Can I just ask - do you advertise if interpreters are available???
I have been to open days - needing an interpreter - yet not realising they were provided and consequently the interpreters don't get used.
Can I suggest - part of the issue may be how well are you advertising there availability???
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Sent: 21 February 2007 09:17
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Subject: BSL interpreters
Hi,
Apologies for the cross posting.
We have been providing BSL interpreters at our open days for many years.
We do this whether or not a potential student has requested this as a matter
of good practice.
Unfortunately the BSL interpreter is very rarely, if ever used. The last
interpreter who came suggested that there was little point coming in the
future unless someone requested one.
Can I ask what the policy of other institutions is?
Also who pays for the interpreter; is it the Disability Office or the
university in general?
Many thanks for your time.
Stuart Walker
I.T.Officer for Disabled People
Disability Office
Ground Floor University Halls
University of Bradford
BD7 1DP
Tel: 01274 23 6007
Fax: 01274 23 5340
http://www.brad.ac.uk/disability
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