Dear all
I wonder if anyone can advise on the following:
A nursing student missed 4 weeks of clinical placement
due to illness.
The illness is ongoing and may be defined as a
disability for the purposes of the Act.
Because she missed so much of the placement she was
unable to make up the time and progress to the next module.
She has been advised to re-apply for the programme, to
come in on the next cohort of applicants, i.e. not, therefore, a deferred
place.
My feeling is that the University should have made it
more possible to allow her to make up the time. Notwithstanding that issue, has
anyone come across a situation where a student has had to go through the
application process again rather than being deferred because of absence due to illness?
This may constitute discrimination for the purposes of the DDA on a number of
levels and I just wondered if other Universities had come across a similar situation…..
Many thanks for any feedback.
Regards
Caroline Rusack
Disability Adviser
Ealing