Disability rights campaigner Will Pike argues universities have a crucial role to play in supporting disabled students' wellbeing.
Once a year, disabled people like myself are invited to speak on panels and at events to raise awareness for International Day of People with Disabilities. It’s an opportunity that we seize with both hands. Not least of all, because it provides us with an ‘in’ to an otherwise unknown organisation and a chance to reach a new audience.
Needless to say, when I was approached by Universities UK (UUK) a few weeks ago to join the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion panel at the Marketing and communications in higher education conference, I jumped at the chance.
