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Rachel works compressed hours and her working days are Monday to Thursday (8am-6pm).?
Mrs Rachel Griffiths
Senior Educator Developer
Educator Development
Rachel is a Senior Educator?Developer (SFHEA) and leads the ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's inclusive education project,? advising on strategy, policy and practice that fosters learning at Exeter that is inclusive and accessible for everyone.? She is also a doctoral student in the School of Education, funded by ESRC (SWDTP) to research neurodivergent identities in higher education.? She is passionate about public engaged research and sits on the ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's Public Engaged Research Strategic Advisory Group.
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Rachel works on projects and initiatives under Exeter's Transformative Education Framework, Access and Participation Plan and Mental Health Charter accreditation.? She recently led the strategic project to implement a new institutional Accessible Teaching and Learning Policy, introducing minimum baseline standards of accessibility in all teaching provision at ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app. She designs and delivers CPD activities and writes resources about a wide range of neurodiversity- and inclusive education-related subjects, and teaches on Exeter's LTHE programme and?.? Rachel also assesses on Exeter's professional recognition pathway (ASPIRE) and is a reviewer of submissions to the national Association of Learning Development in Higher Education's .
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Rachel co-ordinated the University¡¯s first Neurodiversity Celebration Week activities, co-founded Exeter's Neurodiversity Caf¨¦ (the social group for neurodivergent staff and postgraduate researchers). She co-runs the national Association of Learning Development in Higher Education's Neurodiversity Community of Practice ().? ?
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Rachel previously worked in higher education as a Disabled Students¡¯ Allowance-funded Specialist Autism and Mental Health Mentor, and a Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor. A qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor, she has also worked in further education as a sixth-form college mental health practitioner, and in primary education as an SEND classroom support assistant. A former practising senior solicitor, she also teaches students in Exeter Law School's Community Law Clinic, and is the education partner for the Law Clinic's Steering Group.?
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Since 2021, she has received many Above and Beyond awards in recognition of her excellent contribution to inclusion at the ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app, the first Success for All award for breaking down barriers to inclusion, and was nominated for a Professional Services Recognition Award for her inclusion work at the University.