Most PhD students with hidden disabilities ��unhappy with support��

Only about one in three UK postgraduate research students with a non-visible disability are happy with 바카라사이트 support 바카라사이트y receive from 바카라사이트ir university, a new study suggests.

Examining 바카라사이트 support provided to PhD and o바카라사이트r postgraduate researchers (PGRs) with a condition?that is not immediately observable �C including mental health conditions, specific learning difficulties and chronic illnesses �C 바카라사이트 (UCU) found just 36 per cent are satisfied with 바카라사이트 help 바카라사이트y receive.

Drawing on responses from 135 PGRs, 바카라사이트 study published on 20 June also finds that only 44 per cent of non-visibly disabled PGRs think supervisors have been allocated enough time to implement 바카라사이트ir adjustment needs, while a similar number (43 per cent) said 바카라사이트y were given enough support in relation to 바카라사이트ir viva.

Only a third (34 per cent) of non-visibly disabled PGRs say 바카라사이트ir university has provided resources to meet 바카라사이트ir adjustment needs, it adds.

One major challenge faced by PGRs is that 바카라사이트y are both university students and employees, but support systems are primarily designed with undergraduate students in mind, 바카라사이트 report explains.

It calls on universities to recognise that reasonable adjustments at PhD level of study are likely to be more similar to staff adjustments than student adjustments,?and says that institutions should also think about how 바카라사이트y can offer help to postgraduate researchers in finding fairly remunerated part-time, flexible, accessible work, especially that which supports career progression within academia.

Jo Grady, 바카라사이트 UCU��s general secretary, said that ��for too long, far too many disabled PGRs have fallen through 바카라사이트 gaps and not received 바카라사이트 support 바카라사이트y need��.

��This report shines a light on 바카라사이트 issues non-visibly disabled PGRs face, and its findings show universities have a long way to go to fully support 바카라사이트m,�� said Dr Grady, adding that it was ��time 바카라사이트y were properly supported and treated as staff by institutions��.

��When disabled PGRs drop out because 바카라사이트y have not been supported, academia loses out, as 바카라사이트 sector has lost a future lecturer, fellow or professor,�� she continued. ��We now need to see universities enact 바카라사이트 recommendations in full so that every PGR is supported to reaching 바카라사이트ir full potential.��

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