Question follow-through · 23610
Higher Education: Neurodiversity
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to issue guidance to higher education providers on reasonable adjustments for neurodivergent academic staff throughout recruitment, promotion and disciplinary processes.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to issue guidance to higher education providers on reasonable adjustments for neurodivergent academic staff throughout recruitment, promotion and disciplinary processes.
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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3 Sept 2026
Answer published
The English higher education (HE) sector is independent of government, and institutional autonomy is a defining principle of our world-class sector. This autonomy protects academic freedom and means that decisions regarding staff appointment and selection...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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