Hi
You could get your human resources department to remind all (newly
recruited) tutors of their duties under the DDA e.g. that they take
'reasonable steps to find out if someone is disabled' and that they don't
make any assumptions about the ability of the student to participate in the
course just because of the disability. Put the emphasis on tutors to find
out if any of the students they are teaching have disclosed a disability,
and if so, how best to support them.
Ian Francis
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From: "Heather Griffiths" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: Notifications to academic depts of students with disabilities
We have the same sort of problem, of getting info to the right people.
We send it to programme leaders and subject heads, but then the
leaders for each module dont seem to get it. The college is keen on us
setting up a central system from which tutors can access info on their
students. but it obviously has implications for confidentiality.
Heather
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
on behalf of Callaghan, Brigid
Sent: Thu 06/09/2007 09:34
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Notifications to academic depts of students with disabilities
Hi - how do you over come the issue of: notifying academic depts
of
students with disabilities and the adjustments needed, when the
students
are on modular course which change frequently?
Currently, we send notifications to School Administrators who are
responsible for disseminating the info to academic staff. They say,
when something changes, e.g. a tutor, they don't know when it happens,
who the new tutor is and therefore can't pass on the info.
Anyone else have this problem?
I am sure there is a simple answer, but at the moment I can't think
what
it is! Help?
Cheers
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Student Services
University of Bolton
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Bolton
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