
Enabled in Academia
A podcast aimed at disabled, chronically ill and/or neurodivergent students and early career researchers. I'll be chatting with academics and students from different career stages about how they thrive in academia and disability. We'll discuss institutional and personal challenges, and hopefully provide some insights on how to cope with these.
Episodes
26 episodes
KIng's college London university careers service advisor Yinka Adesina shares disability networking tips for career progress
Insightful internships mentioned and strategies as well as Yinka's own career and higher ed story
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18:32

Bernadette Dudley - KCL mature and neurodiverse student interview
Bernadette Dudley - KCL mature and neurodiverse King's College London philosophy student .we speak about DISADVANTAGED student life too .women power π
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15:51

Michael International disabled King's college London students shares experience
This episode is so interesting as MIchal and i chat about the journey and transition of being an international disabled student at a higher ed uni like King's ,we spoke about deadline extensions ,travel advice ,visa's and the kcl disabled stude...
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Remi Abati- BLIND doctoral researcher and GTA at Kings College London shares teaching and student experiences and motivation ππ₯
Transcript of audioSpeaker 10:00Hi, Remy, thank you so much for appearing on today's enabled and academia podcast episode. We're really excited to have you. And it's my first time recording in person and like a studio in a wa...
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Nick Puts - Senior lecturer at King's College London discussing Neurodiversity and higher ed Disability inclusion ππ
Really exciting episode - learning about Disability inclusion from a staff member's viewpoint , Academia is a journey that involves both student and staff , so switching up perspectives is always great !!!! ENJOY 8th February...
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Disability role models in history chat with James Rowland - Kings college London historian and phd grad ππ
In todays episode i had the pleasure of chatting with James about positive disabled role models throughout history but we also mention ideas about higher ed and disability inclusion and representation maintenance ππ
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Caroline keep - TES new teacher of the year award winner ,Makefest Tech ed events founder , PHD AI in ED focus and data scientist
During todays episode i had the pleasure of interviewing Caroline , we mention many topics ranging from self advocacy to the importance of disability educational inclusion within a variety y of Ed spaces ranging from high school up to phd...
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Becca Jiggens - legal disability rights activist and TWIP founder, access to work scheme application expert
in this episode i had the pleasure of interviewing Becca jiggens who is a TWIP company founder ( the work inclusion project ) who help academics apply for the access to work scheme to for example travel to work co with ease this company d...
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25:04

Ameera Ali - higher Ed disability and childhood studies specialist
From York university Canada , I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr Ameera Ali to discuss possible solutions to higher access for the disabled, we speak about disabled parents .πShe tells us that only 14 picture books are available in t...
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Pauldy Otermans - neuroscience academic specialist and founder of AI educational companies
This episode features Pauldy Otermans who provides us with insight about how educational and conversational style AI tools like her own creations Teddy AI and the Otermans institute can assist with reducing exclusion in education towards &...
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20:49

Computer science University of Hertfordshire Student discussing academic tips and SEN friendly work experience opportunities
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17:51

Florian Hansen Adjust KCL campaign founder and PHD student
In today's Enabled in academia episode we discuss the Adjust KCL campaign witch aims to improve the university life of disabled students at Kings college London , and we discuss the student life in general and share tips on how to excel in stud...
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24:45

Law student and charity superstar Emily Faruku 's take on life
During today's Enabled in academia episode we discuss Emily's advice for disabled Students and her amazing charity work involvement .
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11:53

Tom Sharp specific learning difficulty application advisor and Errol Thomas KCL Technology expert
In today's Enabled in Academia episode we discuss how to access a specific learning difficulty form at KIng's College London KCL and the assistive technology offered by KCL for disabled students .
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21:14

Clinical psychology Trainee Doctorate Candidate Vivi Gkofa
This episode of the enabled in academia podcast provides insight into some of the potential alternative arrangements that disabled students can claim for instance PAA exam adjustments .
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15:17

Dr Isabelle Hertner - senior lecturer at Kings College London University
Hosted by Heena Sobhani this episode will be discussing weather or not the access for disabled politicians and academics is adequate enough in the UK and European parliamentary settings .
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23:06

Richard Cartwright: principal teaching fellow in Accounting at the University of Southampton
To celebrate the International Day of Disabled Persons I'm releasing a special episode with the wonderful Richard Cartwright. As Richard says in our chat, 'Be ambitious. I have a story tell: Iβm going to tell it and see what happens'. To ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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39:08

Miranda Melcher, PhD Candidate and teacher, King's College London
In this episode I talk to the positively dynamic Miranda Melcher who has just submitted her PhD thesis. She chats about her research into learning differences and her important teaching primer. Her Three basic principles for all teaching are:
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Episode 7
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Anne Steinhoff: PhD candidate from Essex University
In this episode, I chat with Anne about her research around experiences of chronically ill people in the workplace, especially around disclosure. We have a look at how COVID-19 has impacted reasonable adjustments, and some worries we have for t...
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28:23

Dr Nicoletta Fossati: consultant anaesthetist and honourary reader, St. George's University of London.
In this episode, I speak with Dr Nicoletta Fossati, consultant anaesthetist at St. George's hospital, and honorary reader in clinical education and anaesthesia at St. George's University of London. We chat about navigating one's 'new' identity ...
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Episode 5
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Nicole Schroeder: PhD candidate and founder of the Disabled Academic Collective
I chat with the amazing Nicole Schroeder, a PhD candidate at the University of Virginia, about her incredible collective. We also discuss the importance of representation of disabled academics in tenure and high-level positions in the academy. ...
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Episode 4
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20:55

Ahou Koutchesfahani: PhD candidate from King's College London
I chat with Ahou, a fellow PhD candidate at King's, about the implications of Covid crisis for disabled scholars and the importance of placing anti-ableist reflexivity at the centre of good research practice.
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Episode 3
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20:04

Abbie Russell: Co-Chair of Access King's and Faculty Disability Equality Champion
In this episode I speak to Abbie Russell, the co-chair of Access King's, the Staff Disability Inclusion Network at King's College London. We speak about the importance of peer support and official disability networks for the disabled academic c...
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Episode 2
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Barry Hayward: head of student disability services
In this episode, I speak to Barry Hayward, the head of student disability services at King's College London. We speak about disability as a verb rather than a noun -- it's something done to you by an inaccessible environment.
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Episode 1
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