Research

Improving outcomes for disabled students – working papers, update 2024

This report has been authored and published by Lead Scotland and grew out of a research project that was originally developed with Advance HE in 2019. In 2019 the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) co-hosted the ‘Improving outcomes for disabled students’ advisory group with Lead Scotland, which brought students, parents and sector professionals together to identify […]

Posted: Friday, October 25th, 2024

Improving disabled learners’ progression through learning in colleges (Feb. 2015)

Background Recent research from the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) found that disabled learners in colleges are not progressing as well through Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) levels as well as non-disabled learners. ECU therefore asked Lead Scotland to carry out research to find out why this might be happening. We therefore conducted two surveys […]

Posted: Friday, December 4th, 2015