The Essex Access Forum (EAF) was founded in 2007 as a discussion forum and consultation body working to support excellence in all aspects of physical and non-physical access at Essex (student education, staff employment and visitor experience).
EAF members come from across our University (Colchester, Southend and Loughton) and have diverse roles, but a share a common interest in access, disability and inclusion issues. Membership is completely open with both employees and students - disabled and non-disabled - members welcome. EAF acts principally as an email-based discussion and dissemination platform, although we also meet once-termly, and are represented on the Project Steering Groups for all major capital builds.
The Forum is supported by Bryn Morris, Registrar, who is our Diversity Champion for Disability, and chaired by Sue Hanshaw and Adam Woodhouse.
We are involved and contribute to a wide range of areas on access at Essex:
We are primarily an email forum (although we also meet termly). To join simply add yourself to the Access Essex email subscription list, where you will receive regular updates on changes to accessibility on-campus and invitations to meetings and events that we run.
Our hybrid forum meetings are scheduled as follows for the forthcoming year: