Disability Operations Group
Report an incident via Speak Out
The Disability Operations is made up of
- representatives from University and Students’ Guild teams who get reports about access issues
- disability advocacy groups within the University
- representatives from key teams that can act on these recommendations
Disability Operations is a working group of the Disability Equality Group. We recommend that you use the following services to report and get support:
- Access and maintenance issues – Campus Services Helpdesk
- IT issues
- Ableism and harassment – Speak Out
- Student Advice at the Guild
- Staff Trade Union representatives
- Staff and Student Dignity and Respect Advisors
University
EDI – Beau Bell
EDI – Lena Worwood
AccessAbility – Ian Goodchild
AccessAbility – Jessica Rourke
Estates - Jake Fisher
Senior IT Professional Services Partner - Sarah Menhennett
Deputy Director of Commercial, Residential & Campus Services - Sarah Snow
Infrastrucure Lead, HASS - Andrea Schoefbeck
Infrastructure Lead, ESE - Laura Baxter
Occupational Health - Anna Julian
Digital - Jasmine Barton
Horticulture and Operations Manager - Anthony Cockell
Technical Officer - Tamsin Love
Transformative Education Assistant - Rosie Cornelius-Light
Guild
Chloe Whitworth – Atheletics Union
Thomas Tran – Students’ Guild
Dante Munday – Student’s Guild Advice
User Groups
Trade Union Representative – Alison Black
Neuro Divergent and Disabled Students Society
Disabled and Chronically Ill Network – Kara Reilly, Leanne Heath, Jack Ryan-Phillips
Completed Actions 2024
- Sanitary bins have been added to the accessible toilet with hoist in the Forum
- Stickers have been added to priority seating for wheelchair users in lecture rooms
- Rolls of carpet were removed from the walkways in the Sports Hall
- A door in St Luke's library has been made eaier to open for disabled users
- A ramp has been fitted at Harrison Building along with an automated lift
- Berks Grange accessible bathroom has a glass pane, a screen has been fitted to improve privacy
Ongoing actions
- Signage about food and drink is being standardised
- Animals on campus policy is being updated following dignity and respect issues for assistance animal users
- Access resources are being added to the new campus map
- Refit of the Giraffe House study space in St Lukes
- The University is scoping options for an Changing Places Toilet space on St Lukes
- The Changing Places toilet in the Mulifaith Chaplaincy has a mirror that is poorly fitted
- There is a pathway that leads from the car park at the rear of the innovation centre to the Harrison Car Park, but this route leads to a curb that is not dropped, making this an inaccessible route.
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On North Park Road, at the road entrance to the rear of the Laver building the road is quite uneven and the droped curb is a little bit too raised causing difficulties. This path leads to a sensory paving but there is no level bit of pavement a student can wait for traffic to pass whilst crossing the road. This causes a risk of being propelled into traffic.
- Automation of doors in Devonshire House
- Sustainable transport review is starting, EDI - In order for the University to realise the actions set out in its 2024-30 Sustainable Transport Strategy, a detailed review of the transport infrastructure at both Exeter campuses will be soon undertaken, with the involvement of stakeholders.