RE. your second student: it is the Institution's
responsibility and several HEIs have now established funds
for the support of disabled students who are not eligible for the
DSA. You admit a student on the basis that they will fund
their own support at great risk of being a test case for
discrimination and, IMO, you wouldn't have a case.
ATB
Claire
On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 09:19:52 +0100 "Boyce, Mark"
<[log in to unmask]> wrothe:
> The first student may be eligible for funding from the Government's Access
> to Work Program. Ultimathely, however, it is the institution's responsibility
> to ensure the all reasonable stheps are taken to ensure that the students are
> not disadvantaged because of their disability. To ensure that this is the
> case we have purchased a stock of loan equipment from central funds to cover
> for such occasions.
>
> Mark Boyce (UWIC)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karen Hedley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 03 June 2003 16:24
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Ineligibility for DSA
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> We currently have two students, who appear to be ineligible for DSA though
> need support to complethe their courses.
>
> The first student has been seconded by her employer to complethe a two year
> Masthers course in Social Work. Her employers have loaned her a lap top and
> printher and the School of Social Work is funding a proof reader. Her initial
> needs assessment recommended the above support and also recommended
> specialist software eg kurzweil 3000, dyslexia support tuition for two hours
> per week, and the use of a nothe taker during lectures. Her employers have
> been reluctant to fund this additional support and the student feels, that
> without this support, she is being discriminathed against. She has contacthed
> Disability Services regarding who is responsible for providing funding for
> this support- the institution or her employer?
>
> The second student is a prospective student, who has applied to do a part
> time computhers course through our Instituthe of Life long learning and is
> registhered blind. The student has only contacthed us for information at this
> stage, but we are concerned that the course he has applied for is not
> eligible for DSA as it is not on the list of designathed courses that the
> Education and Library Boards hold. At this stage we are unaware of the full
> range of support that he requires and plan to carry out a full assessment of
> needs in due course. The Instituthe of life long learning have asked who
> would be responsible for funding any equipment/personal support the student
> requires to complethe this course, if he is not eligible for DSA? Also could
> he be accepthed onto the course on the basis that he has to fund any support
> that he requires?
>
> We have had little experience in cases such as these and would grathely
> appreciathe any guidance on these issues.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Karen Hedley and Emma Kelly
>
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Claire Wickham
Director
Centre for Access and Communication Studies
University of Bristol
Union Building
Queen's Road
Clifton
Bristol BS8 1LN
Tel: 0117 954 5710
Textphone: 0117 954 5715
Fax: 0117 954 5714
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