If you provide full high quality communication support and additional time
to allow for the impact of this, will the student be disadvantaged? It
might also be useful to brief all the hearing people involved in the viva
so that they know how to work with HACS/use equipment and to ensure that
any HAC is fully informed of the content of the student's work.
ATB
Claire
--On 12 November 2003 18:25 +0000 "DONOUGH, Anna" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Does anyone have a precedent for an alternative/modification to a viva
> for a postgraduate student with a hearing impairment?
>
> We don't want to disadvantage the student by forcing her through a viva
> and wondered if anyone else had any good practice ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Anna Donough
>
> Acting Head of Student Development Team
> Student Development Centre
> University of Gloucestershire
> Swindon Road
> Cheltenham
> GL50 4AZ
> Tel: 01242 543416
> Fax: 01242 543341
>
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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 5710/5705
Textphone: 0117 954 5715
Fax: 0117 954 5714
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