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Thank you to all who replied, I asked the students' tutor for an explanation as to why he could not take photos of the white board, apparently this is to encourage him to write more as his hand writing is atrocious !. They have now dropped the deposit to £10.00 so this is 'doable' for him and will be paid this week so it makes the above no longer worth fighting. I do find it curious that HE students with identified learning support needs get access to adequate funding but very little is available to FE students thanks again Gillian Subject: RE: FE student Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:08:21 +0100 From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] 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 Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service