Removed from college on the basis of my ill health

Dunroamin

Would you be paying for this course or any other you might undertake?

jevban

No Dunroamin, not at this stage...later stages if and when I had passed these earlier stages...why? what is the difference?

Bev

jacques_chirac

earthbound_misfit wrote: »

I wonder if it's the type of course? A friend of mine was rejected as a Samaritans volunteer as they thought he was a mental health risk from some questionnaires and things they did. He has never appeared to have any mental health problems.

I think you've hit the nail on the head. All applicants for counselling courses are (or should be!) interviewed to ensure they are suitable for the course, and those with ongoing mental health issues are unlikely to be - it is far from productive to try to deal with someone else's issues when you also have to deal with your own.

OP, if this is the reason, it is not discriminatory, it is intended to protect yourself. Have a look if there are other courses you like the look of, and ask if you could apply. The staff you spoke to would only be from one department, so would not be in a position to suggest alternatives.

Errata

Just a thought; Colleges have a duty of care and that encompasses courses which may negatively impact on students physical or mental health. Although your years of counselling may have finished some years ago, a counselling course - even a low level one - may, in the college's opinion, be detrimental to your wellbeing.

Dunroamin

jevban wrote: »

No Dunroamin, not at this stage...later stages if and when I had passed these earlier stages...why? what is the difference?

Bev

As was mentioned earlier, colleges have funding issues for students who are doing qualifications lower than they have already.

BobQ

jacques_chirac wrote: »

I do wish people would stop referring to the DDA - it was superseded by the Equality Act three years ago!

I agree I should have said EA. Not that it makes any difference since its provisions are more stringent.

jacques_chirac

BobQ wrote: »

I agree I should have said EA. Not that it makes any difference since its provisions are more stringent.

No more stringent than the existing law, although it does bring case law into statute, making it more accessible.

Either way, on the information given there is no claim here.

jevban

Thanks for the input, but having spoken with the college in question, they have asked me and my primary carer to visit the college to discuss the matter. No matter what the end result, I feel the conversations that preceded this invitation have raised concerns with those above the LS staff, and even if I don't get into college on this occasion, they may just review their policies/application of their policies in light of the EA which I have read at length today, and another person in my situation might have a little less condescension when being spoken with...can I just qualify what it felt like, it reminded me of years ago when a person in a wheelchair was ignored, and the person accompanying them was asked if they (the person in the chair) took sugar in their coffee, and then that sort of 'oh, too resource intensive, cant put this on the college' type of attitude.

poet123

jevban wrote: »

Thanks for the input, but having spoken with the college in question, they have asked me and my primary carer to visit the college to discuss the matter. No matter what the end result, I feel the conversations that preceded this invitation have raised concerns with those above the LS staff, and even if I don't get into college on this occasion, they may just review their policies/application of their policies in light of the EA which I have read at length today, and another person in my situation might have a little less condescension when being spoken with...can I just qualify what it felt like, it reminded me of years ago when a person in a wheelchair was ignored, and the person accompanying them was asked if they (the person in the chair) took sugar in their coffee, and then that sort of 'oh, too resource intensive, cant put this on the college' type of attitude.

Did they give you an explanation for their actions?

jevban

They won't commit on the phone and I have asked for a written explanation...I think they are going to suss me and my intention out in an informal chat with a senior member of staff....I have no hidden agenda I was simply upset at the duplicitous way I think they went about deselecting me and taking my student badge off my person like I was the village idiot in front of other students.

Bev