Alan Hurst

Alan Hurst, formerly Professor in the Department of Education, University of Central Lancashire is a trustee of Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities and chairs its Higher Education Working Party.

Alan has degrees from the universities of Hull, Manchester and Lancaster. He has published books and articles and been invited to lecture and lead workshops on disability in higher education in many countries.

He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the OU in June 2005 for his contribution to developing policy and provision for disabled students. His most recent publication is a handbook for mainstream staff developers on supporting disabled students.

Having retired from the University he is currently working with many organisations and institutions in both the UK and abroad on developing high quality inclusive policies and provision. He is a member of the group established by HEFCE to review its policies on disabled students since 1997 and of the group set up by the QAA to devise an updated version of the Code of Practice.

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