[LINK] Agenda for Australian higher education 2013-2016

[Liddy Nevile]

oh dear!


On 28/02/2013, at 8:28 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:

> 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.
>
> Also the web site the document was on had some problems:
>
> * A-Check Accessibility Review (Guidelines WCAG 2.0 Level AA): 7  
> Known Problems: http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php
>
> * W3C Markup Validation Service: 8 errors: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smartestinvestment.com.au%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0
>
> * W3C mobileOK Checker: 0 out of 100 (lowest possible score) with 3  
> critical, 1 severe, 3 medium and 4 low failures: http://validator.w3.org/mobile/check?task=20130227082703158.mobile2&docAddr=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smartestinvestment.com.au%2F
>
>
> -- 
> Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150
> PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia  http://www.tomw.net.au
> Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards
> Legislation
>
> Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science,
> Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/