Dear All,
Richard wrote:
"One constructive step that I have taken here is to involve the Schools and
Colleges Liaison Office of the University (who form part of my overall
department). They now stress to potential applicants and FE staff (when they
visit the FE sector to give talks and presentations) the importance of
honesty about disabilities during application. It may appear like a small
step, but disseminating information in this manner is likely to be more
effective than the statement in the UCAS handbook about a lack of obligation
on behalf of HEIs if they are not given the known truth during application.
Perhaps this is something that we could all stimulate in our own
institutions?"
Richard highlights the necessity of declaring the disability by students
with disabilities in the application stage to the higher education, from a
service provider perspective. Indeed, the current HESA statistics shows
that more than 4% of all student population in their first year for home
students have declared a disability at this stage.
However, from s service user perspective, those students who may have not
declared any disability, such as those with mental disabilities among others
may have perceptions of discrimination based on their previous negative
experiences in the case of declaration resulting in no-access to higher
education. This may be much more problematic in application to the courses
with limited choice since they may be offered only in a few schools.
Ozcan
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