perhaps this will encourage lecturers to make students take their own notes and stop giving any handouts??? Dr John S Conway BSc PhD FGS FRGS FHEA MNADP Director, MSc International Rural Development Director, BSc Countryside Management Chair, Research Committee Principal Lecturer : Soil Science Disability Officer Royal Agricultural college, Cirencester, Glos GL7 6JS 01285 652531 fax 01285 650219 http://www.rac.ac.uk/?_id=590 <http://www.rac.ac.uk/?_id=590> ________________________________ From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. on behalf of Gerard Conroy Sent: Thu 25/09/2008 09:09 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: alternative formats - quick questions I agree. Academics know in advance what they are to examine and therefore what they must teach, they can therefore prepare in advance of the lecture and give out handouts appropriately. Gerard Conroy From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Callaghan, Brigid Sent: 25 September 2008 08:53 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: alternative formats - quick questions Hello, I wonder what people think of my view on this matter: that obtaining materials in alternative format for disabled students should be a shared responsibility? So, tutors are responsible with support from myself and luckily, we have good support from the library. What is your view - short answers on a post card please : - ) *********************************************************** Brigid Callaghan Disability Adviser Student Services University of Bolton Deane Rd Bolton BL3 5AB [log in to unmask] To make an appointment: 01204 903733. Direct line: 01204 903803 Minicom: 01204 903490 Please do not print off this email unless absolutely necessary - save the planet. *********************************************************** This e-mail is confidential to the intended recipients. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and unlawful. The recipient acknowledges that the Royal Agricultural College cannot control the content of information received in transmissions made via the Internet. Royal Agricultural College (Registered in England No: 99168) & Royal Agricultural College Enterprises Ltd (Registered in England No: 2752048) are the trading names of the Royal Agricultural College Registered Office: Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6JS