Strategic approaches to disabled student engagement: launch event
A practical one-day event to enhance your institution's approach to student engagement by introducing proven approaches to furthering the involvement of disabled students in higher education
This event forms the culmination of a joint Higher Education Academy and Equality Challenge Unit project looking at the key area of effective student engagement, and specifically how HEIs can ensure the involvement of disabled students in institutional policy and practice.
Seven higher education institutions across England and Wales were chosen to participate in the project and each institution formed cross-department teams drawn from a range of university services including marketing, teaching and learning, institutional governance, estates, staff and professional student services. The project has culminated in a guidance document for the sector which will be launched at the event. The guidance identifies a range of effective strategies adopted by the participating institutions and demonstrates a finding that involvement initiatives are far more effective and meaningful when a range of institutional service areas work together.
Focusing on strategic approaches to engaging disabled students, the agenda promises a mix of keynote speakers, lessons from HEIs involved in the project, focused workshops and a panel discussion.
Who should attend?
The conference will be of interest to staff working across all areas of higher education institutions who want to ensure real and effective participation from disabled students.
In particular, staff working in the following areas:
- Quality enhancement
- Student engagement and Student Experience
- Equality, diversity and disability
- Teaching and learning
- Marketing and communications
- Student services
- Estates
- Institutional governance and management
Draft programme and workshop details
These are available for download in Word version at: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2010/jointevents/09_June_Furthering_Involvement_Disabled_Students
University of Derby provides them in HTTP format at: http://www.derby.ac.uk/events/strategic-approaches-to-disabled-student-engagement
How to book
This event is now fully booked. The University of Derby is operation a reserve list. Please follow the link below to add your name to the waiting list:
http://www.derby.ac.uk/events/strategic-approaches-to-disabled-student-engagement/how-to-book
The project
More information about the project is available on the project page, Furthering the involvement of disabled students in higher education institutions.
