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August 10, 2017 0

Ministers ‘failed to consider impact of rules that would cut university access’

Ministers have effectively admitted introducing a policy that will prevent many disabled students from entering higher education, without knowing how much money it would save or how many young disabled people would be affected. The admission came in response to a freedom of information (FoI) request that sought to clarify the potential impact of

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Lord Addington speaking in the House of Lords

August 3, 2017 0

Universal credit rules ‘could bar many disabled students from university’

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Many disabled students could effectively be barred from higher education because of the introduction of the government’s new universal credit, according to MPs and peers who have written to the minister for employment. The seven MPs and peers, all members of the all-party parliamentary group for disability, have joined the new chief executive of

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April 6, 2017

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Inclusive education campaigners blame ‘ideological shift’ for rise in segregation

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Campaigners have blamed funding cuts and an “ideological shift” for a sharp rise in the proportion of disabled children being educated in special schools over the last four years. Figures from the Local Government Association (LGA) show the proportion of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who attend a special school in

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March 9, 2017

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Spring budget: New free schools funding ‘shows utter disregard for human rights’

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New funding for free schools worth hundreds of millions of pounds shows the government has an “utter disregard” for the human rights of disabled children and young people, say campaigners. Yesterday’s budget saw the government announce £320 million in funding to set up 140 new free schools. Many of them are likely to be

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February 9, 2017

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DfE finally admits: ‘We didn’t assess equality impact of grammar school expansion’

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The government has finally admitted that it failed to assess the impact on disabled children and young people of its “discriminatory” plans to expand grammar schools in England. The Department for Education (DfE) has previously refused to say if it carried out an equality impact assessment (EIA) on its consultation paper, Schools That Work

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January 26, 2017

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Minister warned over rights after launching residential special school review

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Continuing to fund residential special schools is a breach of the human rights of disabled young people, campaigners have warned the government after it launched a review of provision. The Department for Education (DfE) this week launched an independent review to examine the “outcomes and experiences” of children and young people attending residential special

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December 1, 2016

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Campaign calls on supporters to tell ministers: ‘Educate, don’t segregate’

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A new campaign is calling on disabled people and their allies to show their opposition to “deeply flawed” and “discriminatory” government plans to increase provision of grammar schools in England. The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE) is hoping that its Educate Don’t Segregate campaign will highlight how expanding selective education will lead to a

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Mabel Cooper being interviewed in the film

November 24, 2016

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New web resource brings eugenicist history of long-stay hospitals to life

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Campaigners hope that a new website will educate children – and their teachers – about the “eugenicist agitation” that led to tens of thousands of people with learning difficulties being incarcerated for life throughout much of the twentieth century. The new educational resource* is built around the film No Longer Shut Up (pictured), which tells

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September 15, 2016

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Grammar school plans ‘ignore impact on disabled pupils’

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The government failed to take any account of the impact on disabled pupils of its “discriminatory” plans to expand grammar schools in England, say campaigners. A government consultation paper published this week, Schools That Work For Everyone, includes plans to remove the ban on opening new grammar schools in England. But there is not

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September 8, 2016

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UN’s ‘fantastic’ inclusive education guidance is ‘embarrassment’ for UK government

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Strict new guidance published by the United Nations has increased pressure on the UK government to abandon its opposition to an inclusive education system, say campaigners. The guidance, published by the committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (CRPD), makes it clear that all segregated education should end, and be replaced by “inclusive

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