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I cannot remember who has access to this information, but there are data protection laws in the UK and I would check the form for any reference to this. One applies for undergraduate courses on a standardised form so I suspect that is seen by more people than for post graduate courses which is seen by only the one institution. For them to pass that information on to anyone else without your permission would be illegal. However how far that information is shared within each University itself would be something that would be governed I suspect by there individual data protection policy which they must have. It would be wise to make enquiries as each University will have a data protection officer. Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: The Disability-Research Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Ron Amundson > Sent: 20 August 2003 09:45 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: The "outing" question > > > Thank you all for your complex and interesting thoughts. The two most > practical suggestions were (I think) Lilith's "Hire a lawyer" and > Adrienne's > "Don't risk disclosure." (These are related, for practical > purposes, because > she must either disclose or lie -- or refuse to answer ... she's not given > the option of saying "no comment.") > > Let me try to drag this down to an even more practical level. Does anyone > (especially anyone in Britain) know WHO HAS ACCESS TO THIS > INFORMATION? The > forms say nothing about privacy, or even about whether the > information will > be given to the Admissions Committee. The answer to Anita's question about > the adequacy of enforcement of nondiscrimination policies might > be helpful. > But the student would in fact not even trust the enforcement, because she > believes that there are particular biases about her impairment given the > field she's applying to. (I'm just reporting her views here. I'd > be happy to > have a long discussion about how everybody thinks their own impairment is > extra-specially stigmatized, but I'm not about to argue about it with the > student.) > > The student is not interested in writing a letter of protest, or > leading the > way for others to follow, or possibly even in leaving the boxes blank > (because it would draw attention to herself). IF SHE KNEW that the > information would not be given to the Department that she's applying to, > she'd disclose. (This would be the situation in the U. S.) > > So does anyone (i.e. anyone familiar with the British system) > know who gets > the disclosed information? Is it sent to the Admissions Committee? > > If not, does anyone know a good immigration lawyer? (No, that's a joke.) > > Ron > > > Ron Amundson > University of Hawaii at Hilo > Hilo, HI 96720 > [log in to unmask] > > ________________End of message______________________ > > Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List > are now located at: > > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html > > You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page. > ________________End of message______________________ Archives and tools for the Disability-Research Discussion List are now located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can JOIN or LEAVE the list from this web page.