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5. Promoting a supportive working and learning environment Identified Action 5.1 Take action to have more appropriate action to respond to employees and students with mental health problems 5.2 Look to developing Access to Work (AtoW) procedures for Deaf staff 5.3 Awareness raising training and support for staff to improve services to disabled people Source Disability Equality Scheme Working Group and SEE ME campaign CHESS conference CHESS Conference & Equality Forward report 2006 Link to general duty Promote positive attitudes towards disabled persons Promote positive attitudes towards disabled persons Promote positive attitudes towards disabled persons Priority Medium Responsible Officer/Area and Resources Equality and Diversity Advisor/HR/SWS Target Update Deadline Flexible mechanisms in place to be personcentred High HR Systems in place to provide BSL interpreters for conferences/training Medium/High dependent on identified needs HR Disability Adviser Routine training on disability offered through staff development strategy • Work currently underway to establish mechanisms for student population. Activity to meet the needs of staff as well. • Link to being a 2-tick employer • Link to being a 2-tick employer? January 2007 August 2007 January 2007 50
5. Promoting a supportive working and learning environment Identified Action 5.4 Look at possibility of targeting some adverts toward disabled people Source Equality Forward report 2006 Link to general duty Promote positive attitudes towards disabled persons Priority Responsible Officer/Area and Resources Medium HR Include specific adverts in Disability publications Target Update Deadline • Does this link to being a 2-tick employer? January 2007 5.5 Questionnaires across the University to include equalities profiling questions DES feedback and legislation Promote positive attitudes towards disabled persons High ALL All questionnaires include profiling questions • Patchy across the University. Some work required to demonstrate need and use of data August 2007 51
Page 1 and 2: HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY DISABILITY E
Page 3 and 4: Foreword At Heriot-Watt University,
Page 5 and 6: Outline of DES processes March 2006
Page 7 and 8: for a holistic approach to equality
Page 9 and 10: 1.21 Heriot-Watt University’s Mis
Page 11 and 12: job or course. The University recog
Page 13 and 14: Table 1.1: Adults with a disability
Page 15 and 16: students who have disclosed a disab
Page 17 and 18: have glass rear walls, thus allowin
Page 19 and 20: 3. Impact Assessment 3.1 ‘The Dut
Page 21 and 22: 4. Information Gathering and Challe
Page 23 and 24: 4.12 Conflicting Priorities. In the
Page 25 and 26: In meeting the above, the Universit
Page 27 and 28: Appendix iii Heriot-Watt University
Page 29 and 30: Appendix iv Monitoring and Reportin
Page 31 and 32: DRC Check List for Higher Education
Page 33 and 34: Appendix V: Heriot-Watt University
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Page 37 and 38: 2. Ensure accessibility of Heriot-W
Page 47 and 48: 3. Ensure that web-based technology
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