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Wednesday November 16 2022
12:00 (UK)
16:00 (Dubai)
(Ongoing)
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Cadbury Research Library Disability History Month Flickr album
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Cadbury Research Library launches its updated Disability History Month Flickr album featuring examples from archives and rare books of historical portrayals of disability from the 17th century onwards.
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Tuesday 22 November 2022
16:00-17:00 (UK)
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Badminton Support Group Session
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The Student Disability Service will be expanding their regular badminton session for students with a disclosed long-term disability / mental health problem. |
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Wednesday 23 November 2022
12:30-13:30 (UK)
16:30-17:30 (Dubai)
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Deaf awareness and signing session
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Human Resources, supported by Sense invite you to and this lunchtime session on deaf awareness followed by a signing session.
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Wednesday 23 November 2022
13:00-15:00 (UK)
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Wellbeing and Student Disability Service, Meet the teams |
The Student Disability Service and Wellbeing and Partnerships team will be on hand to talk through any queries you may have, provide information about what services they are able to offer to students and provide some activities to get you thinking about Disability, Health and Wellbeing. |
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Wednesday 23 November 2022
13:00-14:00 (UK)
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Making chemistry accessible for people with vision impairment
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There are 28,900 children in the UK living with severe sight loss. Many of these children attend mainstream schools, where they often have difficulty accessing and learning scientific content. This is particularly apparent in practical activities, where pupils with vision impairment (VI) are often excluded from participating because the experiments rely entirely on visual observations. |
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Tuesday 29 November 2022
15:00-16:00 (UK)
19:00-20:00 (Dubai)
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How far can you go? A conversation with Tom Byrne and Kyle Robidoux
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Tom and Kyle are both ultra-distance runners based in Jordan and the US respectively. Tom has been running 30 marathons in 30 days to raise money and awareness for men’s mental health, while Kyle has a vision impairment and found his passion in running late in life. |
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Wednesday 30 November 2022
13:30-14:30 (UK)
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Lessons Learned From Working in STEM with a Physical Disability - Dr Claire Malone
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In this talk, Claire draws from personal experience of completing a PhD in High Energy Physics to illustrate some of the major challenge facing people with physical disabilities in academia. |
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Wednesday 30 November 2022
14:00-15:30 (UK)
18:00-19:30 (Dubai)
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Neurodivergence in HE: a pedagogic toolkit (WIP)
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Launch of a new work in progress toolkit that will focus on effective ways that you can support research colleagues who are neurodiverse at any stage of their career.
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Wednesday 30 November 2022
14:30-15:15 (UK)
18:30-19:15 (Dubai)
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Introduction to Accessercise app |
Join the Enabling Staff Network and Student Services as they invite Ali Jawad, the brains behind the app to introduce you to Accessercise. Ali is a PhD student here at UoB and a Paralympic powerlifter. He will give you a bit background to the idea behind the app and a demonstration of how it works. Followed by a Q&A session. |
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Wednesday 30 November 2022
18:00-18:45 (UK)
22:00-22:45 (Dubai)
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Culture, religion and autism |
Culture and religion’s influence on parents’ experiences of autism is often underrepresented or unconsidered in existing literature. The findings from this study have implications for Black parents’ mental health and wellbeing, especially as seen through the lens of cultural/religious factors and contributes to debates about individual wellbeing within a broader social milieu. |
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Thursday 1 December 2022
15:00 - 16:00 (UK)
19:00 - 20:00
(Dubai)
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Energy Levels, Relationships and Autism - in conversation with Helen Coy
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Join Participation Development Manager Helen Coy for a discussion on navigating energy levels, relationships and autism. |
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Monday 5 December 2022
12:00 - 16:00 (UK)
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Student craft and gift drop in
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Take some time out and make a gift for someone (or yourself!) |
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Tuesday 6 December 2022
12:30-13:30 (UK)
16:30-17:30 (Dubai)
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Disability, Health and Wellbeing in education for a post-covid word: lessons from the field |
Explore some fascinating perspectives into disabled health and wellbeing in education from a fantastic line up of speakers. Including Education, health, and wellbeing during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic; Rethinking Inclusive (Digital) Education; and Disabled Forced Migrant Students and Inclusive Education in Post-Pandemic Italy.
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Wednesday 7 December 2022
12:30-13:30 (UK)
16:30-17:30 (Dubai)
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Signing Shakespeare |
The presentation will explore the challenges encountered by deaf children so far in approaching the playwright’s works, the development of a new approach using ‘rehearsal room technique ‘and ‘embodied cognition’ and the final launch of materials based around signed resources. |
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Wednesday 7 December 2022
17:00-18:30 (Dubai)
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Well-being through Movement in the Classroom and Beyond |
Dr. Sarah Benson and Dr. Collin Webster will discuss how to use movement in the classroom to create a more inclusive environment that can support many types of learners. |
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Thursday 8 December 2022
13:00-14:00 (UK)
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Student & Staff Networks towards Accessible STEMM Education & Careers |
During this talk, we will reflect on barriers faced by disabled scientists, and consider pathways to disability inclusion in our places of work and learning. We will explore the role of student and staff networks and partnerships to drive change and share intersectional reflections and recommendations from STEMM disabled students and staff in UK Higher Education. |
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Friday 9 December 2022
16:30-18:30 (UK)
20:30-22:30 (Dubai)
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The hidden voices of people who stutter: focusing on higher education
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This event aims to raise awareness about a group of people who are rarely represented in disability events and research. Our panellists will explore the perspective of parents, teachers, students, and the wider research community. |