The number of Disabled postgraduate research (PGR) students has increased by more than 50 per cent in the last 5 years – today making up 1 in 5 of PGR home students.
A new report investigates their experiences and the extent to which they are able to access their education.
The report, which focuses especially on STEM students working in the life sciences, was created in collaboration between Disabled Students UK, Pete Quinn Consulting and the BBSRC funded Oxford Interdisciplinary Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership.
We found that out of 192 survey participants UK wide, only a third (33 per cent) felt they had received the support they needed to be on an equal footing with their non-disabled peers.
Following doctoral focus groups and structured conversations with doctoral training programme staff and associated colleagues, the report recommends 4 solutions specific to the needs of disabled doctoral students.
