The first conference of the UK Inclusive Practice Network was held at York St John University. Funded by a small grant from the Teaching and Learning Unit at YSJ it brought together a range of academic and disability service personnel.
Professor Alan Hurst opened the conference by outlining key moments for inclusive practice during his career in HE which spanned 5 decades:
Keynote: Professor Liz Thomas provided an argument for developing measures of inclusion in the Teaching Excellence Framework and outlined the broad issues which define inclusion in HE:
Keynote: Dr Ann-Marie Houghton outlined HEFCE-funded research into existing inclusive practice:
A range of workshops were provided by colleagues from across the HE sector:
Why inclusive practice? – Pete Quinn & Mike Wray
Why inclusive practice worksheet
Inclusive practice in STEM subjects – Jenni Dyer, Institute of Physics
Inclusive assessment – David Grey, YSJ
Inclusive teaching practice – Chris Ross & Andreas Konstantinidis, King’s College, London
Lecture capture – Elaine Shillcock, University of Manchester
Notetaking software – Sonocent
Inclusive off-campus learning – Jane Collings & Karen Hocking, University of Plymouth
Inclusion in higher education 