CDS Teaching Activities

Members of CDS provide a wide range of teaching and supervision within the University.

Photo of 6 smiling people. Five PhD students and Professor Angharad Beckett.

A group of our Doctoral Students and Professor Angharad Beckett attending an event at the University of Leeds.

PhD supervision

The Centre has a thriving international community of postgraduate research students and welcomes applications for supervision of doctoral projects addressing disability issues (contact us for details).

Masters programmes

We offer two postgraduate programmes in the area of Disability Studies - both courses will allow you to explore issues relating to disability in-depth and from a social relational perspective:

- We offer a fully online programme in Disability Studies Rights and Inclusion. The course is part time with two start dates a year (September and March), with options to register for a PG Certificate, Diploma or MSc. Visit the coursefinder page https://courses.leeds.ac.uk/d326/disability-studies-rights-and-inclusion-msc for more information.

It is also possible to study elements of Disability Studies within the following course:

LLM in International Human Rights Law which includes disability rights (School of Law)

Undergraduate teaching

Disability studies feature as options within a range of degree programmes at Leeds, for example in the following modules:

LAW3055 Disability Law
LSP3120 Disability Rights and the International Policy Context
SLSP2040 Disability Studies: An Introduction
HECS1113 Disability, Inclusion & the Life Course
LLLC1417 Inclusion and Special Educational Needs and Disability
EDUC2401 Inclusive Education
ENGL3384 ExtraOrdinary Bodies: Disability, Medicine and Normalcy in Contemporary Literatures
ENGL3398 Medical Humanities: Representing Illness, Disability, and Care
ENGL3439 States of Mind: Disability, Cognitive Impairment and Mental Health in Contemporary Culture