Disability Equality Duty

The Disability Equality Duty comes into force on 1st October 2006 and its defining characteristic is about long-term cultural change. Organisations will need to shift from a compliance-driven approach towards a more pro-active ‘whole organisation’ approach that relies on providing non-discriminatory practices as opposed to providing reasonable adjustments based on individual requests.
Over the next twelve months, the JISC TechDis service will be providing Senior Managers in all UK post-16 Colleges with a series of briefing packs on a number of technology, disability and inclusion related issues. With its twin emphasis on technology and learner needs, TechDis is uniquely placed to help colleges join together two major strands of government policy – the personalisation agenda and the e-learning strategy.
For further information & details of support for colleges visit TechDis @ www.techdic.ac.uk