Piers Wilkinson is a disabled representative, activist, and access consultant, who has worked with national and international organisations to promote disability inclusivity and disabled people’s rights. Current Piers sits on the National Union of Students (NUS) National Executive Council, the NUS Disabled Students’ Campaign, and NUS Sustainability Advisory Board, and during his time has contributed to the 2016 UNCRPD’s investigation into the UK, consulted with Friends of the Earth for disability inclusion on the upcoming Environment Act, and collaborated with Disabled People Organisations to lobby for disabled people’s rights to inclusive education within the UK. Furthermore Piers is CEO and founder of Ramping Up Limited, an access consultancy firm that specialises in helping education institutions to become more inclusive for disabled students. Piers is currently working within NUS and with Policy Connect to promote digital accessibility and inclusion, and studying an MSci in Physical Oceanography at Bangor University.
Piers Wilkinson