A presentation from the HEA's Research Conference: Promoting Equity in Higher Education 2010.
This session will introduce delegates to the key findings and conclusions of a study undertaken as part of the Academy's facilitative change programme 'Developing and Embedding Inclusive Policy and Practice'. The programme involved ten institutional teams and offered a framework to facilitate and support them in embedding inclusive policies and/or practices to enhance the learning experience of students from under-represented groups. Over the course of the programme the Academy conducted research to explore the teams' experience of developing and embedding an aspect of inclusion related to disability equality and/or widening participation.
Participants in the workshop will be invited to examine the implications for inclusive policy and practice that emerged from the study and to discuss how the recommendations might be applied to various stakeholder groups within their own institutions. The final report is being made available to the sector in time for the conference.
