Appendices

to : Analysis of the questionnaire to assess the staff development needs of the DEMOS universities in relation to disability: online and paper-based responses (July 2002)

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Appendix 2

Table 3. Number of Respondents in each of the LTSN subject areas.

Subject area	Number of respondents
Art	14
Bioscience	11
Business Studies	21
Built Environment	3
Education	6
Engineering	7
English	3
Geography	4
History	2
Health	43
Languages	16
Computer Science	14
Law	9
Materials	5
Performing Arts	2
Maths	4
Philosophy	4
Medicine	8
Psychology	5
Physical Science	16
Social Policy	7
Sociology	13

Appendix 3

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

Table 4. Time spent attending staff development events in the last two years.

Number of hours	Number of respondents
None	42
1	9
2	15
3	10
4	14
5	6
6	21
7	1
8	12
9	5
10	15
10-15	29
16-20	28

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Appendix 4

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

Table 5. Time spent attending staff development events related to disability in the last two years.

Number of hours	Number of respondents
None	199
1	15
2	22
3	12
4	10
5	1
6	5
7	0
8	2
9	0
10	1
more than 10	3

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Appendix 5

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

Table 6. Main topic/s of coverage of disability related training.

Topic covered	Number of respondents
General Disability Awareness event	40
Impairment specific (visual, hearing,...)	13
Dyslexia	26
Disability Discrimination Act	11
QAA Code of Practice	2
IT and disabled students	6
Making information and teaching accessible	7
Other	15

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Appendix 6

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

Table 7. Ranking of attending staff development courses related to disability issues in terms of priority.

Priorities	Number of respondents
1	13
2	10
3	27
4	21
5	52
6	22
7	20
8	33
9	17
10	23

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Appendix 7

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

Table 8. Rating of importance of issues relating to disabled students

Importance	Number of respondents
no response	39
1	59
2	27
3	34
4	23
5	35
6	14
7	14
8	13
9	8
10	4

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Appendix 8

How confident do you feel about teaching disabled students?

Table 9. Rating of confidence about teaching disabled students

Confidence	Number of respondents
No response	24
1	14
2	17
3	36
4	35
5	57
6	20
7	25
8	19
9	8
10	15

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Appendix 9

How much time would you be willing to commit to training related to disability over the next two years?

Table 10. Time respondents would be willing to commit to training related to disability over the next two years.

Number of hours	Number of respondents
None	28
1-3	104
4-10	110
10+	28

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Appendix 10

What are your reasons for wanting to attend disability training?

Table 11. Reasons for wanting to attend disability training.

Reasons	Number of respondents
Improve my awareness of disability	160
Need to develop my teaching methods	108
General interest	89
Part of my role	121
Compulsory	4
Currently/Will be teaching a disabled student	46
Find out about legislation/legal issues	84
Have personal experience of disability	26
Subject Review preparation	25
Other	19

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Appendix 11

What are your reasons for not wanting to attend training?

Table 12. Reasons for not wanting to attend training.

Reasons	Number of respondents
No time	81
Not interested	2
Already attended training	13
Already aware of the issues	15
Don't teach many disabled students	61
Events in the past haven't been useful	14
I don't feel it is my responsibility	3
Events clash with my timetable	32
Other	34

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Appendix 12

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

Table 13. areas respondents would like to see covered in future training.

Topic	Number of respondents
General disability awareness training	129
Supporting dyslexic students	108
Supporting deaf students	99
Practical advice re teaching disabled students	131
Assistive/enabling technology	82
Disability, Education and the Law	78
The QAA Code of Practice + its implications	88
Disabled students experiences of higher edu	91
Assessment and examination issues	99
Other	14

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Appendix 13

If you are interested in disability-related training what delivery method would you prefer?

Table 14. Preferred delivery methods for disability-related training.

Delivery method	Number of respondents
Certificated course over days/weeks	41
Full day sessions	46
Am or PM sessions	127
Lunchtime briefings	89
Group sessions	51
Workshop	74
Online learning	78
Distance learning	28
Lecture	40
Conference	17
Information on the WWW	105
Books/guides/leaflets	97

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