Students with Visual Impairments

Kirsty made this Freedom of Information request to University of Worcester

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Dear University of Worcester,
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,

Kirsty

Helen Johnstone, University of Worcester

Dear Kirsty

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Regards
Helen Johnstone

Helen Johnstone
Head of Information Assurance/Manager – University Strategic Projects
University of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester WR2 6AJ

Tel: 01905 855014
https://www.worcester.ac.uk/informationa...

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Helen Johnstone, University of Worcester

Dear Kirsty

Further to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act our response is as follows:

i) There are 21 registered students who have declared a visual impairment
ii) None of the 21 were text to speech users
iii) Three of these students are screen reader users
iv) The total number of registered students is 11,237

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Regards
Helen Johnstone

Helen Johnstone
Head of Information Assurance/Manager – University Strategic Projects
University of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester WR2 6AJ

Tel: 01905 855014
https://www.worcester.ac.uk/informationa...

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