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On occassions where staff have presented these issues here, their line
manager is posed with the question of approving funding for the
assessment.

It is an HR matter and any policy would be negotiated through them.

Regards

PG

-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Conway
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:42 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: provision of EP reports for staff


I have exactly the same situation here - a member of staff has failed a
professional certificate and claims dyslexia, and wants to be tested.
I'd love to know how to proceed

John.


        -----Original Message-----
        From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support
staff. on behalf of Alison James
        Sent: Thu 21/10/2004 12:52
        To: [log in to unmask]
        Cc:
        Subject: provision of EP reports for staff



        Dear all

        a member of our academic staff wants to have an Educational
Psychologist's
        report to look into her suspected dyslexia and expects the
institution to
        fund this.  This is a new situation for us, and I have forwarded
her
        request to our Equality and Diversity Officer as I have assumed
this is a
        Personnel matter. ( My own provision is for funding student
support, as is
        that of my colleague in Student Services). We  have offered her
back up
        through screening and staff development however.  She believes
it is
        practice in other universities to fund EP reports for staff and
I haven't
        a clue whether this is so, although can believe that larger
institutions
        are probably better placed to offer these kinds of services.

        Can anyone advise on practice? We are a small specialist arts
institution
        and one university she mentioned was UEL, which is of a very
different
        size to us. (Anyone from UEL out there??!)

        thank you very much

        Alison

        Alison James
        Learning and Teaching Co-ordinator
        Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College
        Falkner Road
        Farnham
        Surrey
        GU9 7DS

        Tel:  01252 892762