Research Agenda An inclusive and interdisciplinary consortium. The University of Sydney is leading a consortium to deliver a national disability research agenda that will see research significantly enhance the lives of people with disability, their families and carers through policy and practice. The research agenda will be developed from a [...]
Check out our quarterly newsletter! Inside this edition you will find resources to support students who will transition to further education in 2021, A tool kit for celebrating the International Day of People with Disability in your school and opportunities for you and your students to share experiences of the [...]
Extract from Disability Services Commission article Author Jessica Quilty The Interim Report of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability was released on 30 October. The report identifies a number of emerging themes as particularly pertinent throughout the inquiry. These are choice and control attitudes [...]
‘There’s nothing inevitable about exclusion.’ Australian universities: choices and issues in careers support for students with disability The NCSEHE hosted a series of lightning talks and online discussions presented by the 2019/20 Equity Fellows on 26–30 October 2020. The NCSEHE hosted a series of lightning talks and online discussions presented [...]
University Specialist Employment Partnership is a collaborative program preparing and connecting tertiary students with disability to employment relevant to their qualifications. Last week a series of webinars were delivered and can be viewed for the next 3 weeks. MyPlus Be Disability Confident on Campus toolkit Shhh! It’s a secret – [...]
Pathways to Tertiary Education (P2T) is an online series of events, that will culminate in a virtual opportunity to connect with TAFE, RTO and university disability practitioners. This online series is aimed at improving the transition of students with disability from secondary school into tertiary education. This Survey should take no more [...]
The Workability Interviews are a series of video Interviews with people with diverseabilities talking about their experiences of employment and how they got to where they are today! They provide a great chance to empower students by seeing what is possible. Now is your chance to ask your questions to [...]
Getting Work Ready for students with diverse AbILITES Lifelong Learning Festival Event When: 19th November 2020, 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm Where: Online via WebEX Do you have a young person with a diverseability who is wondering how or where they will secure employment in the future? Join our expert [...]
Open for applications — Department of Social Services grants Open for applications — Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Economic and Community Participation Program – Economic Participation Grant Opportunity 2020-21 The Australian Government is inviting organisations via an open competitive grant process to apply to deliver services under the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Program’s Economic [...]
This course is designed to help you uphold your legal obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) and the Disability Standards for Education 2005 (the Standards). These obligations focus on providing fair access to education for students with disability. The course may also assist classroom teachers with leadership roles in areas [...]
