"Inclusivity and Diversity" is structured round the life-cycle and day to day experiences of staff and students as they make contact with each other. With reference to international examples and best practice, it covers a wider range of useful topics under the Inclusivity and Diversity heading so that teachers will have quick access to guidelines on relevant themes: dyslexia and specific learning difficulties; mental health; gender and sexual orientation; wheelchairs users and mobility difficulties; deaf or hard of hearing students; finance and employment; blind or partially sighted students; students with autistic spectrum disorders; unseen disabilities such as diabetes and epilepsy; and, ethnicity, culture, class, language and religion.Covering issues commonly encountered but rarely discussed including: student drinking, working habits, child-care, short term ill-health and attendance, this book is written for all practitioners in higher education today - particularly those new lecturers meeting their students for the first time - who need to develop a better understanding of the issues involved in teaching a diverse range of students.
