Disabled Students in Welsh Higher Education

The book provides an understanding of why disabled students experience inequality and exclusion within higher education and identifies those areas where change is needed to secure an inclusive educational environment.

Inhalt
List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Foreword by Robert Drake; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Perceptions, priorities and power; 1. The context: Equality, rights and inclusion; 2. Competing tensions: Legislative steps towards inclusion; 3. Welsh politics and policymaking: Inclusion in Welsh higher education; 4. How representative are disabled students in the higher education system?; Part 2 The case study university; 5. An institutional response to equality and inclusion; 6. Academic departmental response to equality and inclusion; 7. Student experience: Inequality and exclusion; Part 3 An equality and inclusive framework; 8. A commitment to equality; Appendix; References; Index.