Disabled students and graduates are making their way from across Europe to participate in the first of a series of European Disability Meetings.
Disabled students and graduates are making their way from across Europe to participate in the first of a series of European Disability Meetings.
These are being organised by ‘Equal Chances for Disabled Students and Graduates’, a European-funded collaboration between Germany, Poland and Slovenia, with the UK as non-funded Associate Partners. The aim is to address the barriers to higher education, research and employment currently experienced by disabled people.
The University of Cambridge is providing the venue for this exciting event, taking place on November 15 and 16. Delegates will be staying at The Moller Centre, where the first day of the meeting will be held. The University’s Disability Resource Centre, led by Judith Jesky, is providing the venue for day two. European colleagues have expressed a keen interest in meeting staff from the Resource Centre and learning from their excellent provision for disabled students.
UK involvement in the European initiative is through DIVERSE, the UK Veterinary Medicine Disability Project, based at the Royal Veterinary College and led by Anne Tynan. DIVERSE has provided a model in the UK for medical, dental and veterinary schools to become more open and welcoming to disabled students. The University of Cambridge Department of Veterinary Medicine played a major role in DIVERSE, a project which ends this year.
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