Yeah. I would refer you to Ruth Thei's posting to this forum on 18.3.05
"HEFCE mainstream disability allocation".
This is the premium funding mentioned in the paper.
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From: "Petrie, Joel" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: Support and Retention
Very interesting paper Iain - can you (or anyone) shed light on the
statement made in it that "HEFCE now awards premium funding to institutions
on the basis of the number of students receiving the DSA."
Thanks, Joel
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As long as you aren't scared off by academics contextualising their work
with references to Bourdieu, the work of Sheila Riddell et al. can provide a
few "Ah-ha" moments when thinking about disability, support and retention.
I'm a bit of a post-Marxist meself, and appreciate their avoidance of
simplification.
A place to start: Riddell, S., Wilson, A and Tinklin, T. (2002) Disability
and the Wider Access Agenda: Supporting Disabled Students in Different
Institutional Contexts. Available online at:
http://www.ces.ed.ac.uk/Disability/Papers/WidePart.pdf. Accessed 14.4.05.
I don't believe there is anything in the Singleton report re:retention.
Withdrawal rates and withdrawal interviews can also, I believe, be
informative (if your institution does such things and collates such
figures).
HTH.
Iain Hood
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Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 12:54 PM
Subject: Support and Retention
Bryan
I'm sure that there was some research carried out as part of the Chris
Singleton's report into dyslexia and higher education. I can't put my hands
on a copy of the report but I seem to remember a section that looked at
degree classification vs level of support in HEIs and it concluded that
where support levels were significant, students with dyslexia achieved
comparable results to other students.
Mike Wray
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