Dear All,
We've just had a query from a profoundly Deaf student who is not a
native English or BSL user. She originally comes from Spain so I am
guessing that her first language is either Spanish or Spanish sign
language.
Anyway, all people who have English as their second language and wish to
our joint honours in Psychology and Sociology must take an IELTS (I
think I've spelt that right) and gain a score of 5.5.
Our Deaf student says this is discrimination because her written
language is going to be much poorer than her BSL skills. However, the
fact remains that she will still need to write in English as part of her
course and I very much doubt that it would be acceptable to replace all
her written assessments with assessments in sign language.
Should this student have to sit the IELTS test like all other students
or is this discrimination?
Any help on this one would be greatfully received.
Kind regards
Pauline
Pauline McInnes
Disability Co-ordinator
Disability Team
Student Services
St Mary's Road
Ealing
London
W5 5RF
Tel: 0208 231 2058
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