About BRAIN.HE
BRAIN.HE was created to provide all higher education students and their tutors with a support network and information covering all forms of neurodiversity. The project aims to improve the Higher Education sector's response to neurodiversity, including dyspraxia, dyslexia, dysgraphia, Autism Spectrum (A.S.), Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder, Tourette's and dyscalculia.
The project work was originally funded by the HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England). It is directed by Dr David Pollak, formerly Principal Lecturer in Learning Support and National Teaching Fellow at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. This site holds information which was previously scattered, as well as new materials applicable to higher education where none existed previously. The majority of the work on developing the site was done by Edward Griffin of the Health & Life Science Faculty at De Montfort University.
The student voice is an important part of the project. BRAIN.HE has interviewed a number of students from universities across the country. These interviews serve to inform other students and to represent the experiences, both positive and negative, encountered by those with learning differences whilst in the higher education system. They also facilitate research on how higher education responds to neurodiverse students; an article has been published in the journal 'Dyslexia': (Griffin E and Pollak D (2009) 
Student experiences of neurodiversity in higher education: insights from the BRAINHE project. Dyslexia 15, 1, 23-41
BRAIN.HE web-pages aim to model good practice for accessibility and it is acknowledged that SpLD-wise practice is fundamentally good practice in teaching and learning. Unfortunately, the end of the project funding means that we can no longer provide the speech engine and toolbar for changing the site's appearance. We therefore apologise for the text-heavy nature of most of these pages.
The main work on the website has now ended, and it is no longer being updated. Notification of any out-of-date links or other items which need editing will be gratefully received.
(17 March 2010)
