Dear All
I am not sure that this is the right group to receive this plea but I will try and apologies to those who receive it on another list as I am going to use a scatter gun approach.
At Sheffield Hallam we used to have minimum age of entry of 18 to our undergraduate courses but we have now got rid of this because of the age discrimination legislation. We envisage that we will have a small number of 16-18 year olds in future and we want to issue some practical guidance to faculties and central departments about what additional support is required for this age group in order to meet our additonal duty of care. We already have specific guidance relating to younger children on summer schools and to widening participation activities. I have also read a number of general child protection policies from other universities. However, none of these seem to address the issues relating to this group where it seems to be risky just to support them in exactly the same way as all other students but, equally, inappropriate to treat them as if they were much younger. Any examples of what other universities do now or are going to do would be most gratefully received.
Thanks
Geoff Smith
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Geoff Smith
Assistant Secretary
Sheffield Hallam University
University Secretariat
City Campus
Sheffield
S1 1WB
Telephone: 0114 225 3854
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