Annual Conference 2025 ‘Beyond Barriers: Prioritising Inclusion in Challenging Times’ Feedback Form

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Thursday 19th June

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Friday 20th June

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Suzanne Carrie, Office for Students – Access and Participation for Disabled Students in English Higher Education: the Journey so Far and the Path Ahead

NADP – ADHD Discussion Panel

Dr John Harding, University of Cambridge – From Reasonable Adjustment to Inclusive Practice: The Undiscovered Country?

Dr Dionysios Kyropoulos, PASSHE – Empowering Students, Scaling Support: A Coaching Based Model for More Effective Provision

Nicola Turner, UCAS – Supporting Disabled Applicants Through Their UCAS Journey

Airasa Maughan Strickler and Katie Jeffrey-Blow, University of Leeds – One Year On From EHRC Advice Note: What is Evidence For Anyway?

Louise Gilzean, Buckinghamshire New University – An Investigation of Academics’ Experiences of Teaching Disabled Students in Higher Education

Rian Craske and Jennifer Anderton , York St John University – Parsley, Nametags, and Glitter: A Case for Wasting Money on Disability Support

Annie Beckett and Megan Downham, University of Brighton – Improving the New Student Experience Within a Context of Increased Service Demand

Professor Nicola Martin, London South Bank University – The Inclusive Doctorate

Dr Helen Duncan, University of Cambridge – Models of Disability Services for Neurodivergent Students A Comparative Case Study in Higher Education

Dr Melanie Best, NASDN and RIDE Higher – “I’m a burden to the University” – Challenging the Status Quo in Higher Education to Enable Disabled Employees to be Seen, Valued and Thrive – Through the RIDE Higher Framework

Mette Anwar-Westander, DSUK – Access Insights

Professor Deborah Johnston and Luke Howson, LSBU and Shapna Compton, University of Greenwich – The Disabled Student Commitment: Publishing an Action Plan

Khasiba Omar and Dan Lovesey, The University of Law – Redefining Assessment Practices: The Role of Alternative Assessment Methods in Fostering Inclusion in Higher Education

Dr Melanie Thorley, University of Greenwich and Josh Wright, Evenbreak – STAART & Evenbreak – Supporting Disabled Students from Outreach Through to Employment

David Bass, Advance HE, Alice Speller, NADP, and Professor Deborah Johnston, LSBU – Disabled Student Commitment Competence Standards Guidance

Maria Richards, The Snowdon Trust – Learnings from Student Applications and Our Evolving Response

Dr Sarah Sweeney and Dawn Procter, Lancaster University – Re-imagining Disability Support: Pathways to Inclusive Excellence at Lancaster University

Danny Clegg, BPP, Piers Wilkinson, NADP, Jeremy Brassington, Habitat Learn, and John Harding, University of Cambridge – New Technologies Panel Discussion

David Thomson, Student Loans Company – Transforming Student Finance Services – DSA

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