Students with visual impairments
Dear Queen Mary, University of London,
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
Dear Beth,
We acknowledge receipt of your request.
I am afraid that we will not be able to deal with it until you provide a full (real) name as required by s.8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please also confirm that you are seeking numbers only for the current academic year.
Yours sincerely
Paul Smallcombe
Queen Mary University of London
Dear Queen Mary, University of London,
My full name is Beth Beggs. Please confirm when you will respond to the FOI request
Yours faithfully,
Beth
Dear Beth Beggs,
Thank you for confirming your name.
We will respond to your request within 20 working days from 10 July 2018.
Yours sincerely,
Queen Mary University of London
FOI 2018/F244
Dear Beth Beggs,
I am pleased to provide the following answers to your questions.
1. 22
2. This information is not held, please see comment below
3. 6 – this is an estimate, please see comment below
4. 25801
Many students have access to text to speech software in particular – for
example, many students would have access to such software via their
Disabled Students’ Allowance, but we also have networked text to speech
software which is available to all students.
If you are dissatisfied with this response, you may ask QMUL to conduct a
review of this decision. To do this, please contact the College in
writing (including by fax, letter or email), describe the original
request, explain your grounds for dissatisfaction, and include an address
for correspondence. You have 40 working days from receipt of this
communication to submit a review request. When the review process has
been completed, if you are still dissatisfied, you may ask the Information
Commissioner to intervene. Please see [1]www.ico.org.uk for details.
Yours sincerely
Paul Smallcombe
Records & Information Compliance Manager
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