(Fwd) RE: the call for the conference
armineh....@ntlworld.com
Learning in
Higher Education Conference
Wednesday 24th October 2007 - 10.00am – 4.00pm
Godfrey Thomson Hall, Moray House School of Education,
University of
Edinburgh
Booking are now being taken for the above conference. This one-
day
conference will present the key findings that come from the ESRC
TLRP
Phase III research project and look to the future by examining the
impact of the Disability Equality Schemes in Higher Education.
This is a four year longitudinal project and involves collaboration
between four HE institutions – University of Gloucestershire,
University of Edinburgh, University of Lancaster and the University of
Central Lancashire.
The main focus of the research is disabled students’ experiences of
teaching and learning within higher education. It aims to
understand
how disabled students’ academic performance and experience of
teaching
learning and assessment varies by disability, subject studied and
by
type of institution; how this experience develops during their course
and how their learning outcomes compare with those of non-
disabled
students. In addition the study also aims to investigate the views of
academic staff in relation to teaching and supporting disabled
students’ and the issues for institutions based on key informant
interviews.
The conference will be of interest to academics, practitioners,
students and disability advisers.
Contributors to the Conference include:
Mike Adams, Disability Rights Commission
Miriam David, TLRP
Paul Brown, University of Dundee, SHEFC-funded Scottish
Disability
Team Dai Hounsell, University of Edinburgh All members of the
Project
Team:– University of Gloucestershire - Professor Mary Fuller,
Professor Mick Healey, Katie Kelly and Dr Jan Georgeson
University of
Edinburgh – Professor Sheila Riddell and Dr Elisabet Weedon
University
of Lancaster – Dr Moira Peelo University of Central Lancashire –
Professor Alan Hurst Students involved in the Project research
Venue
The event is being held at the Godfrey Thomson Hall, Moray House
School of Education, University of Edinburgh. Further information
and
directions are available on the website http://www.ed.ac.uk/maps/
Bookings
Further details and booking forms are available from
Gillian Oddy, Department of Education, University of
Gloucestershire,
Francis Close Hall, Swindon Road, Cheltenham GL50 4AZ.
Telephone –
01242 714737 Email go...@glos.ac.uk
or from our website
http://www.glos.ac.uk/faculties/ehs/education/tlrp/conferenceoct07.
cfm
Armineh Soorenian (Miss) MA BA
PhD Research In Disability Studies
Centre For Disability Studies
Union Academic Representative for PhD Students In The Faculty Of Education
Equal Opportunities Officer on the National Postgraduate Committee
School of Sociology and Social Policy
University Of Leeds
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