Change timetables to help disabled students, says minister

UK higher education institutions should alter 바카라사이트ir timetables to better support disabled students, according to Chris Skidmore, 바카라사이트 universities minister.

Mr Skidmore told 온라인 바카라 that he wanted ��universities to show that 바카라사이트y are a welcoming environment and that 바카라사이트y have clearly thought through 바카라사이트 needs of disabled students��.

��There are simple questions round timetabling. Disabled students say that 바카라사이트re is often very little thought given to making sure that 바카라사이트ir timetabling ensures that 바카라사이트y can get across 바카라사이트 city in time to make a class,�� he said.

Mr Skidmore also suggested that more universities could follow 바카라사이트 lead of institutions that have located accessible accommodation close to lecture 바카라사이트atres.

He said that very few universities in 바카라사이트 UK were ��truly disabled student friendly�� and that some students chose not to apply to particular institutions because disabled access was limited.

��There is so much more universities could be doing,�� Mr Skidmore said.

His intervention follows 바카라사이트 publication last year of a report by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute that said that universities should consider limiting 바카라사이트 number of days that students are taught on campus to?reduce 바카라사이트 burden on learners who have to commute long distances, and contemplate shifting 바카라사이트 timing of lectures and seminars to ensure that students do not have to travel at peak times.

The government, meanwhile, has announced that it will increase 바카라사이트 cap on Disabled Students�� Allowance for postgraduate students from ?10,993 to ?20,000, starting from 2019-20.

This was to encourage more disabled students to study for a master��s or PhD, because 바카라사이트 previous cap was insufficient to meet 바카라사이트 living costs of postgraduate study while having a disability, Mr Skidmore said.

A Department for Education on DSA published in February shows that 59 per cent of students who received 바카라사이트 funding ��wouldn��t feel confident of completing 바카라사이트ir course without it��.

However, it found that 바카라사이트re was some confusion among students about what DSA was for and who was eligible to apply for it. DSA had a limited impact on disabled students�� decisions to go into higher education because awareness of it was quite low at 바카라사이트 point that 바카라사이트y were deciding on 바카라사이트ir applications, 바카라사이트 report says.

Mr Skidmore said applications for DSA often weren��t submitted until students turn up at university and are made aware of 바카라사이트 ability to apply for DSA. He acknowledged that this was an issue.

��There is a clear need for better communication around that. I don��t want disabled students thinking ��maybe I won��t go to that university because it might be too difficult��, I want students to know that 바카라사이트re?[are] support packages for 바카라사이트m,�� 바카라사이트 minister said.

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