Armineh:
It's those additional costs that are the issue--they are detriments, not benefits, to UK
universities. There are
three major sources for funding for university students with disabilities: their LEA, benefits
and (for a very few)
flexible funding. International students are eligible for all of these, so anything they need has
to come from
"elsewhere." Most Universities haven't got a lot of "elsewhere" in their budget, and many
international students
do not come with additional funds attached for their additional needs. One exception that I
have had was a
visualy impaired student from Germany, who did have the German equivalent of flexible
funding as well as
German disability allowance. Sometimes even these kinds of supports are not payable in a
foreign country--this
is true in the US, for example, where SSI (disability support) can technically only be received
by individuals living
in the US. That's not to say that a student receiving SSI has never managed to study overseas,
but there are
frequent in-person reporting requirements to receive benefits so it could get difficult! And if
"caught" you could
be in real trouble. This shouldn't be the case within the EU but...
There's also an issue with visas. I would not be surprised at all if I heard that a non-EU
student with a physical
disability was denied entry on suspicion of "health tourism."
Mitzi
----- Original Message -----
From: Armineh Soorenian <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 6, 2006 4:04 pm
Subject: Re: PhD Research Request
> Hi David,
>
> Many thanks for sending me those references, they've been very
> useful. I
> know it's a tall order to ask about specific research on disabled
> international students, but I can't see why, because this group is
> equally
> valuable as international students to the British Economy, if not
> more so,
> because of additional impairment related costs. This really
> surprises me
> too, as you would think that disabled international students would
> be
> encouraged to attend the system. Just a thought!
>
> Armineh.
>
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