[LINK] Agenda for Australian higher education 2013-2016

[Tom Worthington]

On 27/02/13 18:45, Liddy Nevile wrote:

> I hope there's something in there about making universities more
> suitable for the many bright people with disabilities ...

Yes, disability is mentioned in the Universities Australia paper:

* Page 12: "opportunity not restricted by the capacity to pay, 
socio-economic background, location, ethnicity, sex, disability or 
religion ..."

* Page 13 policy principle 2: "The opportunity to complete a university 
qualification by Australian citizens is not restricted by the capacity 
to pay, socio-economic background, location, ethnicity, sex, disability 
or religion."

* Page 22, Maintain successful equity programs: "Universities Australia 
recommends that the government maintains real funding per student for 
currently successful programs: the Higher Education Participation and 
Partnerships Program, enabling loading, the Indigenous Support Program 
and the Higher Education Disability Support Program."

From: "A Smarter Australia: An agenda for Australian higher education 
2013-2016", Universities Australia, 27 February 2013: 
http://universitiesaustralia.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Universities-Australia-A-Smarter-Australia.pdf 



Unfortunately some people with a disability may have difficulty reading 
the document, due to the way it is formatted.

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