Disability Statement
The ifs School of Finance recognises its responsibility to offer disabled students, and anyone with a specific learning difficulty or medical condition, access to its qualifications and aims to ensure that no student is subjected to unfair discrimination. This statement should be read in conjunction with the Code of Practice on Quality Assurance and the Equal Opportunities Policy of the ifs School of Finance.
The ifs School of Finance endeavours to ensure that no disabled student or member of staff is treated less favourably, or is perceived to be treated as such and in so doing, aims to create a learning environment which:
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
Students must ensure that their disability is made known at the time of registration to enable appropriate provisions to be made in learning and assessment. The Reasonable Adjustments policy of the ifs School of Finance supports this, and the adjoining form should be completed at the time of registration. All applications will be considered on an individual basis following the code of practice.
The ifs School of Finance will ensure that the admissions process is fully accessible to disabled student and specialist support and guidance is available to all enquirers.
Where possible and reasonable, the ifs will ensure that all teaching and learning material is delivered in an appropriate format so as to be accessible to disabled students. The distance learning nature of ifs School of Finance programmes enables the control of the tuition provision to be tailored to meet the needs of individual students. Where tuition is provided via an external centre, the validation process for acceptance of that centre include appropriate arrangements for disabled students to ensure they are provided with full access to the facilities available.
Any assessment arrangements will not disadvantage or give unfair advantage to the student but will be adjusted accordingly to meet the needs of a disabled student.
All special arrangements will be made known to the tutor / academic centre / examination centre and records will be kept for verification if required.
The ifs School of Finance will ensure all staff, including tutors and those involved with examination delivery, are provided with full training to ensure they are able to deal effectively with the needs of disabled students. Where such provision is outsourced to external parties, the ifs ensures that appropriate training arrangements are in place and test centres are notified in advance of an individual student's needs.
7 August 2006
