How do academic staff get to know a student is identified as dyslexic?
June 18, 2007
Video >> Kate: “What ways do you end up corresponding and communicating with their academic staff?” Christine Carter, Academic Support: “I think there would be, in the first stage, there’s sort of a systems approach almost, really, or that’s what it tends to end up feeling like although it isn’t actually that. “When the report from …
Advising students on reading: prioritising reading lists
Video >> Kate: “What kind of help and support do you give for students in helping them focus and direct their readings, in your area?” Andrew Fisher, Philosophy: “Well, I think all lecturers do this; in the module guide I give quite a detailed reading list and that is split up by lecture, so in …
DysPEL: Dyslexia and Practice Environment Learning in Nursing
March 31, 2006
Fiona McCandless-Sugg, Jo Sanderson-Mann and Heather Wharrad: Background and Overview “Pre-registration Nursing Diploma courses require that 50% of student learning takes place in the classroom and the other 50% is achieved through practice experience in the clinical placement. There is little evidence about how dyslexia affects nurses and student nurses in workplace learning, and what …
Practical molecular biology for visually impaired students
October 29, 2005
This illustrated report shows the simple adjustments that allow Emily (who has cone-rod dystrophy giving her very little detailed vision but some colour perception) to carry out her own lab work. Each Visually Impaired (VI) student has specific needs but adjustments here may be of use to them. This was originally written in 24 point …
Teaching a physics laboratory module to blind students
July 31, 2004
Janette Dunn and Lara Meredith: Background: “Disability Legislation finally made its way into Higher Education in September 2002 in the form of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (SENDA or Part IV of the Disability Discrimination Act). “With this change there was a need to improve staff awareness of the ways they could provide …
How can you accommodate diversity in a large group?
January 8, 2004
Video >> Wyn Morgan: “It’s a question of trying to find a balance between scaring the ones who’ve never done it before and not boring the ones who’ve got some experience with it. I think you have to remember what you’re trying to achieve in that particular class in terms of content or knowledge or whatever …
Supporting a student with Asperger’s syndrome
June 30, 2002
Lucy Sargisson: “As former Director of Studies and Chair of Student Affairs Committee and Student/Staff Consultative Committee (SSCC), I had the responsibility of monitoring the pastoral care and well-being of all of our students and it is in this capacity that I can offer knowledge and information about supporting a particular student with Asperger’s Syndrome. …
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