Resources

To help our university community be as inclusive as possible, we have developed the Inclusive Higher Education Framework and an accompanying toolkit of resources.

Inclusive Higher Education Framework
The framework and accompanying explanations
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Combined Checklists
Understand the breadth and depth of inclusive practice
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Simple steps for more Inclusive Education

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Meet with your students regularly and get to know them as people – find out what their aspirations are, and any barriers to success they are experiencing.

Work in partnership with students where possible so that you are co-creating the learning environment, or getting meaningful feedback about student needs and views.

Signpost to relevant support services. Professional services teams can provide excellent support, but students may not be aware of them or might be reluctant to engage with them without active encouragement.

Review the language you use in student communications – are you being as clear as you could be? All students benefit from clear communication, but it is especially important for students who might not be familiar with university terminology, or those studying in a second language.

Add your pronouns (e.g., she/her, they/them) when you introduce yourself. This tells everyone that you don’t make assumptions about gender, which is more inclusive for trans and non-binary students.

Use the microphone in teaching spaces, whether you think you need to or not. Students with hearing impairments might be relying on the audio provided via the microphone.

Use the accessibility tools in your Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) to check your sites are inclusive.

Include alt-text on images in online content wherever possible. This means that visually impaired students can use the resource.

Record lecture delivery- students unable to attend due to carer commitments or illness for example, can catch up at a more convenient time for them.

Add captions to video content so that hearing impaired students can engage with them – this also helps students viewing content in noisy locations or when commuting.

Inclusive education resources

Designing for Diverse Learners
Simple guidelines to support best practice learning material design.
AdvanceHE members only
AdvanceHE Inclusive learning and teaching in HE Guide.
Universal Design for Learning
Framework to improve and optimise teaching and learning.
Focused feedback
Providing more focused/actionable feedback is beneficial to all students.
Inclusive Assessment Infographic
Written by Elizabeth Ward.
My most memorable mentors?
Article from Prof. Beronda L. Montgomer.
Pronouncing names
The site provides audio and phonetic breakdowns of names, with the opportunity to add names if it is not on the database too.
Namedrop
Hear a recording of how I say my own name. This can help normalise asking people how they pronounce their own.
EDI Resource Bank (Nottingham Trent University)
Bank of articles and reports within Higher Education.
Cup of TEA
Podcast by Teaching Excellence Academy focusing on practices in teaching, learning and assessment.
Marquette University Inclusive Teaching resources
A curated collection of resources around course design and materials, assessment, and supporting inclusion.
Inclusive Teaching, learning and assessment - University of Plymouth
A wide range of resources and guides to help with inclusive teaching, learning and assessments.
Developing Engagement with Feedback Toolkit
Some really good guidance on effective feedback practices, including how students respond to feedback.
Inclusive Learning & Teaching at University of Leeds
Includes a useful bank of resources, info about their ‘inclusive baseline standards’ and a monthly newsletter on inclusive L&T.
Learning & Teaching Toolkit for Programme and Module Conveners
Intended to act as a briefing for programme and module convenors on what ‘decolonising’ learning and teaching might entail.
Education for Mental Health Toolkit
The toolkit makes embedding student mental health in the curriculum accessible.
University of Worcester Inclusion Toolkit
The Inclusion Toolkit has been designed as a set of resources to support embedding inclusion across all aspects of learning and teaching.
St George’s, University of London
The toolkit contains links to guidance and resources for teaching, assessing and providing feedback in an inclusive way.
Inclusive-Learning@York Toolkit
Our toolkit gives guidance on developing inclusive practice and links to further reading and resources.
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