What contexts make Higher Education for disabled students
This research project is exploring what contextual features at LTU create an accessible experience for disabled students. According to the National Students Survey, Disabled students are the most dissatisfied group within higher education, unsurprisingly given the embedded ableism within academia. Given the complexity of both disability and the student experience, our understandings need to be contextually situated as each institution operates differently. This qualitative study asked students about times they found University accessible or how they think things could be better. Findings from this project could highlight ways to improve the disabled students experience within a specific institution, and draw on relevant theory to make recommendations for higher education more generally. This study is currently in it’s analysis stage.
(Funded by the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning).