Beds SU wishes to change the approach we take on accessibility to benefit as many students as possible. We feel that to do this, in as positive, aspirational and co- ordinated way as possible, we need to change the narrative that we currently rely upon. We therefore wish to see the social model of disability accepted as an approach at a university wide level and applied to identifying students with disabilities and addressing issues of accessibility that students face. We feel it is important to increase the number of students identified as having disability or accessibility issues, by allowing students to self-identify as disabled, as it will help us to tell more stories and give a clearer picture of the barriers faced by students.

Beds SU believes to see purposeful and meaningful change made at the University of Bedfordshire to reduce the BAME awarding gaps. We have outlined above the objectives we feel are needed in order for this to be achieved. We wish to work constructively with the University of Bedfordshire to achieve these aims and feel that our objectives are reasonable, affordable and achievable for any institution who genuinely wishes to reduce these gaps.