ADCET Webinar: Inclusive placements for students with disability

Students undertaking compulsory placements during their university degrees often face financial stress and other forms of exclusion, such as ableism, racism, discrimination, and transphobia.

During Amani Bell's Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success Fellowship ‘Addressing placement inequities through participatory action research’, she worked with four student co-researchers to facilitate four online workshops with 74 students and educators. Together, they co-developed solutions to the interconnected challenges of placement poverty and placement exclusion.

In this presentation, Amani focused on the issues and solutions related to ensuring placement inclusion for students with disability.

Presenter

Amani Bell is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney School of Health Sciences, passionate about making university more accessible and inclusive for all students. She co-edited the books Using Social Theory in Higher Education and Understanding Experiences of First-Generation University Students. Amani recently completed an Australian Centre for Student Equity and Success Fellowship, Addressing Placement Inequities through Participatory Action Research. Working alongside student co-researchers, she explored solutions to placement poverty and exclusion, aiming to ensure an equitable experience for all students undertaking placements.

(April 2025)

ADCET is hosted by the University of Tasmania