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Welcome to the homepage of the Commission for Disabled Staff in
Lifelong Learning.
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Please email
caroline.law@niace.org.uk
if you would like to request a free Braille copy of the summary
report, or to purchase a Braille copy of the full report priced
at just £18.95. |
Aims of the commission
The Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning, in celebrating
diversity, aimed to investigate and report on the current practices in the
employment of disabled people in order to make recommendations that positively
influence culture and practice and promote career opportunities for disabled
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Who are disabled staff?
By disabled staff, we used a broad definition to include physical,
sensory and cognitive impairments, mental health difficulties, long-term health
conditions, learning disabilities and neurodiversity, learning differences or
difficulties such as dyslexia or dyspraxia... |
Lifelong Learning
By Lifelong Learning we included all organisations who provide education
and training in the post-compulsory education sector, that is in further and
higher education, adult and community learning, sixthform colleges and work
based learning... |
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What can I do?
We are no longer collecting evidence for the commission. Thanks
to all those who have taken the time to respond to the
questionnaires, to respond to the interim report consultation or to
provide evidence. |
Background
In policy terms, disabled staff appear to be largely invisible in the
lifelong learning sectors. There is a belief that they are under-represented in
teaching but there is little clear statistical data on this... |
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The Commission for disabled staff in Lifelong learning
The Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning first met
in March 2007 and ran until January 2008. Publicly available
papers and reports from the commission were regularly uploaded on
our documents page ... |
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