In this section:Widening Participation
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Widening ParticipationEthnicity and disability in the context of widening participationEthnicity is not just about cultural differences but also, for example, about how religion influences participation. Single sex accommodation, access to prayer rooms at appropriate times, ability to take Friday off, attitudes to alcohol in induction events can all influence participation in both academic and social activities, in turn affecting aspects of higher education such as retention and achievement.Increasing participation by disabled students should be covered through the normal processes to facilitate access by disabled students. Members of staff should be aware of these and how to put students in touch with the appropriate university support staff. The Disability and Accessible Curricula section of the Centre website looks at widening access to the curricula and other activities for disabled students. There is also a section on employability which brings together information on both careers and work placements. Further linksThe Faith Guides from the Philosophy and Religious Studies Subject Centre contain "resource information on issues relating to teaching people of faith in a higher education environment", guides on Sikhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism are available. Nigel Lindsey's report on Improving Prospects of Black and Asian Students The Subject Centre for Engineering Working with Students with Disabilities Report on a Mentoring project for disabled students at Staffordshire University Action on Access Disability section Head Start a service provided by RNID for Deaf students Back to "Widening Participation - an issue for institutions and bioscience units" |