enhancing graduate employability...

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Employment of Disabled People


  • Blind in Business: a charity helping young blind students and graduates through their Employment and Training Services: 
  • Employability: offers career management resources for disabled students and graduates 
  • Jobcentre Plus: is part of the Government’s Department for Work and Pensions, and their website has a section for people with disabilities: 
  • SKILL: ‘Get that Job’ leaflet, 
  • The Skills for Business website provides information on jobs, skills and employment trends for each sector skills council: 
  • Time Well Spent: embedding employability in work experience’ is available to download from the CBI website: 
  • Yourable: offers vacancy lists and other information 
  • Shaw Trust a charity assisting with careers for disabled people 




University of Worcester

Dr Val Chapman (NTF)
Principal Investigator
Director, Centre for Inclusive Learning Support
Email: v.chapman@worc.ac.uk
University of Plymouth

Judith Waterfield (NTF)
Head of Disability ASSIST Services
Email: j.waterfield@plymouth.ac.uk
University of Gloucester

Dr Phil Gravestock (NTF)
Head of Learning Enhancement and Technology Support
Email: pgravestock@glos.ac.uk