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I’ve worked for more than 30 years delivering and managing services in the
public sector to support disabled people. In 1997 I moved into higher education
becoming the manager of the disability service at the University of the West of
England in Bristol. After UWE, I was the manager of an educational development
project in Manchester before two roles in national coordination teams. As part
of the National Disability Team I oversaw £2.1m of HEFCE funding across 23
projects in a range of HEIs in England. The projects were funded to set up
disability provision from scratch within small specialist institutions and to
develop a range of inclusive teaching, learning and assessment resources for the
sector. I was then senior policy adviser at Action on Access, the national
coordination team for widening participation. I’ve worked in a consultancy
capacity and been a member of policy groups for a range of projects and
organisations including, the Institute of Physics, the Higher Education Academy,
the General Teaching Council for England, the Quality Assurance Agency, and a
number of universities including York, Durham, Huddersfield, Middlesex and
Cardiff Metropolitan. I was a member of the Board of Directors for the National
Association of Disability Practitioners for a number of years and I’m now the
CEO of the International Network of Inclusive Practice. I recently worked as a
visiting lecturer at the Education University, Hong Kong and currently work as a
lecturer at London South Bank University.
