About this plan

Data and evaluation

The DIAP 2026-2029 has been developed with consideration of evaluation data from the DIAP 2023-2026, including:

• Annual reporting on progress against DIAP actions
• Student and staff surveys (staff and student experience surveys and DIAP-specific surveys)
• Internal stakeholder consultations (with staff with disability, DIAP action implementation leads, student representatives, faculty representatives, subject-matter experts)

The actions in the DIAP 2026-29 are grouped under five focus areas that capture the breadth of activities to be undertaken across the University. Each focus area has goals and a set of outcomes and measures related to the achievement of that goal. Where possible, we have included baseline data gathered from the evaluation of the DIAP 2023-2026. The measures identified in this plan highlight two key population groups: people with disability and people with caring responsibilities. Evaluation methods will break these groups down further to consider other intersectional inequities (e.g. gender, cultural background) that may further contextualise student and staff experiences. In the interests of maintaining consistency in evaluation, we have chosen to retain language from data sources in the measures included in this plan. This can be seen particularly in measures that reflect student and staff survey questions.

Targets

We can and should be proud of progress already made to achieving an accessible and inclusive University. There is still much room for improvement. Whether to include targets against specific actions in this DIAP has been a question over the course of the Plan’s development. On the one hand, targets hold us to account and help describe our aspirations. On the other, the ultimate use of targets depends on a mature framework for collecting and evaluating data. This is still evolving in step with, and supported by, actions in this DIAP. To proceed well, respectfully and ethically, we have therefore decided to include three overall targets to guide this work of the DIAP. Each has been designed to develop our data capacity, putting us in a stronger position for future monitoring and evaluation.

1. By 2029, 100% of senior leadership¹ have completed module one of the University’s Disability Awareness training
2. By 2029, 5% of the University of Melbourne workforce have reported a disability through workforce data systems²
3. By 2027, 40% of subjects are engaged with a University-wide program³ to encourage, develop and recognise best practice in approaches to inclusive teaching and learning, rising to 60% by 2029

Vision

The University of Melbourne is a place where accessibility and inclusion underpin our structures, practices and leadership, guided by the lived experience of people with disability.

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