This event took place at Prospero House, London on 17 March 2011.  It was part of an overall project set up by LSIS and funded by the Skills Funding Agency to improve the access and outcomes for D/deaf learners in the further education and skills sector.

The creation of this learner voice event has been a central programme within this project. It has offered a key opportunity for learning and developing a deeper understanding about the challenges faced by D/deaf learners, the impact on their equality of opportunity to access their education and the many different solutions that are appropriate.

The activity to create the event was a true collaboration of different partners working together, with the shared vision – to enable the learners’ voices to be heard and for them to influence those with the power to take action and make a difference for all D/deaf learners in the future.

Agenda (PDF, 103kb)
 
Narrative about the event (PDF, 106kb)

Biographies (PDF, 128kb)

Workshop descriptions (PDF, 99kb)

‘A Cut Too Far’ slides (PDF, 122kb) and ' A Cut Too Far' script (PDF, 242kb)
Written by Brian Kokoruwe and acted by John Stewart, Izabela Adamus, Charlie Hembrow, Habib Anwar, Jo Rowland-Stuart and Brian Kokoruwe

Drama devised and acted by the learners to highlight the barriers they face in accessing and succeeding in further education and skills

Photographs - you can either download directly from Flickr or email Caroline Button (caroline.button@lsis.org.uk) with the references of the photos you require and she will email back to you.