Training Needs Analysis Questionnaire

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1. Position held

Academic

Research

Other - please specify:

2. Hours of work

Full-time

Part-time

3. Main subject area

Please select Art, Design and Communication studies Bioscience Business, Management and Accountancy Economics Engineering English Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Health Sciences and Practice History, Classics and Archaeology Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Information and Computer Sciences Languages and Linguistics Law Materials Mathematics Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine Performing Arts Philosophical and Religious Studies Physical Sciences Psychology Social Policy and Social Work Sociology, Anthropology and Politics The Built Environment

4. University

UMIST

University of Manchester

University of Salford

Manchester Metropolitan University

5. How much time have you spent attending staff development events in the last two years?

Please select None (go to question 9) 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours 6 hours 7 hours 8 hours 9 hours 10 hours 10-15 hours 16-20 hours more than 20

6. How much time have you spent attending staff development events related to disability in the last two years?

Please select None (go to question 9) 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 4 hours 5 hours 6 hours 7 hours 8 hours 9 hours 10 hours more than 10

7. Please indicate the main topic/s of coverage of the disability related training

General Disability Awareness event

Impairment specific training e.g. visual impairment, hearing impairment

Dyslexia

Disability Discrimination Act

QAA Code of Practice

IT and disabled students

Making information and teaching accessible

Other - please specify:

8. In what ways did the training related to disability change
a) your attitudes and
b) your methods of teaching and supporting disabled students?

9. How high on your list of priorities is attending staff development courses related to disability issues?

Please select 1 (Top of list) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Not on list)

10. In terms of teaching, how important do you rate issues relating to disabled students?

Please select 1 (Very important) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Not important)

11. How confident do you feel about teaching disabled students?

Please select 1 (Very confident) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Not at all confident)

12. How much time would you be prepared to commit to training related to disability over the next 2 years?

None (go to question 14)

1-3 Hours

4-10 hours

More than 10 hours

13. What are your reasons for wanting to attend disability training?

Improve my awareness of disability

Need to develop my teaching methods

General interest

Part of my role

Compulsory

Currently/Will be teaching a disabled student

Find out about legislation/legal issues

Have personal experience of disability

Subject Review preparation

Other - please specify:

14. What are the barriers that stop you from attending disability training?

No time

Not interested

Already attended training

Already aware of the issues

Don't teach many disabled students

Events in the past haven't been useful

I don't feel it is my responsibility

Events clash with my timetable

Other - please specify:

15. If you are interested in attending events in the future what areas would you like to see covered?

General disability awareness training

Supporting dyslexic students

What is dyslexia?

Supporting deaf students

Practical advice regarding teaching disabled students

Assistive/enabling technology

Disability, Education and the Law

The QAA Code of Practice and its implications

Disabled students experiences of higher education

Assessment and examination issues

Other - please specify:

16. If disability information was made available in the following ways, which would you be likely to use?

A certificated course over a number of days/weeks

Full day sessions

Am or PM sessions

Lunchtime briefings

Group sessions

Workshop

Online learning

Distance learning

Lecture

Conference

Information on the www

Books/guides/leaflets

Other - please specify:

17. Do you have any further comments regarding any of the above questions or disability-related training?

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