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Hello all,
Since we often get the request which is
the subject title of this email, we have reached a decision on how to approach
it and I have come up with wording we are going to use to email out to people
in response and to put on our disability web pages. I know others have debated
this – so if you want to use it – here it is – feel free to
adapt of course to suit your needs.
The
Disability Service receives many requests from students and external bodies
wishing to conduct disability related research. Often we are asked if we can
contact disabled students on the researcher’s behalf to ask if they would
be willing to participate in the research project. Whilst the Disability
Service is fully supportive of ongoing research and development in the field of
disability awareness, we cannot pass on student’s names or contact
details to such enquirers as this contravenes data protection and our
confidentiality policy. Nor do we feel it is fair to constantly
‘target’ disabled students to ask them participate in research.
This has long been a dilemma, as the Disability Service is keen to support
research whilst balancing the interests of our disabled students. This being
the case, we have taken the decision to request that researcher’s write
a short brief about their research project and explain which groups of disabled
students they are interested in reaching. We will then advertise this on the
front page of our Disability web pages for a limited time period of one month.
You must provide contact details so that if students are interested, they can
contact you directly themselves. Remember you must keep your proposal brief-
three of four lines only. We will not liaise between interested students and
researchers as workload and time limitations is another reason why we cannot
become too heavily involved in requests of this nature. Also remember, as with
all students, disabled students will be more likely to respond to requests to
participate in research and or questionnaires if they are given an incentive!
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Brigid Callaghan
Disability Adviser
Student Services
BL3 5AB
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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.
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