[senit] Senior Management Briefing 5: From Good Intentions to Good Practice: Making the Disability Equality Duty Meaningful.

Apologies for cross posting....

Dear colleagues

The final publication in the TechDis Senior Manager Briefings series has
just been posted out to all Principals of FE colleges, containing advice
on using technology effectively (including free software) to support DED
planning.

This concludes the series which has been based around providing
pragmatic guidance on "making the DDA and DED meaningful" in an FE
context. The full series has covered :

Briefing 1 - e-Learning as an Accessibility Investment
<http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=2_2_3_3> 

Briefing 2 - Accessibility in the Mainstream: Roles and responsibilities
<http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=2_2_3_6>  (including additional
online advice for network managers)
Briefing 3 - Transition Arrangements - Partners, Processes and Funding
Issues <http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=2_2_3_8>  (including
additional online advice for learner support managers)

Briefing 4 - Accessible Marketing and Admissions: Improving Business and
Reducing Risk  <http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=2_2_3_10>
(including additional online advice for marketing managers)

Briefing 5 - From Good Intention to Good Practice: Making the Disability
Equality Duty Meaningful <http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=2_2_3_13>
(including additional online advice on free assistive technologies)

We have taken care to work with a wide range of partners and each
briefing has referenced many agencies. In the process we have built some
excellent links with partner organisations, many of whom have directly
contributed expert guidance to the materials. The final briefing
contains a significant section on free and open source assistive
technology with links to downloads and selected video clips of the
technology in action (www.techdis.ac.uk/getfreesoftware)

Although the series has been targeted at Further Education, much of the
material is directly applicable to other sectors so we encourage you to
dip in to any area that seems to be relevant to you or your spheres of
influence!

PS - we are actively tweaking the navigation of these areas today and
tomorrow so if they change slightly from one viewing to the next don't
worry! It's all in the name of ongoing improvements :-)

Many thanks

Alistair

Alistair McNaught

TechDis Senior Advisor

Mobile 07870 567659

Email - alistair at techdis.ac.uk

The Higher Education Academy

Innovation Way

York Science Park

Heslington

York

YO10 5BR

United Kingdom

<http://www.techdis.ac.uk>

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