Well, there are some us out there trying to set up an additional access
centres who can't get a reply from existing centres - essential as part of the
set up process. Now my manager requires a business plan, but how can I
provide this if my nominated business managers from other centres will not
particiipate. We do carry out assessments now. The only change for us is to
formalise what we already do. Help quick!!!!!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 01 November 2000 20:19
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: DSA's
>
> Well, if LEA's want an assessment conducted by an NFAC Centre they need to
> realise that there are only so many of them and only so many NFAC accredited
> assessors.
> Do you accept reports from assessors who are not based at NFAC centres St
> John?
> Jo
>
> Original Message>
> Hi all
> This was posted on LEA Admin. I figured folks here might have something
> to say on the subject :)
> St.John Skeates
> Awards Section
> Bedfordshire County Council
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Paul [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:06 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]; Skeates,St.John DEAL Awards Tm
> Subject: DSA Needs Assessments
>
>
>
> We are experiencing situations where students are being sent off to
> Access
> Centres only to find that the earliest booking they can get for a needs
> assessment is mid-January. I realize that demand has grown enormously in
> the last couple of years but, clearly, in some cases, this may have
> implications for the students' attendance on their courses.
>
> One particular student at an institution in the Midlands has been
> compelled
> to travel back down to London for the assessment, which seems a little
> silly. The Access Centre to which she was referred by her institution
> took
> the view that they were doing their best, however they had not even
> suggested to the student that, rather than wait 3 months for an
> appointment
> there, she should try other centres. Not very customer-friendly,
> methinks.
> I'm not saying that that kind of practice is widespread, but the fact
> that
> it exists at all is a little worrying.
>
> Are any other LEAs or HEIs encountering similar problems? My feeling is
> that the problem could be overcome if co-ordinated updates on
> availability
> at the Access Centres could be sent to LEAs and HEIs at regular, say
> monthly, intervals. Perhaps the National Federation of Access Centres
> could
> take on such a responsibility? (But then I suppose that not all the
> centres
> belong to NFAC...)
>
> Matthew Paul
> Principal Pupil & Student Support Officer
> London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
>
> Tel: 020 8891 7588
> Fax: 020 8891 7714
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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