The Disability Lectures
By Oxford University
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Description
This annual lecture series celebrates the achievements of disabled people. The University is committed to establishing an inclusive environment, and we hope that this lecture series will be inspiring and empowering for everyone, particularly for our disabled staff and students. We hope that it will also increase understanding of the experiences of people living with a disability and of the creative and flexible support that may help them to flourish. The events are organised by the Equality and Diversity Unit and the Disability Advisory Group.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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| 1 | Video2025 Disability Lecture: Building an Environment for All | Professor Sam Howison explores how an institution like Oxford University can build accessible environments, highlighting the complexities, evolving needs, and broad benefits of inclusive design. The experience of our students and staff as they study and | 23 5 2025 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | Video2024 Disability Lecture: Changing the disability narrative - from unseen to understood | Oxford and Harvard alumna Beth Kume-Holland shares her personal journey from Oxford undergraduate and researcher to award-winning CEO and international disability rights advocate. | 16 5 2024 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | Video2023 Disability Lecture: Going beyond standards in technology and accessibility | Dr Jessica Boland shares her experiences as a hard-of-hearing/deaf academic in science and technology, and her passion for improving accessibility in higher education. | 14 6 2023 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | Video2022 Disability Lecture: Hands Off - navigating unwanted touch, consent and disability | Dr Amy Kavanagh delivers the 2022 Annual Disability Lecture | 23 8 2022 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | Video2021 Disability Lecture: The intersections of disability, science and academia | Dr Hamied Haroon explores the intersections of disability, science and academia. All views expressed in the lecture are the speaker’s own. | 5 7 2021 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 6 | Video2020 Disability Lecture: #WhyDisabledPeopleDropOut | Dr Kate West, a neurodivergent student-turned-academic, reflects on the neurotypical University. | 1 6 2020 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | Video2019 Disability Lecture: The Triple Cripples... creators, educators, rule breakers, and the personification of empowerment | Jay Abdullahi and Kym Oliver, a team of two black disabled women, reclaim the word ‘cripple’ in their fight against three layers of discrimination. | 13 6 2019 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | Video2018 Disability Lecture: That Way Lies Madness - Poets, Power, Health | The Equality and Diversity Unit and TORCH are delighted to announce that Gwyneth Lewis will give the 2018 Disability Lecture. | 4 6 2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 9 | Video2016 Disability Lecture: A Psychiatrist's Experience of Depression | Professor Linda Gask had a successful career as psychiatrist and academic, despite living with depression and anxiety. She speaks with candour about her experiences of periods of mental ill-health. | 7 6 2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 10 | Video2015 Disability Lecture: Hilary Lister, from Jesus College to sailing solo around the UK | Hilary Lister is giving the first University of Oxford Disability Lecture. Hilary was an undergraduate at Jesus College who has since gained fame as a quadriplegic sailor. She was the first disabled woman to sail solo around Britain. | 7 5 2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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