At Brighton, the senior management jury is still out on the issue of funding
for disabled non-UK students, despite repeated requests for a response.
However we do seem to be slightly closer to a conclusion at the moment, and
the possibility of top-slicing international students fees to fund support
is currently being looked at. This does not, however, tackle EU students, as
they do not pay the higher fees paid by internationals.
It's also worth noting that I asked the same question on dis-forum before
Christmas, and got one answer, which was just echoing my concern, rather
than sharing their institutions response!
Strikes me there's a fair bit of ostrich activity out there..!
Kirsty
Disability Support Officer
University of Brighton
-----Original Message-----
From: Katy Mann [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 2:28 PM
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Subject: Statistics/International Students
1)
In Light of the DDA I would like to know how/if other Institutions
have strategies in place for dealing with the learning support
needs of international disabled students and if so, how this support
is being funded. I would also like know which Institutions, like
Westminster, have no strategies in place as yet despite raising
this issue for consideration with Senior Management.
Also, I have only had one response to the request (see below) I put
out last month. I would be really grateful if more people could
share this information.
2)
I am hoping that as many people as possible can share this
information with me, particularly those in London Universities. I
have already contacted HEFCE and they do not collect the data in
this way at the moment and the stats from HESA don't reflect what
I need to establish:
Stats of number of disabled students at your Institution for this
academic year/the past three years if available (with a breakdown
of numbers in each category) Total number of students in each
academic year.
These figures should include all students who declared a disability
and not just those who are in receipt of the DSA and the recording
methods used.
I have been asked to collect this data for our Disability Services
Committee to establish a benchmark. Once I have collated the
data I will be happy to share it with anyone who
wants to see it.
Regards
Katy
Katy Mann
Disability Adviser, West End
University of Westminster
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