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Very interesting paper Iain - can you (or anyone) shed light on the statement made in it that "HEFCE now awards premium funding to institutions on the basis of the number of students receiving the DSA." Thanks, Joel ________________________________ From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. on behalf of Iain Hood Sent: Fri 15/04/2005 11:04 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Support and Retention As long as you aren't scared off by academics contextualising their work with references to Bourdieu, the work of Sheila Riddell et al. can provide a few "Ah-ha" moments when thinking about disability, support and retention. I'm a bit of a post-Marxist meself, and appreciate their avoidance of simplification. A place to start: Riddell, S., Wilson, A and Tinklin, T. (2002) Disability and the Wider Access Agenda: Supporting Disabled Students in Different Institutional Contexts. Available online at: http://www.ces.ed.ac.uk/Disability/Papers/WidePart.pdf. Accessed 14.4.05. I don't believe there is anything in the Singleton report re:retention. Withdrawal rates and withdrawal interviews can also, I believe, be informative (if your institution does such things and collates such figures). HTH. Iain Hood Senior Student Adviser, Learning Support Student Support Services APU East Road Cambridge CB1 1PT 01223 363271 ex 2316 [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Wray" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 12:54 PM Subject: Support and Retention Bryan I'm sure that there was some research carried out as part of the Chris Singleton's report into dyslexia and higher education. I can't put my hands on a copy of the report but I seem to remember a section that looked at degree classification vs level of support in HEIs and it concluded that where support levels were significant, students with dyslexia achieved comparable results to other students. Mike Wray National Co-ordinator National Disability Team The Open University in the North West 351 Altrincham Road Manchester, M22 4UN Tel 0161 955 6930 Fax 0161 945 3356 email: [log in to unmask]