Inclusion
We support departments in their work in widening participation and enhancing the learning experience of students from all backgrounds. Research also shows relatively few students with physical or sensory disabilities participate in performing arts higher education. Many challenges are faced in providing the necessary support for those students who are currently being taught, particularly on courses where there is an emphasis on practical (technical and creative) skill development.
PALATINE events which have discussed inclusion include:
Visual Impairment & Performing Arts Courses (2002), Diversity and Difference in Group Work (2002), Dealing with Difference: widening participation issues in music (2004) and Moving Matters: supporting disabled dance students in HE (2007).
PALATINE Development Awards involving inclusion include:
Learning Difficulties in Practical Dance Study (2003), Music and Social Class: Implications of Widening Participation in Higher Education for Student Experience of Teaching and Learning in Music (2004), An Equal Reflection (2006), Moving Matters: Supporting Disabled Dance Students in HE – Developing a Best Practice Resource (2008), Bringing the Practical into Practice: Developing Practical Teaching Aids for Dyslexic Dance Students (2008).
Higher Education Academy
Inclusion Special Interest Group
Strategic approaches to disabled student engagement (2010)
Mental Health in Higher Education (mhhe)
Widening Participation Resources
Improving the experiences of disabled students in higher education (Angela Jacklin et al, 2006)
Embedding widening participation and promoting student diversity: What can be learned from a business case approach (Jenny Shaw et al, 2007)
JISC TechDis
Being Inclusive in the Creative and Performing Arts (BICPA)
The eight partners of CADISE (The Consortium of Arts and Design Institutions in Southern England) collaborated on a HEFCE funded project which aimed to improve the design and delivery of programmes of study within the creative and performing arts.
The BICPA project has developed a portfolio of case studies which will provide practical information and advice for teaching staff, backed up by a programme of staff and educational development sessions.
National Arts Learning Network
The National Arts Learning Network brings together specialist art, design and performing arts institutions, working to widen participation in higher education.
Music and Inclusivity CETL
The CETL, a partnership between all the universities of the North East in association with The Sage Gateshead, comprises 12 innovative curriculum development projects all of which address inclusivity by both broadening music education to encompass students of diverse backgrounds and promoting all musical practices that stake a claim to a place in contemporary culture; popular, classical, folk and traditional, brass band, new or avant garde, and world musics.
Publications
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LATHE), Issue 3, 2007-08, Scholarship of Inclusive Curricula.