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News & Updates.

Here’s where you’ll find the latest on what we’re up to. 

NADSN’s first ever Disability Pride Festival from 1st to 20th July 2023

The theme for NADSN’s first Disability Pride Festival is Pride, Joy & Belonging…

NADSN Presentation: Promoting Opportunities for Disabled People in Public Appointments

Monday 22nd May 2023, 2:00pm – 3:00pm, on Microsoft Teams Registration via Eventbrite What are Public Appointments? Public appointees help the delivery of public services and bring new perspectives to public boards. Every year, around 700 new appointments are made...

Join us at the launch of STAART Principles of Disability (SPoD)

The STAART Principles of Disability (SPoD) have been created by self-selected University of Greenwich disabled students; disabled graduates; and disabled staff. The Principles have been created as we do not think the current models of disability fit our purpose....

NADSN Black Lives Matter Statement.

The tragic killing of George Floyd and others in the USA[1] along with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement serves to remind us that there are continued inequalities and fundamental differences that exist within our society.  Differences which are...

COVID Post-Lockdown: Perspectives, Implications and Strategies for Disabled Staff – NADSN’s Position Paper

PRESS RELEASE The National Association of Disabled Staff Networks (NADSN) is a super-network that connects and represents disabled staff networks at organisations across the United Kingdom. NADSN exists as a collective platform to share experiences, develop good...

Professor Anna Lawson, Director of @CDSLeeds, honours NADSN by becoming our FIRST Patron!

NADSN (@nadsn_uk) is thrilled to announce that the wonderful Professor Anna Lawson has accepted the Steering Committee’s recent invitation to take on a brand new role as the first Patron of NADSN! Anna is professor of Law and Director of...

NADSN to partner with Prof Kate Sang on EPSRC-funded “Disability Inclusive Science Careers” Project

NADSN (@nadsn_uk) is delighted to be a partner with Professor Gareth Pender (@garrypender) and Professor Kate Sang (@katesang) at Heriot Watt University in an innovative project: Disability Inclusive Science Careers (DISC). This is an exciting...

Hamied gives Annual Disability Lecture at Cambridge University

Dr Hamied Haroon (@HHHotWheels), Chair of NADSN (@nadsn_uk), was one of a panel of three disabled academics who spoke at the University of Cambridge’s 15th Annual Disability Lecture on “Disabled Academics in the 21st Century“! The other two esteemed disabled academics...

Mona gets NADSN in The Guardian!

Mona Patel (@MonaP23) has been quoted by The Guardian’s Higher Education Network (@gdnhighered) in a major article on how “Universities wise up to the needs of staff with disabilities“, and gave a shout out to NADSN! We’re so proud of Mona and her fantastic...

Science interviews Kate Sang on her research on disabled academics!

Dr Kate Sang (@katesang) is Associate Professor in Management at Heriot-Watt University (@HeriotWattUni) and was a speaker at the NADSN Conference at The University of Edinburgh in March 2017. Kate has been interviewed by Science Magazine (@sciencemagazine) about...
NADSN Black Lives Matter Statement.

NADSN Black Lives Matter Statement.

The tragic killing of George Floyd and others in the USA[1] along with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement serves to remind us that there are continued inequalities and fundamental differences that exist within our society.  Differences which are...

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