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-- [ From: Jo * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Leila, The report of the National Working Party on Dyslexia in Higher Education is now scheduled to be published in April at the time of the BDA Conference in York. Apologies for the delay in publication - this was unavoidable. Jo Horne Research Assistant National Working Party on Dyslexia in Higher Education Department of Psychology University of Hull Hull HU6 7RX 01482 466157 01482 465599 fax -------- REPLY, Original message follows -------- > Date: Thursday, 06-Feb-97 06:40 PM > > From: L Edwards \ Internet: ([log in to unmask]) > To: [log in to unmask] \ Internet: ([log in to unmask]) > > Subject: Re: Examination Arrangements > > Gail, > > We have the usual regulations which in our case state that normally 10 mins. > per hour will be given for e.g. dyslexia, however, we are moving more to a > model of accepting that this is only a general norm and that each case must be > taken on its merits, as far as possible based on expert assessment, e.g. from > the report done for the DSA and expert recommendations. Last week we agreed for > a dyslexic student to have 25% more time, i.e. 15 mins per hour, as this was > recommended by his ed.psych. and Dyslexia Institute assessment. > > We are also awaiting the report from the National Working Party on Dyslexia > before we move to make any formal changes to our regs - since it has obviously > done such a thorough and taken on a wide range of opinions, etc., and we don't > want to preempt their recommedations for what is the largest group of students > with disabilities. I understood at the November Dartington Conference that the > report would be out soon - does anyone have any definite news on this? > > Leila > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%