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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Disability Service
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<b>Sent:</b> 20 October 2015 13:48<br>
<b>To:</b> Aileen Alexander; Alan McCruden; Alison Kerr; Alison Nordon; Andrew Marshall; Angela Turner; Anne Preston; Ashleigh Fletcher; Barbara Baillie; Bryan Clark; Carol Barnett; Caroline McGuire; Catherine Whitley; Catriona Murray; David Grierson; David
 Young; Debra Willison; Donna Fairley; Emma Johnstone; Emma Stephen; Fiona Barrie; Fiona MacKie; Fiona McIntosh; Gillian Pallis; Hazel Lamont; Helena Gleskova; Jacqui Miller; James Boyle; Jane Scoular; Jessica Cherry; Jillian D'Agostino; Jo Saunders; Julie
 Sobocinski; Jun Sudduth; Kathleen Tyrrell; Kirsten Munro; Kirsty Fontanella; Kirsty McColl; Kirsty Stewart; Krishna Paudyal; Lauren Beattie; Leanne Brown; Lesley Nixon; Linda Brisbane; Lisa MacAskill; Lisa Neilson; Lorna Carlaw; Lucia Berdondini; Maureen Noor;
 Ruth Thorn; Sandra Miller; Sharon Jamieson; Spiros Gounaris; Stephen Tagg; Susan Millar; Thomas Han; Thomas McAlinden<br>
<b>Subject:</b> ECU webinar events: designing accessible courses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Please see below for a series of webinars on designing accessible courses that are being offered by the Equality Challenge Unit. I would be grateful
 if you could consider signing up for one and also circulate this among your academic colleagues who may be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Ann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#323E4F">Ann Duncan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#323E4F">Disability Service Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#323E4F">University of Strathclyde<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#323E4F">Rm 4.41 Graham Hills Building<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#323E4F">50 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1QE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#003767">Subject: ECU webinar events: designing accessible courses<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">What can academics do to advance disability equality?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Are you an academic involved in determining what skills and knowledge students need to gain while studying?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Do you want to be confident that the standards you set for your courses are compliant with disability legislation?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Do you want tips on ensuring students are able to fully demonstrate their ability?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">We are running a series of webinars for academics to support you in developing learning outcomes or competence standards that are non-discriminatory and inclusive for disabled students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Each webinar will cover:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">how course arrangements can potentially disadvantage disabled students, and why learning outcomes and competence standards are so important
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">what steps can be taken to ensure learning outcomes and competence standards are genuine and meet related legal responsibilities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">how to think about assessment so that learning outcomes and competence standards are thoroughly tested so students are not disadvantaged<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">The webinars will be interactive, with opportunities throughout for questions and discussion. You will have the opportunity to learn from guidance recently released by ECU.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">To ensure examples and discussion are relevant, the webinar will be run four times with a focus on different subject clusters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">5/11/15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">12/11/15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Health and Social Care<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">19/11/15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Webinars will run from 12:30 &#8211; 13:15. This will include a short introduction on how to use Blackboard Collaborate to ensure you can engage fully with the webinar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Get involved<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">To sign up for the webinars, please fill in the form here:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Although the webinars will be aimed at academics, staff working in equality and diversity or disability services are also welcome to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Further information <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">ECU has recently produced guidance on &#8216;Understanding their interaction of competence standards and reasonable adjustments.&#8217;
</span><a href="http://www.ecu.ac.uk/guidance-resources/student-recruitment-retention-attainment/student-retention/inclusive-learning-teaching/competence-standards-reasonable-adjustments/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#003767">Download the guidance for
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<b><span style="color:#0093D0">Chris Brill</span></b><b><span style="color:#003767"><br>
Senior Policy Adviser<br>
</span></b><b><span style="color:#0093D0">T:</span></b><span style="color:#003767">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 020 7438 1021<br>
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<b><span style="color:#003767">Equality Challenge Unit</span></b><span style="color:#003767"><br>
7th floor, Queens House<br>
55/56 Lincoln's Inn Fields<br>
London, WC2A 3LJ<br>
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Equality Challenge Unit<br>
Company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales, No. 05689975<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span><br>
Registered charity no. 1114417 (England and Wales) and SC043601 (Scotland).<o:p></o:p></p>
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Registered office: 7th floor, Queens House, 55/56 Lincoln&#8217;s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ, United Kingdom.
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Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) works to further and support equality and diversity for staff and students in higher education across all four nations of the UK, and in colleges in Scotland.&nbsp;ECU is funded by Universities UK, GuildHE, the Higher Education Funding
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