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The message <[log in to unmask]> from Amanda Shaw <[log in to unmask]> contains these words: > Hi, > It may seem obvious but I'm going to ask the question anyway: > > Can anyone tell be whether the DSA is available to students doing a PGCE. > Strictly speaking this is PostGrad so I wouldn't have thought (at the > moment anyway) that students would be able to access the DSA, but one of my > PGCE ers seems to think otherwise. She tells me that LEA's consider it as > 'equivelent to the 4th year of an undergraduate course'. I don't have a > problem with this if this is so, but can anyone give me a definitive answer? > Many thanks > Amanda Shaw > Disabled Students'Adviser (Dyslexia) > Brunel University, UK > [log in to unmask] A PGCE is regarded as part of a first degree. as far as the LEAs I deal with are concerned. I normally include it in the initial study period but have done a few PGCE stage initial DSA claims. LEAs are more likely to mutter about Computer Loans for PGCE applications. Stephen lancaster %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%