this week in social inclusion

DATE CLAIMER: Pathways 10 National Conference, 1-3 December, Brisbane

The Pathways 10 National Conference will be held in Brisbane at the Southbank Institute of Technology from Wednesday 1 December to Friday 3 December 2010. Some pre-conference activities will also be held but all of this will be confirmed once the program starts to take shape.

The theme of the conference will be Creating Space for People with Disabilities in Tertiary Education. The concept of Creating Space will be developed through a number of topics such as Creating Space in the widening participation agenda and national priorities; curriculum development; teaching and learning including assessment; in the workplace and professions.

Within these areas, the conference organizers would like to create space for people to share not only their good practice but also their ideas and concerns. They want to ensure that there is not only space on the program for discussion around the big picture but also more specific concerns. They are currently exploring the possibility of conducting some pre-conference online discussion fora so that papers, workshops and discussion can build from a shared understanding of key issues/approaches and so on.

The conference will bring together a broad cross-section of stakeholders including people from the school, VET and higher education and state and federal government sectors; students, as well as employers, and professional registration bodies.