I think students from other countries might just make an assumption that
things will work the same way in the UK as they do at home.
I think you need to make it clear how the system of arranging assistive
tech/personal assistance works here in the UK. Prospective students
should be advised that they need to find out about the support their home
government can provide if they want to study abroad.
The DDA expects UK HEIs to provide services to all students irrespective
of whether they are from the UK e,g see.
http://www.european-agency.org/heag//homepages/uk/index.html
I don't know how this might be interpreted in a court of law, but I think
it might be reasonable to suggest that UK HEIs do not cover the cost of
assistive tech aids or personal assistance strategies for UK students so
shouldn't be expected to meet these cost for non-UK students either.
On 28 Jul 2003 at 16:00, Keith Silvester wrote:
> If something could be written it would surely qualify for a 'creative writing' award!
> I'd love to know what people come up with.
>
> Keith Silvester
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pauline McInnes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 28 July 2003 14:32
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: International Students
>
>
> Hi All,
> I am just in the middle of writing something for our website about the services
> that we can offer to international disabled students and those that we would
> have more difficulty offering, due to funding (although we do have a pot of
> money set aside for this, it isn't huge). If anyone else has written anything
> like this or can offer advice on the services that they can offer and the ones
> they find difficult to offer, I would really appreciate it.
>
> Kind regards
> Pauline McInnes
>
>
> Pauline McInnes
> Development Officer (Disabilities)
> Cardiff University
> 47 Park Place
> Cardiff
> CF10 3AT
>
> Tel: 02920 870004
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