Courses in Equality and Diversity
Developing inclusive learning and teaching practices
Target group: Academic Staff
Date : 23 October 2012
Time:
1.00 - 4.30 pm
Room: tba
Trainer:
Val Chapman
Course description:
Learning and Development together with Equality and Diversity are offering the following course for academics.
This course is being delivered partly at the request of academic staff and
partly to conform with the University’s responsibilities under the Disability
Equality Duty.
The course will be delivered by Val Chapman (PhD, Msc, Cert Ed, Dip RSA (SpLD),
Director of the Centre for Inclusive Learning Support at the University of
Worcester. Val also holds a UNESCO funded Chair in Special Education at Qatar
University. She is currently on the steering group of the Higher Education Equal
Opportunities Network and is a member of HEFCE’s Leadership Foundation in Higher
Education Diversity Advisory Group and the Higher Education Academy’s Disability
Special Interest Group. Val’s work in the area of Disability/Equal Opportunities
in HE in the UK was recognised in 2004 by the award of a National Teaching
Fellowship and, more recently, by the designation of the Centre she manages at
the University of Worcester as a Centre of Excellence in Learning and Teaching.
(Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided)
As a result of attending the session participants should be able to:
• Determine the differences between
different models of disability
• Describe the impact of stereotyping
• Identify and address discriminatory
practices
• Make effective use of some on-line
resources
• Identify some of the barriers faced by
disabled people both in study and work
For more information please contact Jo Hopkins on ext 2458 or email ldev@essex.ac.uk
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