I would be grateful to have sight of Admissions policies from other
Universities as we are currently reviewing ours. There are concerns
that while we are being non-discriminatory, judging students with
disabilities on academic criteria alone, the implications for
supporting some students is proving immensely time consuming
and costly. Would we be contravening new legislation if we reverted
back to assessing students before offering them a place?
With regard to SENDA have any Universities put procedures in
place for identifying what would constitute a 'reasonable
adjustment' with regard to a students support needs and who
makes the final decision about whether those needs can be met?
I would also be interested to hear how other Universities deal with
Clearing. This is an issue we have never managed to resolve. For
example, this year a student paralysed from the neck down came
through Clearing and the first I knew of him was about 2 weeks
before the start of term. Due to the late entry of this student there
have been delays in his support and nearly £10,000 has been
spent supporting him so far.
Ta
Katy
Katy Mann
Disability Adviser, West End
University of Westminster
CCPD,72 Great Portland Street
London W1W 7UW
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