The IMAGE project will conclude at the end of 2021 and to celebrate and share the project outcomes, we are organising a free virtual conference in Amsterdam. The conference brings together professionals and autistic people wanting to reduce the employability gap faced by autistic university graduates. We invite careers advisors, academics, employers, policymakers, autistic students…
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Free Webinar for Careers Advisors: Supporting autistic students during the transition into employment (10 Nov 2021)
Supporting autistic students during the transition into employment. We invite you to attend our free webinar for university career advisors, taking place on Wednesday 10 November 2021 09.00-13.00 UK time (10.00-14.00 Dutch time). During this webinar you will learn about: Understanding autism from a strength-based approach Opportunities and challenges when seeking graduate employment Good practice…
What we learned from training careers advisors
by Mitzi Waltz, Daniela Del Carlo Goncalves and Monserrat Vasquez Ladron de Guevara Our team at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam were tasked with taking the findings from the IMAGE Project so far, and using them as the basis for a short training programme for careers advisors. The target group included advisors working at universities, and also…
Neurodivergence in Learning, Teaching and Assessement
Dr Marc Fabri took part in a panel discussion on neurodiversity in the higher education environment today (16 June 2021). The panel was chaired by Dr Abdoolkarim Vakil from King’s College London as part of the Inclusive Classrooms Conversations Series, with a focus on the issues and challenges facing neurodivergent learners and lecturers. Other panel…
Impressions from the IMAGE partner meeting in Toulouse, March 2020
For the third transnational partner meeting we came together at the beginning of March 2020 in Toulouse (following the first partner meeting in October 2019 in Leeds, and the second meeting in June 2019 in Helsinki). We were roughly at the half-way point of the project and had plenty of data generated in our research…
Dr Marc Fabri delivers the Annual Quercus Lecture at University College Cork
On Tuesday 23 January 2020, IMAGE Project lead Marc Fabri delivered a lecture on ‘Supporting autistic students on their journey through higher education: small changes, big impact’. The invited talk is part of UCC’s Quercus Lecture Series which promotes excellence in academia, sports, the arts and active citizenship. Marc was invited by UCC’s Autism-Friendly University…
We are looking for volunteers to become part of our co-creation team.
During January and February 2020, we will be running a series of co-creation workshops in the UK and we invite you to take part in one of these workshops. Together we will design an employability toolkit for students, training materials for university staff and guides for employers. Please join us if you are currently: a…
3 December 2019: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
In a blog post for Emerald, the international journal publishing house, Dr Marc Fabri from Leeds Beckett University shares his thoughts on using participatory design methods with autistic adults, and how this can help build and support a community. This is based on Marc’s experience from running the Autism&Uni project (www.autism-uni.org) which focused on the…
Designing digital tools for autistic students – reflections on participatory design
When designing software for autistic adults their needs, preferences and characteristics have to be considered. In this blog post Marc Fabri shares his thoughts on how to approach the design one of the key outputs from the IMAGE project: An employability toolkit for autistic students. We know that autistic people typically welcome structure, both in…
PAN-EUROPEAN SURVEY: Let us know what autism and graduate employment means to you (now closed)
Take part in our multi-national survey and help us identify what changes need to happen so that more autistic graduates can gain employment after completing their university studies. We would like to hear from you whether you are an autistic student or graduate, working at a university, or you are an employer. The survey is…
Fully funded PhD: Participatory Design with and for Autistic Students (NOW CLOSED)
The IMAGE project is recruiting a fully funded PhD student to be located at Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom. Application Deadline: 10 March 2019Start Date: 1 May 2019Duration: 3 yearsBursary: £14,777 per annum (pro-rata into 12 monthly payments)Fees: UK/EU Fees paid for a period of three years (see web link for non-EU). For full…
Partner Introduction: Leeds Beckett University
Leeds Beckett University (LBU) is a higher education institution in the North of England that provides access to education for a wide range of learners, promoting cultural awareness and diversity through our curriculum. LBU leads the IMAGE project, building on the experience and resources built up from the EU-funded Autism&Uni project (www.autism-uni.org), also led by…
First Project Meeting in Leeds, October 2018
Project partners met over two days for the official project kick-off in Leeds, UK. There were the usual administrative details to agree on, as well as how we would work and communicate as a team. We discussed project outcomes and how we will achieve them. Like any good project, we will start with a round…
Welcome from the Project Leader
Hello, my name is Marc Fabri and I am a lecturer and researcher at Leeds Beckett University, a university in the north of England. I am project leader for IMAGE. My first introduction to autism research was during PhD studies around 2002 when research colleagues explored the use of technology to support students on the…