I would welcome any ideas or examples of successful approaches to
convincing senior management of the importance of access and health an
safety provision for students with additional needs as part of the
mainstream institutional provision.
We have a Disability Equality Policy and Action Plan which does, in
theory, commit the institution to monitoring and improving accessibility,
but no budgetary committment to achieve this. The reality is that the
senior manager who controls facilities and estates budgets is refusing all
requests for disability-related works unless funded by Student Services. I
acknowledge the current financial constraints and need to keep to budgets,
but his attitude appears unnecessarily obstructive.
I would welcome suggestions as to how to tackle this.
Clare
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Clare Davies
Student Services
Nene-University College Northampton
Boughton Green Road
Northampton NN4 OBN
Tel: 01604 735500 ext 2390
Email: [log in to unmask]
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