Program Overview

Disability Awareness – Learning Through Lived Experience

Eligibility Criteria

This programme is open to people and organisations based in the North East and North Cumbria, as well as those from the following organisations:

• NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
• NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC)
• NIHR Innovation Observatory (IO)
• NIHR Research Support Service (RSS)
• NIHR Policy Research Unit (PRU)
• NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN)
• NIHR HRC in Diagnostic and Technology Evaluation (HRC)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the module, a learner will be able:

• To identify the Social and Medical models of disability, evaluate the use of different models and their impact on the lives of disabled people, and recognise how the medical model perpetuates oppression and keeps disabled people in a Circle of Dependency
• To identify barriers that disabled people face when receiving services, understand how the social model identifies how barriers affect disabled people, the impact on their lives and on the goal of inclusion within society, and recognise that many disabled people may face multiple oppression due to Intersectionality
• To outline examples of barriers to independent living and inclusion in their own life / department / organisation and to identify and analyse appropriate solutions```python

def extract_program_details(markdown_content):
    # Remove calls-to-action, contact details, placeholder text, and external references
    cleaned_content = re.sub(r'### Register your interest.*?### For more information', '', markdown_content, flags=re.DOTALL)
    cleaned_content = re.sub(r'Contact us.*?Newcastle University', '', cleaned_content, flags=re.DOTALL)
    cleaned_content = re.sub(r'Privacy Policy >.*?Accessibility >', '', cleaned_content, flags=re.DOTALL)
    cleaned_content = re.sub(r'© 2025 Newcastle University', '', cleaned_content, flags=re.DOTALL)

    # Extract program details
    program_details = re.search(r'# Disability Awareness – Learning Through Lived Experience.*?## Learning Outcomes', cleaned_content, flags=re.DOTALL)

    if program_details:
        # Format the extracted text in markdown
        formatted_details = program_details.group().strip()
        formatted_details = re.sub(r'# ', '## ', formatted_details)
        formatted_details = re.sub(r'## Eligibility Criteria', '## Eligibility Criteria\n', formatted_details)
        formatted_details = re.sub(r'## Learning Outcomes', '## Learning Outcomes\n', formatted_details)

        return formatted_details
    else:
        return "NA"

# Test the function
markdown_content = """
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# Disability Awareness – Learning Through Lived Experience

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  * Course Information

# Eligibility Criteria

This programme is open to people and organisations based in the **North East
and North Cumbria,** as well as those from the following organisations:

  * NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
  * NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC)
  * NIHR Innovation Observatory (IO)
  * NIHR Research Support Service (RSS)
  * NIHR Policy Research Unit (PRU)
  * NIHR Research Delivery Network (RDN)
  * NIHR HRC in Diagnostic and Technology Evaluation (HRC)

## Learning Outcomes

At the end of the module, a learner will be able:

  * To identify the Social and Medical models of disability, evaluate the use of different models and their impact on the lives of disabled people, and recognise how the medical model perpetuates oppression and keeps disabled people in a Circle of Dependency 
  * To identify barriers that disabled people face when receiving services, understand how the social model identifies how barriers affect disabled people, the impact on their lives and on the goal of inclusion within society, and recognise that many disabled people may face multiple oppression due to Intersectionality 
  * To outline examples of barriers to independent living and inclusion in their own life / department / organisation and to identify and analyse appropriate solutions

### Register your interest

To Register interest

Sign in

### For more information

Contact us

Newcastle University  
Newcastle upon Tyne  
NE1 7RU

Privacy Policy >

Accessibility >

 2025 Newcastle University
"""

print(extract_program_details(markdown_content))