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This project was funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education -https://www.teachingandlearning.ie/

The project was led by Dr. Shivaun Quinlivan and Professor Lucy-Ann Buckley. 

Inclusive Learning project arose out of the recognition that our student body is becoming increasingly diverse and that higher education institutions need to respond to that diversity, to listen to the student experience, and to act to ensure that all students experience a truly inclusive learning environment and therefore a sense of belonging.

The Inclusive Learning project had several aims. First we sought to develop a model to empower the student voice – we did this through partnership and co-creation with students at all stages of the project. This contributed to a stronger culture of student partnership in the University.  A second goal was raising staff awareness of issues experienced by students. An outcome of this project was the strong take up of Ally for LMS (now Anthology Ally), and while initially rolled out under our project, Ally is now centrally funded.  We also led on UDL in the University, both through training staff and influencing policy at institutional level. Finally we wanted to provide an evidence base on the student experience of inclusion and exclusion, and to use that evidence base to influence policy and practice in the institution – for example the introduction of a student reasonable accommodation policy (now achieved).

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Click here to watch the accompanying video about the report.