I've recently had a needs assessment carried out (for my own needs) and two
equipment suppliers are recommended, both offering the relevant training.
What concerns me is that the supplier offering the equipment at a lower
cost is also offering the training at a (much) lower cost.
Whilst the equipment is likely to be of a similar quality regardless of
supplier I don't think the same applies to training.
My local authority is likely to select the lowest cost option (quite
reasonably) - can I ask that the training provider be considered separately?
Barry Hayward
Disability Coordinator
Student Support Services
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
London
SE14 6NW
T: 020 7717 2292
E: [log in to unmask]
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk
--On 25 February 2009 14:07 +0000 Julia Tait <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> We were recently informed by Student Finance England that DSA training
> has to be carried out by one of the suppliers recommended in the Needs
> Assessment and cannot be carried out by a locally based trainer. Is
> this a new regulation or has this been the case for a while? Does
> anyone know if Needs Assessment Centres are allowed to carry out
> training or if that has been changed as well? We find that being able to
> use a local trainer is often extremely helpful to the student.
>
> Thank you.
>
> --
> Julia Tait
> Senior Adviser & Co-ordinator for Students with Dyslexia
> & Other Specific Learning Difficulties,
> Student Services,
> Oxford Brookes University
> Helena Kennedy Student Centre,
> Headington Hill Campus
> Oxford OX3 0BP
>
> 01865 484659
>
|