Community of Inclusive Practice

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Welcome to the Community of Inclusive Practice. Read more about:

Who we are
Our work and achievements to date
Our future plans
Group members and contacts

Who are we?

Our vision is to build a community that is both informed and inspired to implement and promote inclusive practices and behaviours to enhance belonging, support teaching excellence and deliver an excellent experience for staff and students. We will achieve our vision by working as a community and in partnership with students and practitioners facilitating space for conversation, sharing, signposting, and developing resources and working collaboratively to enhance existing inclusive practice resources within Hallam. We promote inclusive practice to other areas of the university for a more holistic approach.

Read our vision, mission, goals and principles (word document).
Find out more by watching our Community of Practice video.
Join our MS Teams channel.

Our work and achievements to date

	September 2021: working with stakeholders to update our disabled students examination support for 2021/22. Read more about this on the Examinations Service SharePoint site.
	August 2021: our dedicated MS Teams channel for sharing information, asking questions and promoting inclusive ways of working. Join the Community of Inclusive Practice MS Team
	March 2021: In Conversation – a project from an apprenticeship student in collaboration with Academic Development and Diversity, which highlights neurodivergent staff and student experience.
	June 2019: a week of themed events which showcased innovative technology, gave opportunities to explore existing resources, best practice and toolkits whilst supporting the group in improving and developing resources. Visit the ADD>Inclusive Pedagogy and Practice Resources Section for access to presentations and information for this event.

Our future plans

Host CoIP Coffee sessions – with the aim to provide a safe space to share challenges and support, to build a network of experts.
To continue to develop the existing Inclusive Pedagogy and Practice academic resources.
To develop a programme of events, workshops, and resources to support our community, meets the needs of College and Departmental priorities.

These objectives align with the Hallam Model principles, working as a community in partnership to promote and inspire adoption of inclusive practices to deliver an excellent experience for staff and students.