Event Info
Compared to their non-disabled peers, disabled graduates are more likely to be unemployed, more likely to be in part-time employment and more likely to be on a non-permanent contract after university. (AGCAS) 76% of disabled students are worried about disclosing their condition to a potential employer, while 41% of HR decision-makers say their company’s board of directors never or rarely discuss disability. (YouGov)
It’s time to have a conversation about the state of disabled graduate recruitment. In this panel discussion, featuring experts in disability rights and guests with lived experiences, we will be celebrating the diversity of bodies and minds in the job market whilst exposing the discrimination they often face.
The discussion will have three main strands:
Celebration – the benefits of diversity, success stories, and the “anti-superhero”
Discrimination – accessibility issues, prejudice, accountability
Practical advice – reasonable adjustments, disclosure, self-employment
Joining us on the panel
Simon Stones – a multi-award-winning patient advocate, consultant and researcher from Manchester who was recently named in the Shaw Trust Power 100. He is currently completing a PhD at Leeds.
Inga Reichelt – another current researcher for the Centre for Disability Studies, specializing in disability rights at work and in recruitment. Her thesis is called: What is work worth? Young Disabled People’s Imagined Futures and Narratives on the Boundaries of Work and Welfare in the UK and Germany.
Gem Turner – former LUU exec and now regular public speaker and activist on disability rights issues.
Emeline Gilhooley (Chair) – president of the LUU Disabled Students Network
