I'm guessing the concern it that when student's provide a photocopied document rather than an original document with a proper signature....... I've often wondered about the genuiness of some paperwork that arrives. Do you demand an original signature on a document?
Regards
John
Dr John Conway
On 1 Mar 2012, at 08:48, "Heather Serdar" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Rebecca
>
> I am not clear which evidence you refer to.
>
> At my university, students are required to have a report from an educational
> psychologist noting SpLD. They have the option of using an in-house ed psych
> if they are not able to source one themselves.
>
> Once the report has been issued by the ed psych, the disability support unit
> supply students with a certificate (complete with their student ID) noting
> their SpLD. It is the student's responbility to photocopy the certificate and
> attach it to their scripts.
>
> The disability support unit also send an email to the disability coordinator
> confirming that the student has an SpLD. This email is kept in a shared drive
> on the network so that if there is any doubt about the validity of the
> certificate it can be checked centrally.
>
> Does this help?
>
> Regards.
>
> Heather
>
>
> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:52:11 +0000
> From: "Lewis, Rebecca" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Supporting Evidence
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
> We have recently encountered some problems with evidence supplied by
> students, the problem being that the evidence has turned out not to be
> genuine.
>
> Do you have a system of checking or verifying information of this sort
> provided by students? We are going to be looking at our procedures because
> of these recent difficulties and I wondered if others had encountered
> anything similar or if there were checks in place?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rebecca
>
> Rebecca Lewis
> Disability Co-ordinator
> City University London
> Northampton Square
> London EC1V 0HB
>
> T 020 7040 3300
> E [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> W www.city.ac.uk<http://www.city.ac.uk/>
>
> My office is based in Learning Success, which can be found in the Student
> Centre on Level 2.
>
> Please note; if you are more than 20 minutes late for your appointment I may
> not be able to see you and you will need to re-book.
>
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