diversity – Academic Tutor Toolkit

Supporting Students With Mental Health Difficulties

Book a place here. This session will give practical guidance on how to identify and support students with mental health difficulties. Staff will learn to identify signs of students who may be experiencing mental health problems, and learn some strategies to respond appropriately to support them e.g. signposting to support available, and general resources. Attendees are invited to bring examples from within their own experience (without names to protect confidentiality). This session aligns with A4 of the UKPSF....

ASD/Asperger syndrome – Learning from experience

Book a place here. This session offers a chance to find out more about Autistic Spectrum Disorder/Asperger, the types of support available for students and classroom strategies which have proved helpful for students. The session is led by a clinical psychologist who specialises in ASD/Asperger. This session aligns with A2, A4, K3, V1 & V2 of the UKPSF....

Supporting Students With Mental Health Difficulties

Book a place here. This session will give practical guidance on how to identify and support students with mental health difficulties. Staff will learn to identify signs of students who may be experiencing mental health problems, and learn some strategies to respond appropriately to support them e.g. signposting to support available, and general resources. Attendees are invited to bring examples from within their own experience (without names to protect confidentiality). This session aligns with A4 of the UKPSF....

ADHD: Effectively supporting students

Book a place here. This disorder is becoming more prevalent amongst the University's students. This session will explain the disorder, symptoms and ways to effectively support students. This session aligns with A2, A4, K3, V1, V2 and V4 of the UKPSF....

The impact of specific learning disabilities on students at university

Book a place here. This session is for all staff and provides an introduction to Dyslexia and Dyspraxia and the effect that these conditions can have on a students’ studies and wellbeing. It will also discuss how reasonable adjustments can “level the playing field” for students living with these conditions. Following the session you will be able to describe the similarities and differences between dyslexia and dyspraxia. You also will be able to define the term ‘reasonable adjustments’ and explain how these adjustments can ameliorate for a student’s learning difference. This session aligns with A1,2,3,4; K3,4, V1,2,4 of the UKPSF....

Supporting Students with Mental Health Difficulties

Book your place here. This session will give practical guidance on how to identify and support students with mental health difficulties. Staff will learn to identify signs of students who may be experiencing mental health problems, and learn some strategies to respond appropriately to support them e.g. signposting to support available, and general resources. Attendees are invited to bring examples from within their own experience (without names to protect confidentiality). This session aligns with A4 of the UKPSF....

Supporting Disabled Students’ Success through Inclusive Teaching

Book your place here. This session is for any teaching staff (including TAs) who currently have limited experience of supporting disabled students. This session will introduce and discuss the range of disabled students we have, their needs in teaching and learning, and how to make your teaching and assessment more inclusive. All those who teach and/or advise colleagues about teaching are welcome (including, eg, SDTLS and Teaching Assistants). This session aligns with A1-A4, K2-K4, K6 and V1-V2 of the UKPSF....

Blind Awareness and Audio Description: Supporting Students by Creating a Barrier-free Access to Culture

Book your place here. This session will provide an overview of the main issues related to Blind Awareness and how to support our visually impaired students. It will also introduce a joint project about Audio descriptions as a way to facilitate the access to culture for blind and partially sighted people. The session aligns with A2, A4, V1, V2, V4, K4, K6 of the UKPSF....

Are Our Undergraduates Prepared for University? Supporting Students through the Transition to HE

Book your place here. This session is for academic teaching staff and others who work with 1st year undergraduates, especially Academic Tutors. We will explore reported concerns around lack of preparedness for the transition to university study, and discuss ways of mitigating this and supporting students through their first year studies. The session will include opportunities to plan activities for your students, and will discuss feedback from students collected while preparing and delivering the Study Smart pre-entry online course. (For more on Study Smart, please see http://libguides.reading.ac.uk/studysmart. This session aligns with A2, A4, K2-K5 and V1-V4 of the UKPSF....

Dismantling Barriers to Student Participation

Book a place here. This session is for all staff who interact with students in any capacity. It will explore how students’ experiences of university may be affected by their personal background. Particular attention will be given to those characteristics protected in the Equality Act 2010 (including age, nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and disability) and monitored in the University of Reading’s annual Access Agreement (including educational background and household income). Through interactive activities, participants will be equipped to: • Reflect on our individual and institutional expectations of students. • Recognise the ways in which our practices might exclude or disadvantage certain students. • Take local action towards making the University of Reading a more equitable and inclusive environment in which to study, work and live. This session aligns with A2, A4, A5, V1, V2 and V4 of the UKPSF....