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[11 March 2010] University of Cambridge - Disability Resource Centre - Disability Adviser (Part Time) [More information]

NADP Annual Conference 2010

[23 Feb 2010] 'Inclusive Curriculum and Assessment - equalising the student experience, how level is the playing field?', 29th/30th June 2010, Oxford. {Workshops updated} [More information and booking form]

NADP Spring Conference 2010

[11 Feb 2010] This one-day conference on Neurodiversity will take place in Birmingham on Thursday 29th April 2010. Reminder: Early bird booking ends on 26 Feb. [More information]

DSA-QAG update

[27 Jan 2010] For members: DSA-QAG Update January 2010 (login required)

NADP Research Ethics Procedure

[20 Jan 2010] For anyone wishing to engage in research via the NADP mailing lists. [More] (login required)

Student Finance Stakeholder Interest Group

[10 Jan 2010] For NADP members: New SFSIG Terms of Reference.

Journal of inclusive practice in Further and Higher Education

[18 Dec 2009] Issue 2 of the journal (Neurodiversity) will be available from Monday 21st December.

NADP Autumn Conference

[9 Dec 2009] Notes from the one-day conference The Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT), London, 16 November 2009, are now available.

Chair's Update

[24 Nov 2009] November 2009 Update by NADP's Chair Nicola Martin.

Hopkins Review

[6 Nov 2009] The NADP Board of Directors have submitted a paper of evidence for Professior Sir Deian Hopkins Review into Student finance Delivery in England 2009.

Disabled Students Allowances

[6 Nov 2009] NADP report on DSAs situation sent to parliamentarians asking questions in both houses this week.

NADP Action Plan

[5 Nov 2009] For NADP members: Download the NADP Action Plan 2009-2010. (login required)

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NADO One-Day Autumn Conference on Dyslexia

Following the highly successful One-Day Spring Conference on Dyslexia held in March 2004, NADO repeated this event in November 2004.

[Word icon] Download the notes taken by Nicola Hobson at this conference (MS Word .doc, 175 Kb).

Key Note Speakers were:

  • Dr Chris Singleton, Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology, University of Hull: Dyslexia in Further and Higher Education Recent Developments
  • Professor John Stein, Lecturer in Neurophysiology, Oxford University Medical School: Dyslexia and VI (Visual Impairment)
  • Dr Andi Sanderson, Post-16 Education Consultant, iANSYST Ltd.: The Difficulties faced by Students with Deafness and Dyslexia
  • Dr Ian Smythe, International Dyslexia Consultant: Dyslexia and EAL (English as an Additional Language)
  • Dr David Grant, Chartered Psychologist: Dyslexia when combined with Chronic Medical Conditions