Alan Hurst
Alan Hurst
Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, London
Alan Hurst, formerly Professor in the Department of Education, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, England is a trustee of Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities. Alan has degrees from the universities of Hull, Manchester and Lancaster. He has published books and articles and been invited to lecture and lead workshops on disability in higher education in many countries. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Open University in June 2005 for his contribution to developing policy and provision for disabled students. Having retired from his full time post in 2007 he is currently working with many organisations and institutions in both the UK and abroad on developing high quality inclusive policies and provision. He was a member of the group established by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to review its policies on disabled students since 1997 and of the group set up by the Quality Assurance Agency to devise an updated version of the Code of Practice. In 2007 he was the recipient of the Myriam Van Acker Prize, an award made every three years by staff working worldwide in disability support in higher education in recognition of his work over many years.