I think the LEA has gots its wires crossed.
I have not seen anything on the subject of part time DSA
that states it is restricted in the way you mention.
To be eligible the student must be on at least 50 of an
equivalent full time course. i.e a part time student on a
course that could be available full time.
The DfEE have stated that students can transfer from full
time to part time and still be eligible for DSA, because it
is recognised that some disabled students may wish to do so.
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000 16:38:43 +0100 Elaine Shillcock
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> Hi - can anyone advise?
>
> I have a third year student who is having to take her final year
> spread over two years, due to disability related reasons.
>
> This is a new DSA application, and I have just tried to contact her
> LEA to apply for part-time DSA. There seems to be a major difference
> in how she is classified - a part-time student on a part-time course
> is eligible for part-time DSA but a part-time student studying on a
> full-time course for reasons related to a disability is not eligible
> for the DSA (at least the DfEE don't seem to have issued any regs
> covering this one)
>
> Has anybody else come across this situation, and what was the
> outcome? The LEA are going to contact the DfEE, and in the meantime
> we have to see how the department registers her - if she is part-time
> on a full-time course she seems to slip through the net - wasn't this
> the kind of situation part-time DSA's were meant to cover?
>
> Elaine Shillcock
>
> 0161 275 2051
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>
> University of Manchester
Bryan Jones
Equal Opportunities Adviser
London Guildhall University
Tel: 020 7320 1137
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