Diversity & Inclusion

Download: Staying the Course: The Experiences of Disabled Students of English and Creative Writing in PDF format (988kb)

Authors: Kevin Brunton & Jonathan Gibson
Published: November 2009
ISBN: 978-1-905846-31-3

This report summarises the findings of the first ever survey of disabled students registered on English Literature, English Language and Creative Writing courses in the UK Higher Education system and is illustrated throughout by vivid quotations in the students' own words.  It also includes a checklist of ten relatively straightforward things departments can do to help students.  The survey on which this report is based was commissioned by the English Subject Centre in 2007. Its aim was to gather information from disabled students both about their experience of studying English and about pedagogical, social, structural and technological factors that may have helped or hindered them.

Please contact the English Subject Centre if you would like a hardcopy of this report

Download: Access and Widening Participation: A Good Practice Guide in PDF format (668kb)

Authors: Siobhán Holland
Published: February 2003
ISBN: 0 90219 473 9

The move to widen participation in HE is having a significant impact at the discipline level. Recent shifts in government policy mean that all English  departments will need to review their practice carefully. Guidance is provided in this report, which includes, as examples of good practice, a set of case studies based on the work of English departments at three HE institutions experienced in the teaching of 'under-represented' students: Manchester Metropolitan University, King Alfred's College, Winchester and the University of Teesside. As well as providing case studies, the report draws attention to other departmental, institutional and national initiatives and discusses the impact on students and departments of recent disability legislation.

Please contact the English Subject Centre if you would like a hardcopy of this report