Students with visual impairments
Dear Heriot-Watt University,
Please could you provide the following information:
The number of registered students with a visual impairment
The number of students with visual impairments that are text to speech users
The number of students with visual impairments that are screen reader users
The total number of students
Yours faithfully,
Beth
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Heriot-Watt University
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Dear Freedom Of Information,
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 sincerely,
Beth Beggs
Dear applicant
Thank you for your information request dated 10 July 2018 regarding
students with visual impairments. Your request has been handled under
Scottish legislation: the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Please see our response to your questions below;
Question 1: The number of students with a visual impairment?
In 2017 -18 rounding it to the nearest 5 , we had the following on campus
students declaring a serious visual impairment :
Scotland - 10
Dubai - 5
Malaysia - 5
Question 2: The number of student with visual impairments that are text to
speech users?
All students have access to text to speech software. Students with a
disability are offered one to one training on the software.
Question 3: The number of students with visual impairments that are screen
reader users?
No users are currently using screen readers
Question 4: The total number of students?
In 2017 -18 we had approx. 15,000 students studying on-campus, broken down
as follows:
Scotland - 9,700
Dubai - 3,450
Malaysia - 1,900
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FOISA Team
Heriot-Watt University
Governance and Legal Services
Edinburgh Campus
Riccarton
Edinburgh EH14 4AS
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