{"id":8125,"date":"2021-03-05T12:30:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T12:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/add\/?p=8125"},"modified":"2021-03-03T14:32:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T14:32:48","slug":"spotlight-on-learning-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/add\/2021\/03\/05\/spotlight-on-learning-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight On: Learning Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt;color: #7a003a\"><strong>Welcome to our Spotlight On Series.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Blog Posts that aim to highlight good practice and support from colleagues at Hallam.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #7a003a\">Today:<\/span> <b>Learning Contracts.<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Catherine McAuley, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior Disability Adviser<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><b>Marissa Hill, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Head of SRAC, SAS.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Nearly 20% of students at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) have informed the university that they are disabled. It is the University\u2019s legal obligation as well as moral duty, to ensure that students are able to access their learning. At SHU, Disabled Student Support (DSS) provide this information in a document called a learning contract.\u00a0 In this Course Leader Fest 2020 session, participants were provided with guidance on the learning contract process:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">What is a learning contract?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">What is in a learning Contract?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">How do students get a Learning Contract?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Where can academics find them?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Resources to support Learning Contract recommendations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Take a look at;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shu.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=f116dc64-2d10-46bf-8c60-acaa00d120ba\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recording of the session 8th December 2020<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sheffieldhallam.sharepoint.com\/sites\/3007\/dss\/SitePages\/Learning-Contracts.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning Contracts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staff.shu.ac.uk\/apps\/OnlineLearningContracts\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Online Learning Contracts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: #4472c4\"><strong>Academic Essentials<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; Hallam Resources A-Z <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/teaching\/hallam-resources-a-z\/?doing_wp_cron=1614781340.5736598968505859375000#LearningContracts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">section L: Learning Contracts<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our Spotlight On Series. Blog Posts that aim to highlight good practice and support from colleagues at Hallam. Today: Learning Contracts. Catherine McAuley, Senior Disability Adviser and Marissa Hill, Head of SRAC, SAS. Nearly 20% of students at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) have informed the university that they are disabled. 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