and workshops will give you the chance to share your ideas on drafting your DES with your peers and benefit from their feedback in an expert facilitated environment.

The sessions will also demonstrate you can create a Disability Equality culture and embed it into the day to day working of your organisation.

Visit http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk/ for more information.