Disability Equality Scheme Questionnaire for Students Many people are unaware that they may be protected from unfair (and unlawful) treatment under the Disability Discrimination Act. Please consider the first 3 questions carefully to see if this applies to you. Moving on to the remaining questions, do take this opportunity to tell us what you think could be improved and what MMU is doing well. We want to get the views from as many different students as possible to help develop and measure progress against the university s new Disability Equality Scheme and as an added incentive we are offering you the chance to earn yourself a 50 WHSmith Giftcard simply by completing this survey! The winner will be selected from entries received by 2 October 2006 and will be notified using contact details provided on page 5. (Please note contact details can be anonymised for those who do not wish to be identified). If you would like this questionnaire in large print or in a different format, please contact Nathan Saddoo on Tel: 0161 247 3301 or email N.Saddoo@mmu.ac.uk 1
Comments 1 Do you consider yourself to be disabled as defined under the Disability Discrimination Act? The following 2 questions will help you answer this: a) Do you have a long-standing physical or mental health condition or disability? By long-standing we mean anything that has lasted at least 12 months? Don t Know If yes b) Does this condition or disability have a substantial negative effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities? EG. Walking, communicating, reading and writing Don t Know 2 Please indicate the type of impairment which applies to you. Please tick as many as are appropriate. (a) Specific learning difficulty (e.g. Dyslexia) (b) Visual impairment (c) Deaf or hard of hearing (d) Wheelchair user / mobility difficulties (e) Autistic Spectrum Disorder / Asperger syndrome (f) Mental health difficulties (g) Unseen disability (e.g. diabetes, epilepsy, heart condition) (h) Two or more of the above (i) Disability or medical condition not listed above (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) 2
3 Have you disclosed your disability (informed the University of your disability)? If not, can you please give your reason for not disclosing and then go to question 5. 4 What do you think about Personal Learning Plans (PLPs)? Do they need to be improved? If so, what do you recommend? 5 In order for the University to make reasonable adjustments for disabled students, we need students to disclose their disability to the University as soon as possible. In your opinion, what needs to happen to encourage more students to provide this information? 6 What do you think about access in the University? Does it need to be improved? If so, what do you recommend? Please consider for example: Physical access Signage Lecture notes etc 3
7 Overall, what needs to be improved at MMU? 8 What is good at MMU? For example you could tell us what you think about some of the facilities here. E.g. Sport facilities Student union Accommodation Work experience (both within course and part-time work) Student services i.e. Chaplaincy, Communi, Careers, Counselling, Learning Support etc 9 In an ideal world, what would you like to see put in place at the University? 10 Would you be interested in taking part in a Disabled Student Forum to feedback to the University your experiences and help review our progress in this area? If you have answered yes to question 10, please give details Optional Follow-up Details Please leave this section blank if you are not interested in taking part and do not want us to contact you. I would like to get involved in future focus groups to help identify and tackle barriers for disabled people at MMU 4
I would be interested in feeding back my experiences and ideas through an email forum I would like an appointment to speak to a Learning Support Adviser. My contact details are: Name: Address: Tel: Email address: More information about you You do not have to answer these last questions, but any information you give will help us know whether we have received answers from a range of different people across different University locations. Any information you provide will be treated carefully and held in strict confidence by the Learning Support Service. Which University building do you work in or on which campus? Are you male or female? Male Female How old are you? 5
How would you describe your ethnic group? a) White British Irish b) Mixed White & Black Caribbean White & Black African White & Asian c) Asian or Asian British Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi d) Black or Black British Caribbean African e) Other Ethnic Group Chinese Polish Thank you for taking the time to tell us what you think. Please send completed questionnaire to the Learning Support Service by 2 October 2006. The Learning Support Service (LSS) can offer a wealth of services and support for students at MMU. We can provide information on the skills needed to make the most of your learning experience and also information, advice and support in connection with disability issues. This can range from information for students and parents about anything from accessibility of campus buildings to information on examinations. 6
You can contact Learning Support by writing to: Learning Support Team Manchester Metropolitan University First Floor All Saints Building Oxford Road Manchester M15 6BH Tel: 0161 247 3491 Fax: 0161 247 6852 Or mail to l.support@mmu.ac.uk All feedback will be treated with the utmost confidence. We will publish a summary of the findings, anonymised as appropriate and make this available on the university s equalities website: www.mmu.ac.uk/humanresources/equalities Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. If you would like to add any additional information please use the space below: 7