
Rachel Hewett
@rachelhewettuob
Associate Professor working at Vision Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research. Tea lover. LCFC season ticket holder. Views my own.
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http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/education/hewett-rachel.aspx 26-06-2015 14:16:27
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This is a wonderful testimony to all the hard work of these successful doctoral graduates, their academic and placement supervisors, and to the highly effective leadership provided by Dr Anthea Gulliford Anthea Gulliford Programme Director. Congratulations to everyone.

Congratulations Rosie Rushton - so pleased for you!

We’re deeply concerned about the UK Government’s decision yesterday to downgrade the role of Minister for Disabled People. Along with @GuideDogs and Thomas Pocklington Trust we’ve issued a statement outlining exactly why we’re worried. Read it here: rnib.in/MfDPStatement



Thank you to David Johnston OBE Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing for meeting with blind and partially sighted students today to discuss their experiences of education, through secondary, further and higher education #UnlockingEducation


We’re still waiting for Department for Work and Pensions to #FixAccessToWork. A recent parliamentary question by Vicky Foxcroft 💙 has revealed 29,864 Access to Work applications were awaiting a decision in March, an increase from 24,874 in January.

A Thomas Pocklington Trust film on how Jay struggled with his vision loss until attending RNC where he found blind football and became independent. Highlighting the importance of the CFVI in empowering young people with VI RNIB Uni of Birmingham #UnlockingEducation youtube.com/watch?v=-D_f35…



Advert this week with Association of Educational Psychologists and closing date June 18th 👇

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Working with people who have Severe Learning Disabilities or Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities? Our MA/PGCert Inclusion in SLD/PMLD may be just what you're looking for. birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/c… College of Social Sciences




“Our focus will be to advise and make recommendations regarding the best ways to support and meet the educational needs of neurodivergent children and young people in mainstream settings.” Education Research at Birmingham's Prof. Karen Guldberg features in Schools Week ⬇️ schoolsweek.co.uk/740m-earmarked…


