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Inclusive practice and the mystique of uniformity. Professor Susan Rigby Vice chancellor, Bath Spa University, member, Disabled students sector leadership group.
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Inclusive practice and the mystique of uniformity Professor Susan Rigby Vice chancellor, Bath Spa University, member, Disabled students sector leadership group
What is it and how does it work?Hockings (2010), with apologies‘Teaching which engages students in learning that is meaningful, relevant and accessible to all, embracing a view of the individual and of individual difference as a source of diversity that can enrich the lives and the learning of others’
Barriers to engagementCulture of learning and teaching – the tyranny of the elite - power structures and voiceAlso…..It is cheap, but needs to be pervasiveIt only works out of silosWe are distractedAccrediting bodies
Why engagement is necessaryDSA, OfS, mental health in Universities, disparities of outcome, international students.And how?From the topThrough culture changeThrough challenging power structures and ’value’By being experimental, by working across institutions