Baseline guidance is up for review, so Brigid could use that as part of
the 'case for' another post?
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/circlets/2007/cl31_07/
Amanda
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:22:38 +0000, Claire Wickham
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>The 1999 HEFCE review Guidance on base-level provision for disabled
>students in higher education institutions
>
> http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/1999/99_04.htm
>
>Contained the following advice:
>
>Dedicated staff
>
>96. To deliver this base-level provision, institutions will need
>dedicated staff resources. As a minimum we believe that each HEI should
>employ a dedicated co-ordinator as a permanent member of staff. Given
>the range of work involved, the need to deal expeditiously with
>individual and personal needs, and the time-absorbing nature of this
>work either of the following possible approaches would be realistic in
>determining the number of dedicated staff:
>
>* staffing based on total student numbers
>
> Size of institution FTE posts
> up to 3,000 students 0.5
> 5,000 students 1.0
> 10,000 students 2.0
> 15,000 students 3.0
> 20,000 students 4.0
>
>* staffing based student numbers, with a ratio of one co-ordinator
>to 200 students with disabilities.
>
>97. Such staffing will allow for a more proactive approach to
>planning and providing services for students with disabilities, and
>should give a greater capacity to monitor whether agreed services are
>actually delivered. For larger institutions a team of staff, each
>specialising in the needs of particular groups of students, may be most
>appropriate. This could include, for example, a general disability
>co-ordinator, a co-ordinator for deaf students, a co-ordinator for
>visually impaired students and a co-ordinator for students with mental
>health problems. Some staff resources might be devoted to IT issues.
>
>As the percentage of disabled students has risen since 1999, a number
>based on 1 adviser per 200 disabled students would probably give a
>higher staffing recommendation for most HEIs now,
>
>Back to my Xmas cake,
>
>Claire
>
>Claire Wickham
>Senior Disability Officer
>Disability Resource Centre
>University of the West of England
>Frenchay Campus
>Coldharbour Lane
>Bristol BS16 1QY
>
>Tel: 0117 328 3737
>Textphone: 0117 32 83644
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Callaghan, Brigid
>Sent: 20 December 2007 12:33
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: put down that mince pie for a second
>
>Hi - this is a bit urgent, (well urgent to me, I appreciate not to you,
>but it is the season of good will ;) so put down that mince pie for 10
>secs.
>
>
>
>How many students do you have at your Uni?
>
>How many students do you have who have declared a disability
>
> and how many disability advisers do you have?
>
>
>
>We are fighting for another post and I have been asked to get some
>figures on this. I suppose it would make more sense to compare
>ourselves to institutions of similar size - our student population is:
>9,000 we have 800 disabled students and two disability advisers.
>
>
>
>Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>
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>Senior Disability Adviser
>Student Services
>University of Bolton
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