Library
The library houses whole documents which may be helpful if you want further information about any issues within this website.
There are case histories, checklists, reports, a glossary of research terminology, information sheets, staff development resources and student materials.
All these resources can be downloaded.
Checklists for auditing postgraduate research degree programmes
- Whole Research Degree Programmes(94KB)
- Careers information, guidance, education and transition to employment(98KB)
Careers Checklist - Supporting Documents
- Sample employer vacancy registration(94KB)
- Service Level Agreement: sample pages for inclusive practice(98KB)
Research Student Case Histories by Disability
- PhD student who is blind(21KB)
- PhD student who is hard of hearing(21KB)
- PhD student who is deaf(32KB)
- PhD student with physical - mobility - impairment(39KB)
- PhD student with mobility impairment(31KB)
- Student with emotional Difficulties(21KB)
- Research degree student with ME(28KB)
- PhD student - being dyslexic(24KB)
- Research student with moderate dyslexia (32KB)
- PhD student who is blind (150KB)
- PhD Student with dyspraxia (32KB)
Case histories of employed graduates with a research degree
- Project director with mobility impairment(25KB)
- Research fellow with cerebral palsy(26KB)
- Student support manager with dyslexia(24KB)
- Broadcasting researcher with RSI(30KB)
- Disabled teacher(28KB)
E-Mentoring Toolkit
Materials to set up short term e-mentoring for disabled research students; students are matched with research degree graduates working in the student’s preferred field of employment.
- E-Mentoring Toolkit(301KB)
Reports on disabled research student issues
- Institution Issues for Disabled PGR Students(150KB)
- What happens next? Destinations of disabled postgraduates(150KB)
Accessible information
- Leaflet on postgraduate research study(42KB)
- Glossary of general research terminology with plain english definitions(42KB)
Research Student Life Cycle
Staff Resources
- 1 Disability issues in research education - contexts(132KB)
- 2 Inclusive admissions(81KB)
- 3 Access to registration(81KB)
- 4 Access to induction(53KB)
- 5 Valuing difference in research environments(97KB)
- 6 Starting research supervision(54KB)
- 7 The language of research(71KB)
- 8 Support in planning and organising research(36KB)
- 9 Supporting intensive reading(72KB)
- 10 Access to incidental learning(35KB)
- 11 Access to fieldwork(43KB)
- 12 Access to academic networks(46KB)
- 13 Access to teaching(51KB)
- 14 Writing the thesis(53KB)
- 15 An accessible viva(58KB)
- 16 Planning and delivering accessible skills develop(49KB)
- 17 Disability advisers - supporting research student(109KB)
- 18 Access to employment(59KB)
- 19 Equal to the task - Recruiting disabled research(31KB)
Student Resources
- Can I do it(18KB)
- Research education(55KB)
- Choosing research education - ca(46KB)
- Writing a research proposal(28KB)
- Planning your research(36KB)
- How do I access support(33KB)
- Starting supervision(42KB)
- The language of research(35KB)
- Managing intensive reading(52KB)
- Writing the thesis(55KB)
- Attending conferences(37KB)
- Preparing for the viva(47KB)
- Access to employment(58KB)
