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Studying in UK as a disabled student
21 August 2018 | News
Caroline Mathiasen has written an article aimed at disabled ... Caroline’s article Caroline is a graduate student in UK and is hearing impaired. Her informative article neatly ... office for disabled students Adjustments Scholarships and loans She has also provided links to additional ...
Your basic right to a qualified interpreter
19 January 2014 | News
Our Health in Your Hands has launched a campaign for the Deaf community about your rights to an interpreter. The campaign explains that you have a right ... interpreter in a healthcare setting like a hospital and a GP surgery when you need one. All interpreters must be ...
Disabled People in HE Leadership tenders
23 January 2014 | News
... addition its series of stimulus papers. ‘Disabled People in Higher Education Leadership’ will be the next paper to be launched in their Leading Equality and Diversity theme. Details of the project and how to submit a tender are on their website at ...
Disabled children ‘dumped’ in Ukraine
04 May 2022 | News
Thousands of disabled Ukrainian children have been abandoned in institutions that can’t look after them, according to ...
We're Recruiting - Data & Insight Officer
09 November 2023 | Opportunity
Disability Rights UK (DR UK) is excited to recruit a Data & Insight Officer. The chosen candidate will join DR UK at an exciting time for us. In ... Rights UK towards our aim of becoming a data informed and driven organisation. The job description and person ...
An important message from DR UK CEO Liz Sayce
16 January 2017 | News
... you know that after 10 years as CEO of Disability Rights UK and its legacy charity Radar, I’ve decided the time is ... of the hardest decisions I’ve made as I love this job, in particular the incredible team, the great relationships ... successfully for specific changes to proposals on issues including PIP, housing benefit and social care. But ...
Eighty civil society groups reveal UK failure to meet anti-torture obligations
06 May 2019 | News
Today and tomorrow in Geneva, the UK will face scrutiny for its record on torture and ill-treatment at home and abroad, as the UN Committee ... against Torture as part of its sixth periodic review. Nearly 80 UK civil society groups and experts have submitted ...
Statement on Black Lives Matter from DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick
09 June 2020 | News
From its inception, Disability Rights UK has been strongly committed to the principles of human rights and equal rights. We have watched the rise of the Black Lives Matter protests in the past week and stand firm with the intention of those protesting. We ...
SEND Tribunal Appeals at a record high
19 December 2023 | News
The number of parents having to appeal Local Authority SEND decisions has reached a ... . This is an increase of 24% from the previous year, and four times the number of appeals since 2014/15 when the ... also now twice as many statutory SEN plans than there were nearly 10 years ago, the increase in appeals and tribunals is ...
Getting Things Changed Conference
24 May 2018 | News
... exclusionary or downright abusive’ practices, according to a major research project looking at issues facing those with disabilities in the UK today. ... insights into the many barriers faced by disabled people and indicated some of the changes which need to happen. The ...