EDI series on Disability in Higher Education: Embracing Neurodiversity: Strength or Weakness? New
Tue 4 Jun 2024
Description
This EDI series supports the University’s EDI strategy concerned with promoting disability awareness and supportive and humanised workplace. The series encourages thinking differently about disabled colleagues or students, to get ‘a feel for the situation’ from their perspective, and to become inspired to help them achieve their professional goals. This series is being delivered by Dr Zrinka Mendas.
Other workshops in this series are:
- Toward a Better Understanding of Sensory and Learning Impairments (April)
- Empathy and Disability: Friends or Foes? (May)
- Embracing Neurodiversity: Strength or Weakness? (June)
- Sign language as a Useful Communication Tool (July)
- Advancing Teaching and Learning Practices for disabled staff and students (August)
This is an interactive workshop and you will be expected to contribute to the session.
Target audience
- Staff and students from the School of Technology
- Further details regarding CLIC's eligibility criteria are available here
Sessions
Number of sessions: 1
| # | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue 4 Jun 10:00 - 11:00 | 10:00 - 11:00 | Department of Engineering, James Dyson Building, Teaching Room | map | Zrinka Mendas |
Objectives
The participants shall:
- learn more about a number of sensory or learning impairments
- share their knowledge about current working practices
- discuss strategies for improvements
Format
Interactive workshop
Duration
1 hour
Related courses
- CLIC: Introduction to British Sign Language
- EDI series on Disability in Higher Education: Empathy and Disability: Friends or Foes?
Theme
CLIC: British Sign Language
Booking / availability