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How does this student square the ubiquitous security cameras? Presumably they don't have a passport (with photograph)??? Jeff In your message regarding Re: Students refusal to let disabled student record group work dated Tue, 8 Nov 2005 20:13:35 -0000, Judith Stansfield said that ... > a burka? or would that compromise his male-ness? > Cheers > Judith > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Judith Stansfield > SEN ICT Consultant > NASEN ICT Group > Melsonby First Responders Team > http://stass.web.onyxnet.co.uk/ > Farm Cottage, 24 East Road, Melsonby, Richmond DL10 5NF > 01325 718139 mob 0799 0572 365 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Conway" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:40 AM > Subject: Re: Students refusal to let disabled student record group work > I don't know the legalities, but a lecturer challenged this recently as > we have an extremely "religious" student who believes that to record his > voice, just as to photograph his image, takes away part of his soul. > Solutions please???? > 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/ > email [log in to unmask] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. > [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wakeham, Mark > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 8:03 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Students refusal to let disabled student record group work > Hello Val > We had a situation similar to this at UWIC. It was agreed that we could > not force the students to be recorded because it infringes on their > civil liberties to do so. We also had to progress with the groupwork > assignment, because it was felt that to cancel it would infringe on > academic standards. > We then offered the student a notetaker, which was accepted in the short > term, but the student felt that this was compromising their > independence. The final solution was therefore to select individuals who > were happy to be recorded and make up a working group that way. > I know that it is not the perfect solution, but it did work in this > case. > Hope that helps? > Mark Wakeham > -----Original Message----- > From: Val Green [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 07 November 2005 21:37 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Students refusal to let disabled student record group work > We have recently assessed a student who needs, and is her chosen method, > to record group work. However, the students in the group have refused to > let her do this, although the lecturer is happy for her to do so. Does > anyone know what the legalities and solutions are to support the > student? > Val Green > Chace > Cheltenham Assessment Centre > 01242 523 567 >>>> =============================================== Jeff Hughes, Chartered Educational Psychologist Special Needs Computing/Hughes & Co, Box42 Ltd Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://www.box42.com =============================================== >>>>>