Robert McLaren is Head of Industry Technology and Innovation at Policy Connect, a cross party collaborative think tank. He specialises in assistive technology policy including managing the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Technology. Before joining Policy Connect in 2017, Robert worked within the assistive technology sector providing technology training and study skills tuition to disabled people in universities and the workplace, and consultancy services for organisations in the sector. He is dyslexic and was first introduced to assistive technology when he received a Disabled Student’s Allowance as an undergraduate.
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New regulations for online learning accessibility
New regulations on the accessibility of online materials have huge implications for universities, as Robert McLaren explains.
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Could TEF be good news for disabled students?
The use of split metrics in the TEF could incentivise universities to do more to support disabled students’ attainment and employment prospects, and perhaps make up some of the way for recent cuts to DSA, argues Robert M