UCL is ‘failing its disabled students’, students’ society report finds
The student-conducted report says that staff and support staff are not trained around disabled students’ rights and there are remaining issues with making facilities accesible.
e report says that UCL staff and support staff are not trained around disabled students’ rights.
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A students’ network at University College London (UCL) has published a report in which it accuses the university of “failing its disabled students.”
The report says that UCL staff and support staff are not trained around disabled students’ rights.
Disability officer, Zohar (last name) said: “This is a self-replicating problem. Staff don’t know about these rights… UCL doesn’t tell students their rights… Students don’t know they have rights to go find out about… They don’t know that they deserve any better than this”.
‘Lack of sturcture’
As a result of this lack of structure, Mette is one among many students at UCL who struggled to get the support she needed. When she needed some of the lectures to be put online, she recollects having to send 10 emails to four different people before she could get the simple adjustment, which was already in her Summary Of Reasonable Adjustements (SORAs) that she should benefit from.
Zohar and Mette presenting the report
Issues with facilities
The report states that the physical features of UCL are not adapted, and that accessible rooms for disabled students are more expensive and harder to get than for the non-disabled. A student shared her experience, saying that they asked her to prove she had “severe disability issues”.
‘Prejudice and Discrimination’
The report says that 67% of students surveyed said that they had experienced ableism at UCL. Ableism corresponds to prejudice and discrimination against against people with disabilities who are considered inferior to the non-disabled. Mette who is a student at UCL, shared her experience: she was told by a senior member of staff that “UCL is an institution that expects a minimum level of functionality from its students”.
Zohar said that these issues should not occur given that the 2010 Equality Act states that society has to be proactive and make adjustments for disabled people. This is why Zohra assets that “We deserve so much better, it’s all laid down in the law”.
In response to the report, a UCL spokesperson said: “The wellbeing of disabled students at UCL is of the utmost importance and we will be working with the group to make sure their concerns are addressed and the best possible support is in place.”
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StandfirstThe student-conducted report says that staff and support staff are not trained around disabled students’ rights and there are remaining issues with making facilities accesible.
UCL Disability Student Network issued a report detailing the many ways in which UCL is failing its disabled students.
The report published yesterday
Lack of training for UCL staff and support staff
The report states that UCL staff and support staff are not trained around disabled students’ rights. Disability officer, Zohar explains that “This is a self-replicating problem. Staff don’t know about these rights…UCL doesn’t tell students their rights… Students don’t know they have rights to go find out about… They don’t know that they deserve any better than this…”.
No single body responsible for organizing disability support at UCL
As a result of this lack of structure, Mette is one among many students at UCL who struggled to get the support she needed. When she needed some of the lectures to be put online, she had to send 10 emails to 4 different people before she could get the simple adjustment, which was already in her summary of reasonable adjustements (SORAs) that she should benefit from.
Zohar and Mette presenting the report
The physical features of UCL and accommodations
The report states that the physical features of UCL are not adapted, and that accessible rooms for disabled students are more expensive and harder to get than for the non-disabled. A student shared her experience, saying that they asked her to prove she had “severe disability issues”.
Ableism
The report states that 67% of the students surveyed said that they had experienced ableism at UCL. Ableism corresponds to prejudice and discrimination against against people with disabilities who are considered inferior to the non-disabled . Mette who is a student at UCL, shared her experience: she was told by a senior member of staff that “UCL is an institution that expects a minimum level of functionality from its students”.
2010 Equality Act
Disability officer Zohar states that these issues should not occur given that the 2010 Equality act states that society has to be proactive and make adjustments for disabled people. This is why Zohra assets that “We deserve so much better, it’s all laid down in the law”.
The official response from UCL
In response to the report, a UCL spokesperson said: “The wellbeing of disabled students at UCL is of the utmost importance and we will be working with the group to make sure their concerns are addressed and the best possible support is in place.”
A students’ network at University College London (UCL) has published a report in which it accuses the university of “failing its disabled students.”
The report says that UCL staff and support staff are not trained around disabled students’ rights.
Disability officer, Zohar (last name) said: “This is a self-replicating problem. Staff don’t know about these rights… UCL doesn’t tell students their rights… Students don’t know they have rights to go find out about… They don’t know that they deserve any better than this”.
‘Lack of sturcture’
As a result of this lack of structure, Mette is one among many students at UCL who struggled to get the support she needed. When she needed some of the lectures to be put online, she recollects having to send 10 emails to four different people before she could get the simple adjustment, which was already in her Summary Of Reasonable Adjustements (SORAs) that she should benefit from.
Zohar and Mette presenting the report
Issues with facilities
The report states that the physical features of UCL are not adapted, and that accessible rooms for disabled students are more expensive and harder to get than for the non-disabled. A student shared her experience, saying that they asked her to prove she had “severe disability issues”.
‘Prejudice and Discrimination’
The report says that 67% of students surveyed said that they had experienced ableism at UCL. Ableism corresponds to prejudice and discrimination against against people with disabilities who are considered inferior to the non-disabled. Mette who is a student at UCL, shared her experience: she was told by a senior member of staff that “UCL is an institution that expects a minimum level of functionality from its students”.
Zohar said that these issues should not occur given that the 2010 Equality Act states that society has to be proactive and make adjustments for disabled people. This is why Zohra assets that “We deserve so much better, it’s all laid down in the law”.
In response to the report, a UCL spokesperson said: “The wellbeing of disabled students at UCL is of the utmost importance and we will be working with the group to make sure their concerns are addressed and the best possible support is in place.”
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