Why Attend?

Want to make your teaching more accessible and engaging for all students? Join our interactive CPD workshop where we’ll explore practical ways to create more equitable learning experiences that support the diverse needs of your learners. You will gain:

• An awareness of why inclusive design matters in higher education

• Insights into Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and how it can enhance your teaching. 

• Inclusive strategies that can be applied to different contexts such as lectures, seminars, and practicals

• A set of transferable guidelines to use across different teaching contexts

This session is open to all academic staff looking to make their teaching more equitable, effective, and engaging. Whether you’re planning large lectures, leading seminars, updating your Moodle resources or facilitating hands-on practicals or workshops, you’ll leave with actionable strategies to support a diverse range of students.

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Identify barriers to learning that students may face due to diverse needs and backgrounds

• Describe the three key principles of Universal Design for Learning (Multiple Means of Engagement, Representation, and Action & Expression).

• Evaluate teaching contexts (lectures, seminars, practicals) through an inclusive lens

• Develop a set of inclusive design guidelines which you can apply to these contexts