Scottish
Disability
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Senior Management: Resources
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SDT Guidance Notes
Here are Guidance notes produced by the Scottish Disability Team on key strategic issues relating to provision for disabled students.
Guidance on International Students with Personal Care Support Needs: These Guidance Notes cover the responsibilities of universities/colleges under the Disability Discrimination Act, the law concerning the duty of care as well as looking at issues of residency and reciprocal agreements for international students.
The Disability Equality Duty: Implications and Opportunities for ICT provision in Higher Education Institutions and Colleges of Further Education: The SDT and Digital Media Access Group have jointly produced this report. It explains the implication of the new Disability Equality Duty on provision of ICT in Post-16 Education.
Disability Impact Assessments - A Brief Guide: The purpose of this Guide is to provide brief, practical guidance on conducting Impact Assessments in advance of the implementation of the DDA 2005 in December 2006. It is hoped that the Guide will be useful both to Disability Co-ordinators/Advisors and to other staff in HEIs and Colleges with responsibility for strategy planning and service delivery.
Reviewing provision and building capacity: tools and audit processes: A report produced jointly by the Scottish Disability Team and the National Disability Team can help you to consider if the practice, policy and procedures at your institution are inclusive for disabled students. This report provides factual information about a range of audit tools and processes that focus on learning and teaching, and/or central Higher Education services. This report also addresses the scope of each tool or process, how it can be used (with practical examples from HE institutions), and signposts to further information.
SDT Event Resources
Here are relevant resources produced by or for the Scottish Disability Team as part of events the Team has held.
Managing the Disability Equality Duty
Presentation on how the Disability Equality Duty affects Public Authorities and the general and specific duties which they are required to meet.
Date added: 08/06/2006 11:13:59
Managing the Disability Equality Duty - PowerPoint version.
Skill Disability Equality Duty Briefing for Senior Managers in HEIs
Skill, DRC, UUK, SCOP, ECU and the SDT have produced this joint briefing for senior managers in HEIs to inform them of their new DED duties
Date added: 16/03/2006 13:43:06
Skill Disability Equality Duty Briefing for Senior Managers in HEIs - Word version 
Skill Disability Equality Duty Briefing for Senior Managers in HEIs - PDF version 
Seven Stages to Impact Success Flowchart
This flowchart is a tool to guide those who carry out impact assessments. (Adapted from the Equality Challenge Unit publication ‘Conducting impact assessments for equal opportunities in higher education’ published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.)
Date added: 06/12/2005 15:24:24
Seven Stages to Impact Success Flowchart - Word version
Seven Stages to Impact Success Flowchart - PDF version
Impact Assessment Checklist for Promoting Disability Equality
This is a checklist of steps for those who have to carry out Impact Assessments. (Adapted from the Equality Challenge Unit publication ‘Conducting impact assessments for equal opportunities in higher education’ published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.)
Date added: 06/12/2005 15:22:47
Impact Assessment Checklist for Promoting Disability Equality - Word version
Impact Assessment Checklist for Promoting Disability Equality - PDF version
Case Studies for Promoting Disability Equality
Case Study 1 - Assessing the impact of an assessment strategy. Case Study 2 - Assessing the impact of the mode of delivery for a course.
Date added: 06/12/2005 15:20:27
Case Studies for Promoting Disability Equality - Word version
Case Studies for Promoting Disability Equality - PDF version
Closing the Gap Presentation - Promoting Disability Equality
This presentation aims to outline the main principles of the DDA 2005, to discuss the main implications for HEIs and colleges and to consider the next steps. It also looks at how the new duties apply to learning and teaching.
Date added: 06/12/2005 14:22:03
Closing the Gap Presentation - Promoting Disability Equality - Powerpoint version
Closing the Gap Presentation - Promoting Disability Equality - Word version
Closing the Gap Presentation - Promoting Disability Equality - PDF version
Disability and the Widening Participation Agenda
Presentation given by Margaret Dundas, SFC National Co-ordinator for Widening Participation, at the UUK/ECU/SDT Event for Senior Managers in June 2004
Date added: 23/03/2005 09:04:20
Disability and the Widening Participation Agenda - Word version
Disability and the Widening Participation Agenda - PDF version
The Disability Discrimination Bill: implications for HEIs
Presentation given by Joyce Hill, Director of the Equality Challenge Unit, at the UUK/ECU/SDT Event for Senior Managers in June 2004
Date added: 23/03/2005 08:48:46
The Disability Discrimination Bill: implications for HEIs - Word version
The Disability Discrimination Bill: implications for HEIs - PDF version
The Disability Discrimination Bill: implications for HEIs Presentation Notes
These are notes used by Professor Joyce Hill, Director of the Equality Challenge Unit, for her presentation at the UUK/ECU/SDT Senior Managers seminar in June 2004
Date added: 16/11/2004 12:02:16
The Disability Discrimination Bill: implications for HEIs Presentation Notes - Word version
The Disability Discrimination Bill: implications for HEIs Presentation Notes - PDF version
Teachability Presentation Notes
These are the notes by Anne Simpson, Manager of the Teachability Project and Head of Disability Services at the University of Strathclyde, to go with the presentation she gave at the UUK/ECU/SDT Senior Managers Event in June 2004
Date added: 16/11/2004 10:49:25
Teachability Presentation
Presentation given by Anne Simpson, Manager of the Teachability Project and Head of Disability Services at the University of Strathclyde, at the UUK/ECU/SDT Senior Managers event in June 2004
Date added: 16/11/2004 10:45:52
Teachability Presentation - Powerpoint version
Teachability Presentation - Word version
Teachability Presentation - PDF version
Disability and Higher Education: the changing landscape
Presentation given by Tom Ward, Senior Policy Officer, Learning Policy and Strategy Sector SFC, at the UUK/ECU/SDT event for Senior Managers in June 2004
Date added: 16/11/2004 10:37:18
Disability and Higher Education: the changing landscape - Powerpoint version
Disability and Higher Education: the changing landscape - Word version
Disability and Higher Education: the changing landscape - PDF version
The Disability Discrimination Bill: implications for HEIs
Presentation given by Joyce Hill, Director of the Equality Challenge Unit, at the UUK/ECU/SDT event for Senior Managers in June 2004
Date added: 16/11/2004 10:10:10
The Disability Discrimination Bill: implications for HEIs - Powerpoint version
The Disability Discrimination Bill: implications for HEIs - Word version
The Disability Discrimination Bill: implications for HEIs - PDF version
Strategic planning and disability
The aim of this presentation is to outline the context for addressing disability issues in strategic planning, to briefly analyse the number of cases and range of emerging issues, to highlight existing good practice in strategy formulation and to identify principles for supporting implementation
Date added: 21/06/2004 15:49:21
Strategic planning and disability - Powerpoint version
Confidentiality and Disclosure - Case Studies
Five case studies concerning disabled students and the issues of confidentiality and disclosure.
Date added: 22/03/2004 15:51:04
Confidentiality and Disclosure - Case Studies - Word version
Confidentiality and Disclosure - Case Studies - PDF version
Confidentiality and Disclosure - Case Study Answers
These are the answers to Confidentialilty and Disclosure - Case Studies
Date added: 05/12/2003 12:21:49
Confidentiality and Disclosure - Case Study Answers - Word version
Confidentiality and Disclosure - Case Study Answers - PDF version
Confidentiality and Disclosure
This is a presentation given by Lesley Paterson and Hester Middleton, both solicitors with Thorntons, on Confidentiality and Disclosure and the Data Protection Act
Date added: 04/12/2003
Confidentiality and Disclosure - Powerpoint version
Confidentiality and Disclosure - Word version
Confidentiality and Disclosure - PDF version
DDA Part IV - Senior Managers
This presentation looks at the DDA Part IV and its relevance to Senior Managers
Date added: 15/09/2003 09:53:33
DDA Part IV - Senior Managers - Powerpoint version
Senior Managers - Case Studies
Case Study 1 - What changes you will have to make depend on what you do now! Case Study 2 - Ignorance is not innocence! Case Study 3 - Planned spending is better than unplanned spending! Case Study 4 - Aware staff prevent discrimination Case Study 5 - Internal resolutions are better than external resolutions
Date added: 19/05/2003 10:17:00
Senior Managers - Case Studies - Word version
Senior Managers - Case Studies - PDF version
External Web Links
Here are links to other Web sites you may find of relevance. While we list these as being potentially of interest to you, we cannot guarantee the accessibility or validity of any information provided in external web sites.
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SFC Disability Self-Evaluation Tool: improving equality for disabled people in Scotland's Colleges and Universities 
- This SFC circular contains a self-evaluation toolkit to assist institutions to plan ahead and prepare for the Disability Equality Duty under the DDA 2005, which comes into force on 4 December 2006
Disability Impact Assessments - A Brief Guide - The purpose of this Guide is to provide brief, practical guidance on conducting Impact Assessments in advance of the implementation of the DDA 2005 in December 2006. It is hoped that the Guide will be useful both to Disability Co-ordinators/Advisors and to other staff in HEIs and Colleges with responsibility for strategy planning and service delivery.