IMPACT Network Meeting
Developing provision to support the inclusion of disabled staff
30 January 2008
The meeting was attended by staff working to improve provision for disabled staff in a range of roles in UK HEIs including Equality & Diversity, Human Resources and Disability practitioners.
Participant feedback from the day included:
The workshop was excellent and I've gained a lot of ideas on a way forward.
Some great ideas to take back to my HEI.
I will use the activity with our disabled staff working group.
It was most useful to share ideas with colleagues - being able to benchmark informally.
Thanks for a really positive, and useful event. I have bee quite energised as a result, and plan to draft a report for the head of department on issues, barriers and ways forward - and relate this to our existing DES.
The meeting received informative and thought provoking presentations from Honey Lucas, ECU, and Sian Davies, Commission for Disabled Staff and UNISON. Cindy Williams-Findlay, Wolverhampton and Ian Clarke, Leeds Met, provided useful examples of current practice from the HE perspective in their input. The Q&A sessions allowed for a lively debate and participants benefited from sharing practice. Colleagues expressed the view that they would like to meet again to review developments and share practice on an annual basis.
The following are links to handouts, presentations and outcomes from the day:
Agenda (MS Word document, 34 Kb)
Strategic Development - Carol Wilson, IMPACT Associates. (Powerpoint presentation, 337 Kb)
Findings from the Commission for Disabled Staff - Sian Davies, the Commission and UNISON. (Powerpoint presentation, 300 Kb)
Staff disclosure - Honey Lucas, ECU. (Powerpoint presentation, 81 Kb)
Disabled Staff Policy - Ian Clarke, Leeds Met. (MS Word document, 29 Kb)
Solution focused exercise (MS Word document, 32 Kb)
Signposted resources (MS Word document, 47 Kb)
Thanks to all present for making it such an interesting and productive day.
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