{"id":17,"date":"2022-09-01T08:38:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T08:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-08-29T12:19:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T12:19:31","slug":"inclusive-teaching-and-learning-at-reading","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive Teaching and Learning at Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/inclusive-teaching-learning.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/inclusive-teaching-learning.jpg 562w, https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/inclusive-teaching-learning-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/awarding-gaps-.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/awarding-gaps-.jpg 562w, https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/awarding-gaps--300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Vision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We aspire for the University of Reading to be an environment that respects and supports the needs of individual learners from all diverse backgrounds and in doing so enriches the wider collective student experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/our-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about Our Vision\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Does Inclusion Matter?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The creation of a diverse and inclusive learning community is at the very core of what it means to be a university. We take it to be self-evident that learning requires openness to new ideas and to different ways of thinking about and experiencing the world. Universities are places of learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/our-vision\/#why-inclusion\" data-type=\"URL\">Read more about Why Does Inclusion Matter?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/inclusive-teaching-environments-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/inclusive-teaching-environments-1-1.jpg 563w, https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/inclusive-teaching-environments-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/our-vision.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/our-vision.jpg 562w, https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/our-vision-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching and Learning is Inclusive When&#8230;<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inclusive Learning Environments: Case Studies in Inclusion<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All students feel safe and secure in their learning environment, with a sense of belonging, connectedness and agency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staff understand, and seek to remove, barriers students may encounter in relation to any aspect of their studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/our-vision\/#when-inclusion\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about Teaching and Learning is inclusive when&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Read about what motivates our academics to make learning inclusive, and how teaching and learning can be made inclusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sitesd.reading.ac.uk\/inclusive-teaching-and-learning\/case-studies\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"145\">Read more about our Case Studies&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources for Inclusive Teaching and Learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inclusive Curriculum Content<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/engaging-everyone\/\">Curriculum Framework: Engaging Everyone Toolkit<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 comprises What is Inclusive Practice, Inclusive Curriculum Design, Inclusive Curriculum Delivery, Inclusive T&amp;L Resources, and Student Engagement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/diversity\/-\/media\/project\/functions\/diversity\/documents\/resources-to-decolonise-curriculum.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=ECBACCB2F702F549243CAFDABC64F0A3#:~:text=Decolonising%20the%20curriculum%20is%20about,live%20in%20a%20diverse%20world.\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/diversity\/-\/media\/project\/functions\/diversity\/documents\/resources-to-decolonise-curriculum.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=ECBACCB2F702F549243CAFDABC64F0A3#:~:text=Decolonising%20the%20curriculum%20is%20about,live%20in%20a%20diverse%20world.\"><strong>Decolonising the Curriculum resources<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 compiled by UoR&#8217;s Decolonising the Curriculum Working Group. This resource includes case studies and a question-led method for decolonising your teaching, learning and assessment practices. Please note: this is Phase 1 of the Working Group project; further resources will follow in September 2023. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inclusive Feedback and Assessment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\">Curriculum Framework: Assessment Toolkit: Diversifying Assessment <\/a><\/strong>\u2013 comprises advice on varied assessment, choice of assessment, authentic assessment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/diversity\/-\/media\/project\/functions\/diversity\/documents\/resources-to-decolonise-curriculum.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=ECBACCB2F702F549243CAFDABC64F0A3#:~:text=Decolonising%20the%20curriculum%20is%20about,live%20in%20a%20diverse%20world.\">Decolonising the Curriculum<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 question-led approaches to decolonising assessment can be found on pp13-14. More advice on decolonising assessment will be included in the Phase 2 resource package, which is due to be published September 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See the Disability Advisory Service&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/disability\/closed\/information-for-staff\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Information for Staff page<\/strong><\/a> for information regarding individual adjustments to assessment (requires a UoR staff login). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inclusive Learning Materials<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/key-topic-making-your-blackboard-course-accessible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blackboard Ally for staff<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 check the accessibility of your learning content.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-for-students\/2018\/09\/21\/blackboard-ally-getting-started-with-alternative-accessible-formats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard Ally for students<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 provision of alternative formats for learning materials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/digitalaccessibilityintl\/\"><strong>Digital Accessibility in T&amp;L<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Advice on how to create accessible learning resources and experiences, ensuring your Blackboard content is accessible and using Blackboard&#8217;s Ally tool. Accessibility personas with practical strategies you can use in your teaching.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/inclusive-teaching-learning-resources\/\"><strong>Inclusive Teaching and Learning Resources<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/digital-accessibility\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/digital-accessibility\/\"><strong>University Digital Accessibility Resources<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 visit the University Digital Accessibility area to understand how digital accessibility could be improved for <em>all <\/em>digital content. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inclusive Cultures<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/student-voice-partnership\/\">Curriculum Framework: Student Voice and Partnership Toolkit<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 comprises Student Engagement, Student-Staff Partnerships, Building an Academic Community, Closing the Feedback Loop. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/engaging-everyone-student-engagement\/\"><strong>Curriculum Framework: Engaging Everyone Toolkit: Student Engagement<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 comprises Transition to University Learning, Creating a Sense of Belonging.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/academic-transitions\/\"><strong>Student Academic Transitions Toolkit<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inclusive Teaching Environments<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/cqsd\/-\/media\/project\/functions\/cqsd\/documents\/ade\/aligning-space-and-pedagogy.pdf\">Aligning Space and Pedagogy Guide<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 provides guidance on designing learning activities for specific seating configurations.&nbsp;In a face-to-face on campus teaching you may be in a lecture theatre, lab or other designated teaching room.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Voice \/ Partnership<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/essentials\/Projects-and-Partnerships\"><strong>Projects and partnerships<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Essentials (student facing pages)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/diversity\/-\/media\/project\/functions\/diversity\/documents\/resources-to-decolonise-curriculum.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=ECBACCB2F702F549243CAFDABC64F0A3#:~:text=Decolonising%20the%20curriculum%20is%20about,live%20in%20a%20diverse%20world.\"><strong>Decolonising the Curriculum<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 advice for decolonising modules and programmes from the student perspective can be found on pp25-6.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/essentials\/Diversity-and-Inclusion\/inclusion-consultants\"><strong>Inclusion Consultants <\/strong><\/a>\u2013 find out more about the Inclusion Consultants, who are University of Reading students employed to advise colleagues on how to make their modules and services more accessible and inclusive to our diverse student community.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/student-partners-and-the-student-panel\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/curriculum-framework\/student-partners-and-the-student-panel\/\"><strong>Student Partners and Student Panel<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 follow the link to find out more about our teaching and learning student partnership schemes, supported by the Centre for Quality Support and Development (CQSD).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Policy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/cqsd\/-\/media\/project\/functions\/cqsd\/documents\/qap\/policy-on-inclusive-practice-in-teaching-and-learn.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=C75069F88C491D101BEA021A0FC8DBDC\">University\u2019s&nbsp;Policy on Inclusive Practice<\/a><\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disability information and reasonable adjustments guidance <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The following pages and documents, created and hosted by the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/essentials\/support-and-wellbeing\/disability\/disability-advisory-service\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Disability Advisory Service (DAS)<\/strong><\/a>, require a UoR staff login to access:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/disability\/closed\/information-for-staff\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/disability\/closed\/information-for-staff\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Disability information for representatives and staff<\/strong><\/a>, including advice on reasonable adjustments and alternative assessments. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you&#8217;d like further guidance on understanding when an adjustment is reasonable, see <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/disability\/-\/media\/project\/functions\/disability-information\/documents\/ra-flowchart-guidance-_sep-2023.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=78F05A5E8DF1682A1DD1D7C6C73E2A14\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>this guide<\/strong><\/a> and accompanying <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/disability\/-\/media\/project\/functions\/disability-information\/documents\/ra-flowchart-_sep-2023.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=E65C939AB17B6BF38F34CA09109F7AB9\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/disability\/-\/media\/project\/functions\/disability-information\/documents\/ra-flowchart-_sep-2023.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=E65C939AB17B6BF38F34CA09109F7AB9\">decision making flowcha<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/disability\/-\/media\/project\/functions\/disability-information\/documents\/ra-flowchart-_sep-2023.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=E65C939AB17B6BF38F34CA09109F7AB9\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/disability\/-\/media\/project\/functions\/disability-information\/documents\/ra-flowchart-_sep-2023.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=E65C939AB17B6BF38F34CA09109F7AB9\" target=\"_blank\">r<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/disability\/-\/media\/project\/functions\/disability-information\/documents\/ra-flowchart-_sep-2023.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=E65C939AB17B6BF38F34CA09109F7AB9\" data-type=\"URL\" 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