Disabled postgrads often face unnecessary barriers to progress
Premia website, the world's first resource aimed at supporting disabled postgraduate research students, is due to be launched this week.
The Premia website, which received £150,000 funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England, can be used by universities around the world. About 5% of the postgraduate research population is disabled, including students with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, physical or sensory impairments and mental health difficulties, and they can find it a big jump from undergraduate life. Researchers are expected to spend long periods working unsupervised. They may have to carry out fieldwork, attend conferences elsewhere in the UK and the world, and they may also have teaching responsibilities.
The Premia library has self-audit tools to help staff prepare for disabled research students before they start their postgraduate degrees and a plain English glossary of key research terms. Testimonies from students are included to give an insight into the types of issues they face. To find out more information please go to www.premia.ac.uk
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