Students with Visual Impairments

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Dear University of Liverpool,
Please could you provide the following information for the current academic year (2017-2018):
The number of registered students with a visual impairment
The number of students are text to speech users
The number of students are screen reader users
The total number of students

Yours faithfully,

Connect

foi Uof Liverpool, University of Liverpool

Dear Sir or Madam,

Thank you for your email of 17th July 2018 requesting information about students with visual impairments. Your FOI request cannot be processed until you provide your full name as set out in Section 8 (b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs Lesley Jackson, FOI Co-ordinator
The University of Liverpool, Foundation Building,
765 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 7ZX

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Dear University of Liverpool,
My name is Beth Beggs, please could you respond as to when my request will be processed

Yours faithfully,

Connect

foi Uof Liverpool, University of Liverpool

Dear Ms. Beggs,

Thank you for your email of 23rd July 2018 requesting information about students with visual impairments. I am writing to let you know that we have received your request and will process it as soon as possible, and in any case within 20 working days of the day we received the request. You will hear back from us by 20th August 2018 at the latest.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Lesley Jackson, FOI Co-ordinator
The University of Liverpool, Foundation Building,
765 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 7ZX

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[1]Mrs Lesley Jackson Freedom of Information Co-ordinator The Foundation
Building 765 Brownlow Hill Liverpool L69 7ZX F 0151 794 3272 E
[University of Liverpool request email] www.liverpool.ac.uk

 

FOI/LJ

 

10^th August 2018

 

 

Ms Beth Beggs

Via email:  [2][FOI #497920 email]

 

 

Dear Ms. Beggs,

 

Thank you for your email of 23^rd July 2018 requesting information about
students with visual impairments.   I am pleased to provide the
information that we hold, set out below:-

 

Please could you provide the following information for the current
academic year (2017-2018):

The number of registered students with a visual impairment The number of
studentswho  are text to speech users The number of students who are
screen reader users The total number of students

 

Below is the number of VI student disclosures in 2017/18.  Please note
that these do not include those disclosing a VI with another disability as
these are recorded as two or more:

 

 

The table provides details for VI students currently registered, but also
for those financially suspended, withdrawn, exams pending, awarded & exit
qualification (as they were also registered as VI in 2017/18).

 

The University does not hold the data relating to the other parts of your
request i.e. The number of students who  are text to speech users and the
number of students who are screen reader users.

 

The total number of students is 27,591.

 

If you are not satisfied with the University’s response to your request,
you may ask the University to review it.  If you wish to do this, please
write to the Freedom of Information Reviewer, Legal, Risk & Compliance,
The University of Liverpool, The Foundation Building, 765 Brownlow Hill,
Liverpool, L69 7ZX (email [3][University of Liverpool request email]), enclosing a copy of
your original request and explaining your complaint.  Please include an
address for correspondence.

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have a
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:-

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Telephone:      0303 123 1113

Website: [4]www.ico.org.uk  

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Lesley Jackson

 

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

 

 

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