Educators have faced considerable pressure to rapidly adapt methods of teaching in recent years, especially to digitise delivery. Significant steps have also been made to make learning more flexible and personalised by educators dedicated to improving equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I).
But almost one third of colleges still do not have an ED&I strategy in place, and only 17 percent have one ‘in development’ (AoC, 2021).
We need to accelerate the adoption of ED&I in further education; not only to make it more accessible and inclusive for minority groups, such as those with a disability, but to recognise those who may have hidden learning needs.
