Good point. The funding system assumes that postgrad disabled students have
received support previously thus they are not 'in need'. An unfortunate
assumption that if challanged I hope could be overtuned by an court
injunction or declaration of rights. SENDA creates an inplicit duty of
'parity of opportunities' and it would be discriminitory to provide
different type of support for a postgraduate on bases of his lack of
funding. LEAs are also challangeble under the DDA. Andy Velarde Disability
Coordinator/UKC
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From: "Kevin Partington" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:11 PM
Subject: DSA Post Graduate Funding
> There are a number of issues relating to the Post Graduate
> DSA and one of them is that it often falls woefully short
> of being adequate. There seems to be a particularly
> problematic combination, such as a visual impairment and
> Post Grad funding, leaving the assessment's recommendations
> a compromise, or trade-off, between non medical personal
> assistance or equipment. For students that progress from a
> degree onto a Masters there is often equipment that will
> have a further one-year shelf life. However, for students
> returning to study after a break this is often not the
> case. Why is only roughly 30% of the 1st year funding at
> undergraduate level available at post-grad level. Can
> anyone explain the formula for deciding this figure?
>
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