Disabled Students in Welsh Higher Education: A Framework for Equality and Inclusion -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- FOREWORD -- REFERENCES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PART ONE: PERCEPTIONS, PRIORITIES AND POWER -- CHAPTER 1: THE CONTEXTE: quality, Rights and Inclusion -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE -- Included, But Not Inclusion -- Research Data and Findings -- Welsh Politics and Policy -- METHODOLOGY -- THE STRUCTURE OF THE VOLUME -- NOTE -- CHAPTER 2: COMPETING TENSIONS: Legislative Steps towards Inclusion -- INTRODUCTION -- COMPETING TENSIONS -- IN WHOSE INTERESTS? -- CONSULTATION AND INVOLVEMENT -- REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION -- A NEW FOCUS -- CHAPTER 3: WELSH POLITICS AND POLICYMAKING: Inclusion in Welsh Higher Education -- INTRODUCTION -- WELSH POLICY AND POLICYMAKING -- EARLY POLICY INITIATIVES -- ACCESSING HIGHER EDUCATION IN WALES -- Disability and the Widening Participation Agenda -- Student Choice of University -- EQUALITY AND INCLUSION: ECHOING TENSIONS -- A Traditional Approach: 1999-2004 -- A Progressive Approach: 2005 onwards -- BATTLES PERSIST -- CHAPTER 4: HOW REPRESENTATIVE ARE DISABLED STUDENTS IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM? -- INTRODUCTION -- BASE LEVEL REPRESENTATION OF DISABLED STUDENTS -- HIGHER EDUCATION PARTICIPATION RATES -- Impairment -- Subject of Study -- Mode of Study -- Student Achievement -- Gender, Ethnicity and Social Class -- IN SUMMARY -- NOTE -- PART TWO: THE CASE STUDY UNIVERSITY -- CHAPTER 5: AN INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE TO EQUALITY AND INCLUSION -- INTRODUCTION -- CHALLENGING INEQUALITY AND OPPRESSION -- TENSIONS WITHIN POLICY APPROACHES: WELFARE VERSUS RIGHTS -- PROMOTING EQUALITY: THE BENEFIT OF CONSULTATION -- An Example of the Benefits of Consultation: Estates Policy, Provision and Practice -- LACK OF POWER: FEEDBACK AND COMPLAINTS.

CONSULTATION, CHOICE AND CONTROL -- OPPRESSIVE PRACTICE -- Applying to Higher Education -- Examination and Assessment Provision -- AN INCLUSIVE APPROACH -- CHANGES AND CHALLENGES -- CHAPTER 6: ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSE TO EQUALITY AND INCLUSION -- INTRODUCTION -- AN OVERVIEW -- POLICY, PROVISION AND PRACTICE -- IMPLEMENTING INCLUSIVE PRACTICE -- THE MEANING OF DISABILITY -- DISEMPOWERMENT -- CHAPTER 7: STUDENT EXPERIENCE: Inequality and Exclusion -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PAST AND THE PRESENT -- Independence -- Previous Educational Experience -- Friendships -- Socialising -- TOWARDS EQUALITY AND INCLUSION -- Involvement -- Student Union Representation -- Combating Discrimination -- 'FITTING IN' -- PART THREE: AN EQUALITY AND INCLUSIVE FRAMEWORK -- CHAPTER 8: A COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY -- INTRODUCTION -- EQUALITY AND RIGHTS -- QUESTIONING, DELIBERATING AND DEBATING -- Legislative Knowledge -- The Meaning of Disability -- The Meaning of Inclusion -- The Meaning of Involvement -- Use of Appropriate Language -- Responsibility -- Monitoring and Evaluation -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.