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There's a bit of a knock on effect on the support as although extensions are really useful for students for whom work is more time consuming, if the extension is after the time the course was due to complete, SFE will often refuse to pay for the support e.g. 1:1 support tuition, and some universities are also refusing the pay for the support either, leaving a student with an extension, which is really helpful, but unhelpfully no support to complete it with, or even worse a bunch of unpaid invoices for support that need dealing with by either the support worker or the student :-)
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 15:44:34 +0000
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Subject: Re: Dissertation Extensions for Dyslexic Students
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We did not give extensions on the grounds of dyslexia partly because of the knock on effect as the dissertation is submitted immediately before the exams….. and partly because we felt that since the student had already had over 6 months to carry out the project they could have prioritised in within that time.
Now we have a policy of no extensions for anyone – we ask they submit a mitigating circumstance form with a limited range of acceptable instances, dyslexia not being one
Regards,
John
Dr John S Conway
Disability Officer
Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, Glos GL7 6JS
01285 652531 ext. 2234
From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lynda Tout
Sent: 09 February 2016 3:24 PM
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Subject: Re: Dissertation Extensions for Dyslexic Students
Hi,
We would not consider an extension for a student with dyslexia, unless there were exceptional circumstances, for instance where it had been impossible to put support in place (specialist tutoring) in time to support assessments. Our disability related ECs are based on ‘acute episodes’ which dyslexia cannot have.
Obviously if there are other reasons for an EC, evidence could be obtained and the usual process followed.
Best regards,
Lyn
Lynda Tout
Inclusion Co-ordinator
Disability & Inclusion Advice Service (HDC ground floor)
T: 01752 636833 [Extn: 3246]
From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lucia Evans
Sent: 09 February 2016 14:28
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Subject: Dissertation Extensions for Dyslexic Students
Dear all,
We have had an increasing number of dyslexic students requesting extensions for their dissertations, with their dyslexia tutors writing to me to recommend this. As an institution we do not ordinarily offer extensions on coursework to students with dyslexia as default as due to the assessment structure here it would have a knock on effect on other work. We did give one such student an extended deadline as his dyslexia has been deemed quite severe, but I now feel we should offer it to all if we are to treat everyone the same.
What do others think of this and what guidance can you offer in these instances as to what happens at other institutions? If a dyslexia tutor recommends an extension, should this be enough to warrant giving one?
Thanks in advance
Lucia
Lucia Evans
Student Support Manager
Student Learning Advisor (Monday, Thursday, Friday, PT weekends)
The British School of Osteopathy
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