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Disability
This page shows information that is specifically Disability related. You may find some other relevant information under the general subject category.
News
Survey: support for staff and students experiencing mental health difficulties
Related subject: Disability | Staff | StudentsLet us know how higher education can support people experiencing mental health difficulties
Book launch: Education, disability and social policy
Related subject: Disability | StudentsBook edited by ECU chief executive David Ruebain and Steve Haines launched
Higher education institutions reap the benefits of working in partnership with disabled students
Related subject: Disability | StudentsHigher Education Academy and ECU launch guidance showing that the way institutions engage with disabled students makes a real difference to the student learning experience, and the institution as a whole
Publications
Disability services: supporting international students
Related subject: Disability | StudentsHelping staff in disability services to support international students
Digitisation and reformatting: recommendations from current provision in Scottish higher education
Related subject: Disability | Students | ScotlandRecommendations from Scottish HEIs on providing accessible electronic texts for students
Equality in higher education: statistical report 2012
Related subject: Age | Disability | Gender | Race | Staff | Students | GeneralThe equality challenges facing UK higher education
Inclusive practice
Staff disclosure of equality data
Related subject: Disability | Race | Sexual orientation | StaffExamples of policies, guidance and other documents produced by institutions to develop staff disclosure
Definition of disability discrimination extended
Related subject: DisabilityInstitutions may need to review policies following House of Lords case
Disability Equality Commitment
Related subject: DisabilityShowing commitment to disability equality
Your questions
If a member of staff declares a disability for the REF, is the institution 'deemed to know' about the staff member's disability?
Related subject: Disability | Staff | Equality ActWhat questions could be asked to monitor protected characteristics?
Related subject: Age | Disability | Gender | Trans | Race | Religion and belief | Sexual orientation | Staff | Students | GeneralAre pre-employment health questionnaires allowed under the Equality Act 2010?
Related subject: Disability | Equality ActDoes section 60 (pre-employment health questionnaires) of the Equality Act 2010 impact upon our existing recruitment policies and practices?
Other
ITT: Occupational segregation in Scottish HEIs: disability, gender and race
Related subject: Disability | Gender | Race | ScotlandInvitation to tender
Measuring progress on equality: qualitative evidence
Related subject: Age | Disability | Gender | Trans | Race | Religion and belief | Sexual orientation | Staff | Students | General | Equality Act | ScotlandGuidance to help institutions track and demonstrate their performance on equality using qualitative evidence
Addressing disparities in selection rates to the Research Excellence Framework (REF)
Related subject: Age | Disability | Gender | Trans | Race | Religion and belief | Sexual orientation | StaffShowcasing the range of initiatives that departments have developed to support researchers who share a particular protected characteristic under-represented in their REF submission
Contacts
Staff responsible for this subject.
Chris Brill
Senior Policy Adviser
Telephone: 020 7438 1021
Email: chris.brill@ecu.ac.uk
Amy Felsinger
Senior Policy Adviser
Telephone: 020 7438 1019
Email: amy.felsinger@ecu.ac.uk