Hotel facilities The venue has a fitness suite onsite with Precor USA gym equipment available: £2.20 per hour & £17.00 overnight : Classic British dishes & fusion cuisine Breakfast from 6am until 10am. Checking into hotel accommodation Official check in from 2pm although rooms may be available earlier. Reception may be able to take your check in details on arrival so that you can just collect your keys after 2pm. Luggage can be left in a secure area at Reception. Additional Requirements and Accessibility The has been notified of all additional requirements and accessibility requests that delegates have made to NADP. This includes all dietary requirements for the conference refreshments and the gala dinner. Contact numbers during the event Our mobile number for use during the conferences is 079 844 054 56. Lynn and Heather will be at the from early afternoon on Sunday 24th June. You may also wish to leave a message at the hotel reception and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Arriving at the Weekend? Several directors and NADP will be arriving on Sunday and we will be congregating in a special area in the bar at 6pm if you would like to join us for a chat and a drink. Programme Monday 25th June 2018 10:30 11:30 Registration, welcome drinks, stalls
11:30 11:45 Welcome Paddy Turner Chair of NADP 11:45 12:30 Session 1: Keynote Speaker: Ensuring quality provision – a senior leadership perspective on inclusivity and disabled student support Professor Sue Rigby Bath Spa University 12:30 13:30 & Exhibitors 13:30 14:15 Session 2: Breakout Groups: 45 min presentations Dialogical encounters in integrated dance education Gili Hammer Hebrew University of Jerusalem Diversity for everybody, achievement for all. Patterns not labels Ivan Newman & Abby Osborne Independent; University of Bath Many Hats: the role of disability officer Ann Heelan Ireland Consent to share and disclosure. What does it mean? Brian Lutchmiah & Hannah Futter University of Supporting disabled students on a clinical placement: the development of a bespoke webApp for healthcare students Arinola Adefila, Dove McColm & Tizzie Frankish Coventry University 14:25 15:10 Session 3: Breakout Groups: 45min presentations Towards inclusive education in post-secondary education in Flanders Valerie Van Hees SteunpuntInclusief Hoger Onderwijs (Support Inclusive Education), Belgium Disabled leaders in Higher Education Nicola Martin London South Bank University Key findings related to stakeholder attitudes towards those with dyslexia training to be teachers on initial teacher education programmes Sarah Charles University of Derby Equality law obligations in Higher Education: reasonable adjustments the Equality Act 2010 in Assessment of students with unseen disabilities Harriet Cameron, Tamara Hervey & Philip Rostant University of Sheffield
Achieving digital accessibility in Further and Higher Education EA Draffan, Abi James and Alastair McNaught University of Southampton and the Joint Information Systems Council 15:10 15:30 Refreshments 15:30 16:15 Session 4: Whole Conference Presentation: Systems for Evaluating Disability Services and Evidence-based, practice Clodagh Nolan & Declan Treanor Trinity College Dublin 16:15 17:30 Session 5: Student Experience 7pm meet in bar for 7:30 Gala Dinner including drinks and presentations Tuesday 26th June 2018 10:00 10:25 Registration, welcome drinks, stalls 10:25 10:30 Welcome back Paddy Turner of NADP 10:30 11:15 Session 6: Keynote Speaker: Advancing equality, enhancing quality: a strategic approach to mainstreaming inclusive curricula Dr Pauline Hanesworth Academic Lead, Equality and Diversity / TEF, Higher Education Academy, UK 11:30 13:00 Session 7: Breakout Groups: 90 min workshops & Sustaining proper policy about studying with a disability Marjolein Büscher & Judith Jansen Expertise Centre Handicap + Studie, Netherlands Mental Health Mentoring. Promoting independence or developing dependence? Justin French & Christine Werrell Cardiff University UWE Bristol and Zayed University (United Arab Emirates): A developing partnership exploring specific learning difficulties, inclusive practice and widening participation James McKenzie & Kelly Goodfellow University of the West of England
Panel: Assistance Pets within the University Joanna Hastwell, Fiona Valentine and Emily Baird Univ of Cambridge, Univ of Bolton, Univ of Aberdeen LINK Meeting 13:00 14:00 Lunch & Exhibitors 14:00 14:45 Session 8: Whole Conference Presentation: Creating and implementing a system Lori Kressin University of Virginia, USA 14:55 15:15 Annual General Meeting - written reports and members votes; non-members have extended break 15:15 15:30 Refreshments 15:30 16:30 Session 9: Hot Topics - discussions More information at the conference 16:45 17:30 Session 10: Breakout Groups: 45min presentations Students with Specific Learning Difficulties and the cognitive processing of verbal analogies Ash Phipps Universities STUC in their ways? Supporting students and staff who stammer Claire Norman Stammerers through University Consultancy (STUC) An inclusive training to enhance reading in adulthood: theory and empirical evidence Francesca Santulli & Melissa Scagnelli International University of Languages and Media (IULM), Italy Effective mentoring for Autistic students Nicola Martin London South Bank University Methods for ensuring quality in creating an inclusive learning environment Kjetil Knarlag & Eleanor Olaussen Universell, Norway 18:30 Cocktail session with Sipsmiths followed by dinner at leisure in hotel or elsewhere