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Hi we have adopted the approach that students have a modified deadline to submissions up to 14 days. Students are also entitled to apply for an extension to their modified deadline, due to mitigating circumstances as are all other students to their deadlines. Mit Circs must be evidenced. Kathy Kathy Martyn Principal Lecturer Nutrition/Disability Liaison Tutor SHS University of Brighton Westlain House Village Way Falmer BN1 9PH ☎ 01273 644052 📱 07967498738 (text only) 📩 [log in to unmask] ________________________________ From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Brewster, Stephanie [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 18 March 2015 08:38 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Mitigating circumstances extensions on top of extensions for a disability hi Alison my understanding of this institution is that many students with additional needs are deemed entitled to an automatic (yes, I know this is controversial) one week's extension- to put them on a level playing field with others. Then they are entitled to apply for extenuating circumstances or a further extension for all the same reasons as any other student- bereavement, or health problems etc. We don't delay providing feedback to other students- how could we when a period of extenuating circumstances might last months? I hope this helps Stephanie Dr Stephanie Brewster BMedSci (Hons), EdD, SFHEA Senior Lecturer, Special Needs and Inclusion Studies Faculty Enabling Tutor [log in to unmask]<https:[log in to unmask]> Room WA106 phone 01902 32 3026 admin support 01902 518934 Students can book tutorials through SAMS <http://fehwsams.wlv.ac.uk/> http://fehwsams.wlv.ac.uk<http://fehwsams.wlv.ac.uk/> Faculty of Education, Health and Well-Being University of Wolverhampton Walsall Campus Gorway Road Walsall WS1 3BD ________________________________ From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Alison Phillips [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 17 March 2015 15:02 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Mitigating circumstances extensions on top of extensions for a disability Hi all, Can you tell me what you do in your institutions regarding providing extensions to coursework deadlines for mitigating circumstances when students already have extensions granted because of their disability. For example, a student at our University could have access to 10 working day extensions because they have a long term medical condition but they may also need to apply for a further extension due to unforeseen mitigating circumstances, such as a bereavement. We feel that the extension provided because of their disability puts them on an equal level to their non-disabled peers and that they should also be able to access extensions via the mitigating circumstances procedure as necessary. The University registry is arguing that such students should not be able to apply for further extensions via the mitigating circumstances procedure because it delays providing feedback to other students (which could be 400+ on any one module) – they feel it is not reasonable to delay this feedback for one (or a few) disabled student. They propose that a reasonable adjustment in such a case would be for the student to defer that piece of work to complete in the referral/deferral period over the summer. Can you let me know what you do in your institutions and if you have any thoughts on this… Best wishes, Alison ---------------------------- Alison Phillips Disability Adviser Disability Learning Support | University of Westminster 1st Floor Cavendish House | 101 New Cavendish Street | London | W1W 6XH E: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | T: 020 7911 5000 ext 66119 This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the above named only and may be confidential. If they have come to you in error you must not copy or show them to anyone, nor should you take any action based on them, other than to notify the error by replying to the sender. The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system. -- Scanned by iCritical. ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. For more information see http://www.brighton.ac.uk/is/spam/ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. For more information see http://www.brighton.ac.uk/is/spam/ ___________________________________________________________