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Are universities offering the right kind of support to students with disabilities?

Support, legislation and funding have all improved for students with disabilities as awareness grows both of their needs and of the benefits brought by diversity. But a report published yesterday suggests a dearth of evidence on which kinds of help are proving effective.

The report, produced by Taso, the Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education, in conjunction with the University of Lincoln, reviewed the evidence on what works to reduce equality gaps for disabled students—and found there wasn’t much.

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