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Professor
Andrew Hamnett
Our
Conference Chair, Prof. Hamnett, is the Vice-Chancellor and
Principal of the University
of Strathclyde. A physical chemist by discipline, he has nearly
200 publications in books and scientific journals, and has held
research and academic positions at the University of British
Columbia, Canada, and at Oxford and Newcastle Universities. |
John
Ireson
John
Ireson is the Director of SKILL
Scotland. SKILL is the National Bureau for Students with
Disabilities. It promotes opportunities for people with any kind of
disability in learning and employment throughout the UK. |
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Pamela
Duncan
Speaking
on the Student's Perspective, we are delighted to have the National
Union of Students' SWD (Students With Disabilities) Officer for
Scotland, Pamela Duncan. She is also a student at the University of Stirling. |
Iain
Nisbet
Iain
Nisbet is the Associate Solicitor at Govan
Law Centre. He has a particular interest and expertise in cases
relating to Part 4 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and was
the legal adviser (Scots Law) for the Post-16 Code of Practice. |
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Tony
Askham
Tony
Askham is a Partner and Head of Commercial Litigation at Bond
Pearce Solicitors. He specializes among other things) in
education law. He is part time Chairman of the Special
Education Needs and Disability Tribunal (England) and is a part time
Chairman of the Care Standards Tribunal. He is an associate
member of the Chartered nstitute of Arbitrators. He was the
legal adviser (English law) for he Post-16 Code of Practice. |
Lynn
Welsh
Lynn
Welsh is legal officer and solicitor with the Disability
Rights Commission. She was previously Principal Solicitor at
Paisley Law Centre where she specialised in Mental Health law. She
was instrumental in setting up the DDA RAP in Scotland, which
provides free advice and representation to disabled people who wish
to bring cases under the 1995 Act. |
