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SALEIE Disabled Students in Higher Education Penn Snowden Manager - Disability Services SALEIE: Project No. 527877-LLP-1-2012-1-UK-ERASMUS-ENW The Legislative Context 1995 Disability Discrimination Act 2001 Special Education Needs

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SALEIE

Disabled Students in Higher Education

Penn Snowden Manager - Disability Services

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The Legislative Context

1995

Disability Discrimination Act

2001

Special Education Needs and Disability Act

2010

The Equality Act

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University of York Figures

In 2004/05 - 7,155 undergraduates
8.5% recorded as having impairments
2004/05 – 1,454 postgraduates
8.3% recorded as having impairments

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Collection of Data - Undergraduates The University has collected information about students and staff with disabilities. The key figures are shown below. Student figures (home students only, not EU or overseas):

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Collection of Data - Postgraduates

The University has collected information about students and staff with disabilities. The key figures are shown below.

Student figures (home students only, not EU or overseas):

2012 National Student Survey In 2012 the institutional results were broken down by various demographic and social factors to see if there was any evidence of student sub-groups having a systematically different experience. This showed that in comparison to students without disabilities:

n students with dyslexia reported significantly lower satisfaction in their learning experience except for teaching on my course n students with other disabilities had lower satisfaction levels in their learning experience.

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Computer Science

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Electronics

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Current Practice

Maximise use of accessibility features in IT
Create an inclusive curriculum
Lab assistants can facilitate student learning
Protocols and experiment details to dyslexic

students in advance

Agree a plan with placement provider

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How do we move forward together as European Partners?

To bring together policy administrators to

review best practice

To build a common understanding of

governance

To create a centre of excellence

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