> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 14:56:47 GMT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> From: Nick Givens <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Advisors to Disabled Students
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> Dear Forum,
> Please excuse me for crashing in on your group; Lynn tully at Cranfield
> suggested that you may be able to help me.
>
> I'm a tutor at Exeter University, and I convene an informal Equal
> Opportunites Forum for interested parties. This is outside the University
> committee structure, which has the advantage that no one is excluded;
> students, student union staff, all grades of Univ. staff can contribute.
>
> The Forum identified provision for disabled studentsd as a priority; we
> would really like to know:
>
> 1. does your institution provide an 'Advisor for Disabled Students', or
> similiar (eg advocate, support worker,..)
> if yes to 1., is this person..
>
> 2.on the institution payroll / from outside the institution
>
> 3.dedicated to support work for disabled students (staff ?) / combining this
> with other work
>
> 4. paid / released from other duties for a set number of hours / unpaid
> volunteer
>
> 5.full time / part tiem (how much ?)
>
> 6. anything else that might be relevant
>
> Thanks,
> Nick.
> Nick Givens
> School of Education,
> University of Exeter,
> Heavitree Road,
> Exeter,
> EX1 2LU.
> Tel (+44) (0)1392 264869
> Fax (+44) (0)1392 264922
>
At Nottingham I am formally 0.5 on the University payroll. There is
also a bit over 1.0 inthe Learning support Unit dealing mainly with
dyslexia. There is a University Counselling service which deals with
staff and students, about 3.0
Mary>
Mary Foley, Officer for Disability Issues
Universiry of Nottingham
tel0115-9514377, fax01159514376, minicom01159514378
e-mail Mary.Foley@nottingham
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