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I would agree with Simon with regard to this. At Teesside we have a Drop-in Student Study Skills Centre, DISSSC. The centre support all students who are expereincing difficulites. We have also had students in this situation, but we are unable to provide support, so try and liaise with acerdemic staff, and provide the student with as much info with regards to basic skills etc so that they have a fighting chance. If the student has been acepted though, then it is fair to say they should be give a chance to achieve, but there is also a fine line as to whether the support they are being offered would be open to all students or if they are being given unfair advantage. It is a tough one, but i think on occasion students although acepted are not acerdemically able to achieve, and there are question here around whether acepting students with low grades are really just being set up to fail, but that is possibly another dbate for another time. Simon Morris Disability Adviser 01642 342279 01642 342289 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ________________________________ From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Simon Jarvis [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 19 October 2010 17:07 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Students without Dyslexia If they don't have an SpLD a dedicated disability and dyslexia service cannot support them, otherwise you'd be obliged to offer support to your entire student population. That said, if Roehampton have recruited them they have a moral responsibility to support the students. Do you have anywhere that offers generic study skills to all students? I don't think it would be inappropriate to write to the students' academic departments and ask them for some support, e.g. from a postgraduate or research student. Afterall, they gave them a place on the course. Simon Pauline McInnes wrote: Dear All, I’m afraid this issue is raising it’s head again. We have got several students at Roehampton this year who are desperate for support and for whatever reason think they have a specific learning difficulty. But when we either assess them or look into their reports they are not dyslexic, nor do they have a general learning disability, in that there IQ does not fall below 70. Therefore, we feel we cannot support them. However, it often falls in the 80s. How do other colleagues react to these students in terms of the support you provide? Kind regards Pauline Head of Disability Services Student Services Richardson Building Ri 004 Digby Stuart College Roehampton University Roehampton Lane London SW15 5PU Tel: 020 8392 3366 Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy, disclose or otherwise act upon any part of this email or its attachments. Internet communications are not guaranteed to be secure or virus-free. Roehampton University does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from unauthorised access to, or interference with, any Internet communications by any third party, or from the transmission of any viruses. Any opinion or other information in this e-mail or its attachments that does not relate to the business of Roehampton University is personal to the sender and is not given or endorsed by Roehampton University. Roehampton University is a company limited by guarantee incorporated in England under number 5161359. Registered Office: Grove House, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PJ. An exempt charity. -- Simon Jarvis Head of Disability & Dyslexia Service Queen Mary University of London Student and Campus Services Room FB 2.30, Francis Bancroft Mile End Road, London E1 4NS Tel: 020 7882 2765 Fax: 020 7882 5223 www.scs.qmul.ac.uk<http://www.scs.qmul.ac.uk>