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Equity and Employability: A Study into the Challenges Faced by Healthcare Learners with a Disability and/or Learners Pursuing Part-Time Work
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Lisa Taylor; Charmaine Chandler; Stephanie Jong – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2023
An increasing amount of evidence suggests that learners within Higher Education (HE), and graduates, are struggling with their transition into the workplace. With the increased prominence of workplace learning requirements, these challenges are becoming more evident for learners during HE studies. This study aimed to identify the challenges faced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduates, College Students, Students with Disabilities
"The Lecturer Should Know What They Are Talking About": Student Union Officers Perceptions of Teaching-Related CPD and Implications for Their Practice
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Turner, Rebecca; Spowart, Lucy; Winter, Jennie; Muneer, Reema; Harvey, Chloe; Kneale, Pauline – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
Continuing professional development (CPD) for HE academic staff, through accredited courses for new lecturers, teaching innovation grants, peer review, mentoring and conference attendance, is firmly established practice, engagement with these activities may be essential to career progression. The input of students to CPD, student awareness of, or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Unions, Administrator Attitudes, College Students
The Changing Role of Students' Unions within Contemporary Higher Education
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Brooks, Rachel; Byford, Kate; Sela, Katherine – Journal of Education Policy, 2015
Despite profound changes to the higher education sector in the UK over recent years, which have tended to emphasise the role of prospective students as active choosers within a marketplace and encourage higher education institutions (HEIs) to place more emphasis on student engagement and representation as a means of improving the quality of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Unions, Institutional Role, Organizational Change
What Do Women with Learning Disabilities Say about Their Experiences of Domestic Abuse within the Context of Their Intimate Partner Relationships?
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Walter-Brice, Alison; Cox, Rachel; Priest, Helena; Thompson, Fiona – Disability & Society, 2012
In 2001 the UK Government launched its strategy "Valuing People". The strategy, underpinned by the Human Rights Act 1998 (Ministry of Justice 1998), the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Home Office 1995) and social inclusion claimed to outline ways for services to work, to meet the needs of individuals with learning disabilities . In…
Descriptors: Females, Disability Discrimination, Mental Retardation, Family Violence
Learning Difficulties and Ethnicity: Updating a Framework for Action
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Poxton, Richard – Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities (NJ1), 2012
This update of the Framework for Action highlights the continuing relevance of its message as well as those raised by Valuing People Now. People with learning difficulties and their families from Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities have been highlighted as a priority group by Valuing People since 2001 and remain a priority for better…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Urban Areas
From Absent to Active Voices: Securing Disability Equality within Higher Education
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Beauchamp-Pryor, Karen – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2012
This article discusses the representation and participation of disabled students in the development of higher education policy and provision within the UK, at both a national and institutional level. Findings are drawn from a doctoral study, which identified the importance of student participation in securing equality and inclusion. Power…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Participation, Disabilities, Special Needs Students