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Dear Poppy Damon and Georgia Coan

Thank you for your request for information dated and received on 3 July
2019 concerning Abingdon and Witney College.  This request is being
handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

In regard to your questions, I can neither confirm nor deny that Abingdon
and Witney College holds some of the information you requested.  A full
response, including indications of any exemptions claimed, will be
provided in my next letter/email.

Yours sincerely

Ruth Reavley

Clerk to the Corporation Governors

Abingdon & Witney College | Wootton Road | Abingdon | Oxfordshire | OX14
1GG

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Dear Georgia Coan and Poppy Damon

Our Reference: 2018-19 10

Thank you for your request for information dated and received on 3 July
2019 concerning Abingdon and Witney College.  This request is being
handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I am able to provide information as follows:

Do you offer special provisions for counselling services for students
specific to bereavement? No

Do you offer any support or counselling services for students? Yes

Do you have an institution  wide policy/guidance regarding caring for
students following a bereavement? Yes

Do your policies or practices exclusively relate to support for students
who have lost parents or does your support factor in other forms of
bereavement, such as losing a sibling? Students who have a death in the
family would be referred for support to the Student Advisors.

Can you tell me what special provision you have for offering extensions
and academic breaks in study after a bereavement? If required, students
can have extensions through mitigating circumstances or a break in
learning.

How much money did you allocate to counselling and support services for
bereavement per year (Jan 2016-Jan 2019)? There were no specific allocated
costs for supporting bereavement.

If you feel you would like to offer an opinion, would you say your
institution feels you are offered enough from the Government in order to
support students who have experienced bereavement while studying? We
refrain from offering an opinion.

If this information does not address your requirements under the Freedom
of Information Act or you wish to complain about any aspect of the
handling of this request, then you should contact the undersigned in the
first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an
internal review by contacting The Principal,  Abingdon and Witney College,
Abingdon Campus, Wootton Road, Abingdon Oxon OX14 1GG (email
[1][email address]).  Your request for internal review
should be submitted to us within 40 working days of receipt by you of this
response. 

During the independent review the handling of your information request
will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with
this response. If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your
request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to the Information
Commissioner at The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. Further contact information and
details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be
found on the Commissioner's website: [2]http://www.ico.org.uk/ 

Please note that the Information Commissioner is unlikely to investigate
your case until the College’s internal review process has been completed.

Yours sincerely

Ruth Reavley

Clerk to the Corporation Governors

Abingdon & Witney College | Wootton Road | Abingdon | Oxfordshire | OX14
1GG

01235 216 369 (Wednesday) | 01993 208 065 (Tuesday and Thursday)

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your system.

Abingdon and Witney College accepts no responsibility for computer viruses
and recommends that the addressee check for viruses before opening any
attachments.

Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily represent those of Abingdon and Witney College. The college
does not accept legal responsibility for those views.

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not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Please
note that Abingdon and Witney College may intercept in and outbound
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