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Meeting New Zealand Governor General
Beijing Disabled People’s Federation Delegation visit to the ANU Disability Services Unit
Receiving the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Career Achievement from Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ian Chubb at the 2006 ANU Staff Excellence Awards
Liberated Learning Consortium Meeting Hursley Park
Assistive Technology Forum for ITC Professionals (Hobart) (Guest Speaker)
 

Trevor Allan is currently the Head of Student Equity and Welfare Services at the University of Western Sydney. He was the Director of the Disability Services Centre (DSC) at the ANU from 1999 to 2007. During this period, the level of demand for DSC services grew by over 500%, there has been significant technological and legislative changes and the complexity of the role has increased substantially. Despite this, Trevor and the DSC were leaders in the field of Disability services in Higher Education and the DSC at the ANU is seen as an example of best practice.

Trevor has championed the cause of independent and universal access for people with disabilities, has led the implementation of technological change and innovation (such as being the first university to integrate a full suite of Assistive Technology software into the standard student InfoCommons image) and developed a professional, credible and thorough approach to the provision of disability services and advice.

Effective and co-operative working relationships have been established with other university divisions such as Facilities and Services, the Division of Information, Academic areas and Student and University Administration.

Trevor chaired the Steering Committee to establish the first Professional Association of Disability Practitioners in Tertiary Education (Disability Education Association of NSW (DEAN) Inc.) and was Chair of the DEAN Management Committee for its first 3 years. He has drafted a Practitioner Accreditation protocol, led the establishment of a system of regular Professional Development as well as establishing a sound governance and financial basis for the organisation.

Feedback from DSC clients has also been very positive. In the 2005 Online Survey of DSC clients 91% of respondents rated the quality of DSC services as "Good" or "Very Good," 94.2% felt DSC services were appropriate and 95.6% rated DSC staff attitude as "Good" or "Very Good."

The respect and esteem with which Trevor is held both nationally and internationally is indicated by the number of invitations to present at conferences and seminars, including several keynote presentations. He has also been visited and consulted by many Australian and International colleagues as an example of excellence in the field. He has served on Government funding Committees, Consultative and Advisory groups, Conference and Seminar organising committees with distinction.

He was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Career Achievement at the 2006 ANU Staff Excellence Awards.

• DEAN Nuts and Bolts Day (Presenter)

• EOPHEA National Equity Conference Melbourne (Delegate)

• ACT Post School Options Expo (Presenter)

First Year in Higher Education Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand (Delegate)

Pathways 6 National Disability in Education Conference (Presenter)

ISANA Forum (Presenter)

Setting Directions 2002 Education & Assistive Technology Expo Seminars (Presenter)

Tasmanian TechFest 2001 (By Invitation) (Presenter)

ATEM National Conference October, 2001 (By Invitation) (Presenter)

NSW Setting Directions Seminars – 2000 (By Invitation) (Presenter)

ANZSSA Conference, Sydney, 2000 (With Anna Mungovan) (Presenter)

Australian Round Table Conference 2000 (By Invitation) (Presenter)

NSW Setting Directions Seminars – 1999 (By Invitation) (Presenter)

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"Opening All Options" A Resource to Assist Students with Learning Disabilities in Tertiary Education (with Anna Mungovan & Hazel England) Published 1999 Revised 2003.

"ME/CFS in Education" (with Anna Mungovan) ANZSSA Journal, December, 2000

"Bridging the Gap" A Resource to Assist Students with ME/CFS in Tertiary Education (with Anna Mungovan & Hazel England) in Pre-Publication

"Education to Employment Resource for Graduates with Disabilities" (Co- authored with Anna Mungovan & Hazel England)

Draft Disability Practitioner Accreditation Protocol (Web published 2005) http://www.anu.edu.au/disabilities/DEAN/DEANAccreditation.htm

Various Assistive Technology Reports and Evaluations, including "a Brief Guide to Training Voice Recognition Software" and "Using Voice Recognition Software for Examinations" Web Published 2000-2001 at http://www.anu.edu.au/disabilities/atproject, Digital Audio Recording Devices Evaluation Project (with Carl Runeson) http://www.anu.edu.au/disabilities/atproject/digital_audio/index.php

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Voice Recognition Research Project (Project Co-ordinator)

Learning Disabilities Resource Development Funding (Joint Recipient)

ME/CFS Resource Development Funding (Joint Recipient)

Disabilities Initiatives Program (DETYA): Assistive Technology Project

Assistive Technology in Higher Education (Project Co-ordinator)

Attendance at Liberated Learning Consortium Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Meeting the New Zealand Governor-General, Dame Silvia Cartwright, PCNZM, DBE December, 2003, Christchurch

Keynote Speaker, NZ National Disability in Education Conference

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Beijing Disabled People’s Federation Delegation visit to the ANU Disability Services Unit 18^{th October, 2006}

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Receiving the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Career Achievement from Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ian Chubb at the 2006 ANU Staff Excellence Awards.

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Liberated learning Consortium, IBM Hursley Park, Winchester, UK July 2006

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Assistive Technology Forum for ITC Professionals (Hobart) (Guest Speaker) May, 2005

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