1st Edition
Disabled Students in Higher Education Perspectives on Widening Access and Changing Policy
214 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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As wider access to higher education becomes a top priority for governments in the UK and around the world, this ground-breaking piece of work raises the challenging questions that policy-makers, vice-chancellors and government officials are reluctant to ask.
A highly qualified team of authors have closely analyzed rates of participation and the experiences of disabled students in higher... Read more
Chapter 1 Setting the scene; Chapter 2 Patterns of Part Icipation of disabled students in higher education; Chapter 3 Policy and provision for disabled students in higher education; Chapter 4 Institutional ethos and support for disabled students in higher education; Chapter 5 The construction of ‘learning difficulties’ and ‘reasonable adjustments’ to teaching, learning and assessment; Chapter 6 Disabled students' experiences of access and independence; Chapter 7 Support for students with mental health difficulties in higher education; Chapter 8 Disabled students in higher education; Chapter 9 Conclusion;
Biography
Riddell, Sheila; Tinklin, Teresa; Wilson, Alastair
"Every academic should read [this book]. We would all benefit from being more aware of how many students have some disability."--Physical Sciences Educational Reviews, Vol. 7, Issue 1
