Further reading, resources and references

Key guidance about inclusive practice

Author	Title	Description
Department for Education- Disabled Student Sector Leadership Group	Inclusive Teaching and Learning in Higher Education as a route to Excellence	Published 2017- outlines expectations for HEIs use of inclusivity in response to reduction in DSA funding
Higher Education Academy	Inclusive Curriculum Design Guides	Generic and subject specific
Higher Education Funding Council for England	What do you mean ‘inclusive practice’?	Outline their expectations, includes a short video
Higher Education Academy	What Works? Student Retention and Success programme	Final report of project with 13 universities across 43 disciplines
Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education – License to Learn	Universal Design for Learning A Best Practice Guide	Good practice compiled from across Europe following a project funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union
Quality Assurance Agency	(Chapter B3)	“by means of inclusive design wherever possible and by means of reasonable individual adjustments wherever necessary“

Information about disability and reasonable adjustments

Author	Title	Description
Equality Challenge Unit	Disability legislation: practical guidance for academic staff (revised)	How to apply disability legislation to different areas of teaching
Equality Challenge Unit	Managing reasonable adjustments in higher education	Guidance for planned and anticipatory adjustments
Scope	The social model of disability	Disabled people discuss what it is and what it means to them

Activity specific resources

Author	Title	Description
JISC	Supporting an inclusive learner experience in higher education	Resources, activities and assessment
CAST	CAST is a nonprofit education research and development organization that works to expand learning opportunities for all individuals through Universal Design for Learning	Website including research and resources
David Sloan, John Stratford and Peter Gregor (published in in Alt-J)	Using multimedia to enhance the accessibility of the learning environment for disabled students: reflections from the Skills for Access project	“Reasons why a holistic approach to accessibility may be the most effective in ensuring that multimedia reaches its full potential in enabling and supporting students in learning”
Oxford Brookes	Oxford Brookes 'Virtually Here' Workshop	Virtual reality is not just for fun but has many uses around Brookes
JISC	Supporting online students	Identifies barriers to online learning and makes suggestions
Lexdis	Making scientific content accessible	Technology strategies for studying
University of Bath	Methods to produce flexible and accessible learning resources in mathematics	Guidelines for software set-up and writing documents

Disability specific resources

Author	Title	Description
Scope	Technology	PCs and autism, learning difficulties and Visual impairments
Higher Education Academy	Embedding mental wellbeing in the curriculum: maximising success in higher education	“takes account of the links between mental wellbeing and learning in ways that can help to maximise success for all”
JISC	How technology can help dyslexic learners help themselves	Includes top tips to help learners help themselves
Institute of Physics	Supporting STEM students with dyslexia	Includes recommendations for inclusive practice to enhance learning for significant proportion of students

Inclusive practice websites from other institutions

Babb, K. A. (2008) ‘The timing of online lecture slide availability and its effect on attendance, participation, and exam performance’, Computers and Education, 52 (4), PP868-881, Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2008.12.009 (accessed: 3.11.2016).

Government Equalities Office and Equality and Human Rights Commission (2013) Equality Act 2010: guidance, Available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/equality-act-2010-guidance (accessed 11 January 2015).

Higbee, J. L. and Goff, E. (2008) Pedagogy and student services for institutional transformation: Implementing universal design in higher education. Minneapolis University of Minnesota: Centre for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy.

Hockings, C. (2010) Inclusive learning and teaching in higher education: a synthesis of research. Available at: https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/system/files/inclusive_teaching_and_learning_in_he_synthesis_200410_0.pdf (downloaded: 19th November 2016).

Křčmář, K (Editor). (2018) The Inclusivity Gap. Inspired by Learning. Available from: https://www.inspiredbylearning.eu/

Rose, D. and Meyer, A. (2008) A practical reader in universal design for learning. Cambridge: MA: Harvard Press.

Sloan, D., Stone, S. and Stratford, J (2006) ‘Creating engaging, accessible multimedia for learning’ in Adams, M and Brown, S. (eds.) Towards Inclusive Learning in Higher Education: Developing Curricula for Disabled Students, Abingdon,Oxon: Routledge, pp. 129-142.

Taylor, M., Duffy, S., and England, D. (2009) ‘Teaching students with dyslexia in higher education’, Education + Training, 51 (2), PP139-149, Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00400910910941291 (accessed: 16.07.2012).