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John We have separate rooms here depending on the length of extra time. Elaine Shillcock Head - Disability Support Office Tel. 0161 275 7512 Fax. 0161 275 7018 Minicom. 0161 275 2794 Text 07899 663512 / 07899 658790 This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named recipient and may be confidential. If you are not the named recipient please email the sender immediately then delete this message. You should not disclose the content, distribute or retain any copies of this message. If you are the intended recipient of this email and the content of this email concerns one or more disabled students, please bear in mind that the information that it contains may be confidential and that medical history information in particular may be very sensitive. Information is disclosed only to facilitate support of that student. Recommendations made for the support of the student are unlikely to be confidential, but the reasons for those recommendations may be. _____ From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Conway Sent: 26 April 2005 18:17 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: examination arrangements Sorry if we've covered this before, but I am wrestling with my conscience and with the institution over "reasonable adjustments" for students with dyslexia in respect of how we manage extra time, and in particular using a separate room. For reasons of staff shortage and economy principally, we put all the students in together and the dyslexics stay on afterwards. Naturally this causes some degree of distraction and loss of concentration, amongst the very students for whom this is often the major problem. I'd be very grateful to know what is considered the norm in other universities? Do you have a separate room for those taking extra time? Please feel free to contact me off the list. What I'm hoping for is enough replies to be able to say here "most universities do X" <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] Dr John S Conway Principal Lecturer in Soil Science / Chair, Research Committee Disability Officer Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Glos GL7 6JS 01285 652531 ext 2234 fax 01285 650219 <http://www.rac.ac.uk/~john_conway/> http://www.rac.ac.uk/~john_conway/ <file:///\\[log in to unmask]> email