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The Learning Experience of Students with Disabilities in Higher Education. A case study of a UK university

Pages 85-101 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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Lynne Kendall. (2018) Supporting students with disabilities within a UK university: Lecturer perspectives. Innovations in Education and Teaching International 55:6, pages 694-703.
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Lois MacCullagh. (2014) Participation and experiences of students with dyslexia in higher education: a literature review with an Australian focus. Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties 19:2, pages 93-111.
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Anabel Moriña, María Dolores Cortés & Noelia Melero. (2014) Inclusive curricula in Spanish higher education? Students with disabilities speak out. Disability & Society 29:1, pages 44-57.
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Karen Beauchamp-Pryor. (2012) From absent to active voices: securing disability equality within higher education. International Journal of Inclusive Education 16:3, pages 283-295.
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Manuel Madriaga, Katie Hanson, Helen Kay & Ann Walker. (2011) Marking-out normalcy and disability in higher education. British Journal of Sociology of Education 32:6, pages 901-920.
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Synnove Brandt. (2011) From Policy to Practice in Higher Education: The experiences of disabled students in Norway. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 58:2, pages 107-120.
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Manuel Madriaga, Katie Hanson, Caroline Heaton, Helen Kay, Sarah Newitt & Ann Walker. (2010) Confronting similar challenges? Disabled and non‐disabled students’ learning and assessment experiences. Studies in Higher Education 35:6, pages 647-658.
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Mary Thornton, Patricia Bricheno, Ponni Iyer, Ivan Reid, Govardhan Wankhede & Roger Green. (2010) Diversity and social integration on higher education campuses in India and the UK: student and staff perspectives. Research in Post-Compulsory Education 15:2, pages 159-176.
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Manuel Madriaga & Dan Goodley. (2010) Moving beyond the minimum: socially just pedagogies and Asperger’s syndrome in UK higher education. International Journal of Inclusive Education 14:2, pages 115-131.
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Philip Vickerman & Milly Blundell. (2010) Hearing the voices of disabled students in higher education. Disability & Society 25:1, pages 21-32.
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Carolyn Bruce, Ann Parker & Laura Renfrew. (2006) ‘Helping or something’: perceptions of students with aphasia and tutors in further education. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders 41:2, pages 137-154.
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Tim Hall , Mick Healey & Margaret Harrison. (2004) Fieldwork and disabled students: discourses of exclusion and inclusion. Journal of Geography in Higher Education 28:2, pages 255-280.
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Mary Fuller , Mick Healey, Andrew Bradley & Tim Hall. (2004) Barriers to learning: a systematic study of the experience of disabled students in one university. Studies in Higher Education 29:3, pages 303-318.
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Sarah Holloway. (2001) The Experience of Higher Education from the Perspective of Disabled Students. Disability & Society 16:4, pages 597-615.
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Viv Parker. (2000) Developing a code of practice for disability coordinators. European Journal of Special Needs Education 15:3, pages 275-284.
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