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• A Guide for Academics working with Disabled Students on SURF or other partnership programmes (DOC, file size: 30KB)

• CATS: Improving the quality of teaching and support for students with disability

• Disabled Students: Section 3 of the Code of Practice for the Assurance of Academic Quality and Standards in HE (QAA, Feb 2010; updated March 2010) (PDF, file size: 183.24KB)

• Induction and Disabled Learners (PDF, file size: 748.13KB) (Action on Access, 2009)

• Disability Legislation: Practical Guidance for Academic Staff (PDF, file size: 493.31KB) (ECU/HEA, 2010)

• The Open University - information on making your teaching inclusive

• SCIPS (Strategies for Creating Inclusive Programmes of Study) - covers 21 subjects; search by disability, key skills or subject

• JISC TechDis: Accessible Curriculum

• JISC TechDis: Accessible Events:A good practice guidefor staff organisingevents in HigherEducation
  

• Inclusive.ning.com - a discussion forum on inclusion, alternative formats, accessible technology

• NADP (National Association of Disability Practitioners) - The Professional association for disability & support staff in further and higher education

• Working with Disabled Students: Guidance for Academic Staff (DOC, file size: 126KB) 

• MQASS NASS: provides direct access to a team of educational developers, academic developers, instructional designers, support staff (EADIDSS group) and accessibility advisors who use assistive technologies for their daily communication and learning.
  

• MQAS Orange: This tool is to be used by Academics and Educational/Academic Developers Instructional Designers and Support staff (EADIDSS) working alongside teaching staff charged with the responsibility of developing an online unit. The tool should be used when developing the curricula and delivery modes for online units, to ensure universal design and focus on accessibility of inclusive practice from the outset.

• MQAS Green: Is to be used by Academics and Educational/Academic Developers, Instructional Designers and Support Staff (EADIDSS) responsible for checking developed online units for accessibility.

• Equality Challenge Unit: Managing reasonable adjustments in higher education

• Equality Challenge Unit: Disability Legislation: Practical Guidance For Academics