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Looking Forward to the Future: The impact of disability equality schemes in Higher Education

Looking Forward to the Future: The impact of disability equality schemes in Higher Education. Mike Adams – 24 October 2007. Issues I Will Address. The DED and legislation more generally, and its impact on HE The equalities discourse – what it means for HE and disability

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Looking Forward to the Future: The impact of disability equality schemes in Higher Education

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  1. Looking Forward to the Future: The impact of disability equality schemes in Higher Education Mike Adams – 24 October 2007

  2. Issues I Will Address • The DED and legislation more generally, and its impact on HE • The equalities discourse – what it means for HE and disability • Education outcomes for disabled people • Education and its wider impact on improving the lives of disabled people.

  3. Joint ECU / DRC DED Work • 21 HEI Disability Equality schemes sampled • 38% assessed as compliant • 62% assessed as non-compliant • The stats compared well in relation to other sectors

  4. Emerging Key Issues • Involvement of disabled people • Action planning • Impact assessments • Information gathering

  5. Equality Models • Individual justice model • Group justice model • Identity model • Participatory model

  6. Developing a Participatory Model • Practice that works • Proactive use of legislation • Investing in staff • Working in partnership

  7. Education Outcomes • Elimination of unlawful discrimination • Peer support and person-centred learning • Positive interaction between disabled and non-disabled learners • Promoting positive attitudes and higher expectations within education institutions • Adequate funding to maximise capacity • Better transitions

  8. Improving Life Chances • In the UK, there are 6.8m disabled people of working age - 1 in 5 are not working as much as their peers. • Only 50% of disabled people are in work compared to 80% of non-disabled people. • Disabled people are not earning as much – they are more likely to be in manual and low-skilled occupations and less likely in managerial, professional and highly-skilled occupations. • In 2004/05 one quarter of all children living in poverty had a parent who was disabled or had a long term health condition.

  9. In 2004 21% of disabled people aged between 16-24 had no qualifications whatsoever, compared to 9% of non-disabled people of the same age – an 11% gap. • Disabled young people are 40% as likely to go into higher education aged 18 as non-disabled 18 year olds. • The number of disabled students participating in higher education has since increased year on year – yet participation by non-disabled people has grown much more rapidly over the same period.

  10. Conclusions • Momentum going in the right direction • HE one of the leading sectors in innovation and development – but we must not get complacent • The ESRC-funded project is a key piece of the jigsaw.

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