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The Quality Assurance Agency's Code of Practice

The QAA has recently published a Code of Practice that will be used during quality audit visits and subject performance reviews. One of the sections (Section 3) of the Code relates to disabled students and it contains 24 precepts. Several of the precepts relate to procedures for dealing with disabled applicants. For example precept 4 deals with 'Information for applicants, students and staff'. It states:

4 The institution's publicity, programme details and general information should be accessible to people with disabilities and describe the opportunities for disabled students to participate.

Institutions should consider implementing arrangements which ensure that:


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