A-level students may not be the only people demanding that their papers are re-marked. Vice-chancellors and college principals proved themselves to be good sports by taking part in a quiz on the new Disability Discrimination Act - but their results were not so hot, says Skill, the national bureau for students with disabilities.
The lowest score was 55 per cent and the highest a rather suspicious 100 per cent. There was particular confusion about the anticipatory duty of the new law: institutions must carry out, in advance, reasonable adjustments that they could anticipate needing to make for future disabled students.
Another area of uncertainty was over who ultimately decides which adjustments are “reasonable” to make for disabled students. In fact, judges, not the governing bodies of institutions, will make these decisions. Skill is encouraging other members of staff to try out the quiz to see if they can do better than their bosses in an effort to raise awareness of the new legislation. The quiz is at www.skill.org.ukdda_quiz.
Details of other resources that Skill is offering to anyone who needs to understand the new law are available from www.skill.org.ukshareddda_resources.htm.
diane.spencer@tes.co.uk
