We don’t ask for deposits – it would exclude those who couldn’t afford it and they might have a very significant disability. Could the student borrow the money from the college welfare officer’s discretionary funds?
From: Discussion list for disabled students and
their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of gillian
rowe
Sent: 29 September 2011 21:15
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: FE student
Hi can anyone suggest help for an FE student who has been offered a laptop by
the college (he has dyslexia) but has to pay a £50.00 deposit before he can
have it, is this legal? He lives on state benefits and cannot afford it. I
suggested to him to use his phone camera to take images of the white board to
compliment hand outs, but I have just recieved an e mail from his tutor to say
he can no longer do this.
any advice please
Gillian
Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service