Dear All:
A nurse has approached our faculty of health and social care sciences in
order to do a short, 5 day 'Mentorship for Practice' module - this is a
continuing professional development (CPD) course for nurses that are
already registered. The student is deaf and will require two BSL
interpreters and note-taker support on each day, which clocks in at
about £5800.
My estimation is that this is something that the university will have to
bear the cost of as students studying these short courses are not
eligible for DSA and and there is no disability support funding built
into the cost of the NHS framework. Additionally, these CPD courses are
not considered mandatory by employers
My understanding is also that questions about the reasonableness of
support take into consideration the overall financial capacity of the
institution, as opposed to any internal account allocations - although
in very real terms, this basically comes out of my budget. I appreciate
that just because the figure is relatively large, this doesn't
necessarily make the request unreasonable.
The way forward might be about making a case for a larger budget at the
next allocation, - but I thought it prudent to see if other people have
any experience about this kind of thing as by doing this we would be
setting a precedent for future students.
All advice gratefully received!
Kind regards,
--
Michael Woodman
Disabilities Coordinator
Registry, Hunter Wing,
St. George's, University of London,
Cranmer Terrace, Tooting,
SW17 0RE.
www.sgul.ac.uk/disability
Tel: 020 8725 0143
Fax: 020 8725 0841
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