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If the LEA turned down a recommendation from an Access Centre report, they should have contacted the assessor to discuss the problem. Otherwise, the awards officer should explain to the student what the problem is; any explanation of the kind that it is general policy to refuse internet access regardless of individual circumstances should be strongly contested. In the end, the awards officer has the final say, but decisions should be justifiable and relate to the particular case. You might contact the original assessor and get some advice about the kinds of argument to make in this case; however, the assessor has no power to oblige the awards officer to carry out the recommendations and will not necessarily be keen to act as an advocate for the student. I am strongly resistant to recommending internet access as a matter of course, but I have found that it has always been accepted when I have made the individual case. Bernard Doherty Assessor East Anglia Regional ACCESS Centre Anglia Polytechnic University East Road Cambridge CB1 1PT 01223 363271 x2534 [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "F.C.Brindley" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 3:47 PM Subject: internet support for PhD student Hello I'm supporting a fulltime PhD student whose DSA report recommmends she has £15 a month reimbursement from her LEA for her Internet access. Her LEA have refused this. Have other people had the same experience? She shares an office with 10 other students and there are 4 computers there (but the noise etc. means she can't concentrate). Other Internet access areas in the uni would also be noisy. Frances Brindley Frances Brindley (dyslexia support tutor) English Language Teaching Centre 283 Glossop Road Sheffield S10 2HB Telephone: 0114 222 1792 Fax: 0114 273 9907