Are Britain’s Higher Education Institutions Prepared for Prosecution in September 2005 Due to Their Lack of Disabled Access?

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Graham Farrell
Director, Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice; Professor of Criminology, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University

Emily Godson
Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University

Keywords

disabled access, higher education, SENDA

Abstract

"In September 2005, Britain’s higher education institutions become liable to prosecution if a student or staff member believes there to be disability discrimination relating to access to buildings, facilities and other areas. This is because the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (SENDA) made educational institutions responsible for implementing Part IV of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA). This research note presents a case study constituting an audit of one university. Finding that, despite a programme of access, the university lacks many features that would be expected, the study is offered as a shot across the bows to administrators in UK higher education institutions..."
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References

Building Regulations - Approved document M. (2004). Access to and Use of Buildings. Retrieved July 21, 2005, from http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_buildreg/documents/page/odpm_breg_025494.hcsp

Disability Rights Commission. (2002). Code of Practice for Providers of Post-16 Education and Related Services. London: The Stationery Office.

National Foundation for Educational Research (2003). The implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act Part IV in educational establishments: Some evidence from case studies. A report from the National Foundation for Educational Research for the Disability Rights Commission.

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Dec 29, 2014

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Vol. 1 No. 4
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Research Articles and Essays

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Author Biographies

Graham Farrell, Director, Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice; Professor of Criminology, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University

Graham Farrell is director of the Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Professor of Criminology in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University. He has previously taught at the University of Cincinnati and at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Emily Godson, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University

Emily Godson graduated from the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University in 2005 having prepared a research thesis focused upon disabled access. The thesis formed the basis for the present study.