In 2006 the AVCC (now Universities Australia) developed Disability Guidelines that provide a framework for good practice encompassing the spectrum of student experience from recruitment and selection through to transition to employment.

The Creating Accessible Teaching and Support (CATS) initiative provides information resources and a self assessment tool to assist universities to review their performance against these guidelines and to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act and Disability Standards for Education.

This presentation will describe new Australian Learning and Teaching Council funded research that explores if, when and how general and academic staff access and use information about strategies for improving teaching and support for students with disability.

The methodology includes a review of the literature; a comprehensive on-line survey of academic and general staff employed at two Australian universities; and follow-up interviews with a sample of these staff to further explore the issues.

The presentation will include opportunities for discussion around the implications of the research findings for:

· the development and promotion of information resources for University staff,
· the quality of, and access to, information about effective inclusive teaching and support strategies; and ultimately
· the improvement of outcomes for students with disability in post compulsory education