Staff capability and experience workstream
Workstream 3 of the Disability Action Plan focuses on improving staff awareness and capability to improve student experience. This workstream also seeks to maximise participation and success of disabled staff/staff with disabilities. The Associate Director of Staff Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Human Resources, is responsible for this workstream. Below are the strategic focus areas for this workstream, along with a summary of key deliverables at June 2025.
A more complete update will be available once the recently submitted Disability Action Plan Progress Update 2026-2028 is published.
Please email all feedback and suggestions to Vicki Watson, Manager – Equity.
Training and resources for staff
Tracking: Complete
Status: TEC Disability Confidence 101 is available to staff via our internal learning platform.
Disability Confidence 101 - Communication plan delivery
Status: In progress
Notes: The Disability confidence training has been made available to all staff through our HR system. Work to promote the course and incentivise its completion is being planned for 2025.
Hidden Disibilities training rollout
Status: In progress
Notes: HR are supporting WS1 in the rollout of the Hidden Disabilities training to all staff.
Staff can create accessible materials
Strategy element: Staff have options to learn how to design and create accessible materials, communications, and services.
A digital toolkit of technical how-to resources is available so staff can learn to create accessible and inclusive documents, communications and services
Tracking: In progress
Status: No issues identified.
Employee experience
Community-voice
Status: In progress
Note: A community voice approach to journey-mapping the employee experience for staff with disabilities will be in place by 2027.
Effective support for staff with disabilities
Support for disabled staff members is expanded, monitored and improved
Tracking: In progress
Status: Ongoing collaboration with DAP Workstream Owners and HR functions on policy, product testing and increasing accessibility in city campus developments. We are also working with external service delivery contacts to identify available services and funding.