Now that these are to continue, non-means tested, and to include PT
students, if there are any issues of fine tuning which people still
want to communicate, the time to do so is very short. A White Paper
will be published in late September or October which will contain
most of the detail, so there is not time to set up surveys, call too
many meetings, take soundings from students etc. If you are even 70%
confident of what needs to be said then go ahead and say it.
Dearing reccomended a single agency for disabled students to deal
with for DSAs. This might be an extension to the existing Scottish
agency or a separate one for England and Wales. Either way it should
produce greater consistency of response on the funding side, for
better or worse remains to be seen and depends on your point of view.
Dave Laycock MBE
Head of CCPD, Chair of NFAC
Computer Centre for People with Disabilities
University of Westminster
72 Great Portland Street
London W1N 5AL
tel. 0171-911-5161
fax. 0171-911-5162
WWW home page: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/ccpd/
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