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Northampton Assessment CentreUniversity of NorthamptonStudent Centre, Park CampusBoughton Green RoadNorthampton, NN2 7AQPhone: 01604 892668Fax: 01604 892667E-mail: NAC@northampton.ac.ukWeb: www.northampton.ac.uk/nacStudent name: .....................................................................................................Address: ..................................................................................................................................................................... Telephone number: .......................................Course/Year: ........................................................................................................Date: .................... 2009DearThe University of Northampton supports students in their application for Disabled Students’Allowances. The student’s funding authority determines whether an award will be made. Tosupport the student’s application for Disabled Students’ Allowances, the funding authorityrequires sufficient medical evidence from a health professional as part of this process.The medical evidence should be a description of the following information:diagnosis of conditions(s)effect the disability may have on learning/attendance at universityany impact on day-to-day activitiesimpact on likely course-related activities, for eample presentations, group work,placements and field trips, general communication with othersPlease state whether the condition affects any of the following:concentration, motivationshort-term/long-term memoryability to travel on public transportreading/writing for long periodsuse of IT equipmentThe above are suggestions of the kind of evidence funding authorities require to supportapplications for Disabled Students’ Allowances. Medical evidence letters can be given tothe student for approval and forwarded to:............................................................................................................................Student Finance or NHS Grants Unit as appropriate depending on course ..................................................................................................................................................
Appendix 8Universities UK/GuildHE WorkingGroup for the Promotion of MentalWell-Being in Higher EducationHistoryThe issue of mental well-being has risen in prominence over the past fewyears, partly because of changes in disability legislation, concern over socialexclusion and developments in NHS policy. Within both higher education andthe NHS there has been a number of high-profile reports and conferencesincluding the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ report on the mental healthof students (2003), the Universities UK and the Standing Conference ofPrincipals (SCOP) report on reducing the risk of student suicide (UniversitiesUK & Standing Conference on Principals, 2002) and the Heads of UniversityCounselling Services Beautiful Minds conference in 2002. In spring 2003,representatives from a number of professional organisations came togetherto form a group that could take the issues forward and act as a focal pointfor future developments. Universities UK and SCOP (as GuildHE was thencalled) agreed to the establishment of the group as a committee within theirstructures, and, later that year, the Working Group for the Promotion ofMental Well-Being in Higher Education (MWBHE) held its first formal meeting.The group is constituted as a self-financing working group of UniversitiesUK and GuildHE. It reports to the Universities UK Student Experience PolicyCommittee and the GuildHE Council.MembershipThe MWBHE group maintains regular contact with nominated policy officersand advisors from Universities UK and GuildHE. It includes representativesfrom the student body, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the BritishAssociation of Health Services in Higher Education, the Association ofManagers of Student Services in Higher Education, the Association forUniversity and College Counselling, Heads of University Counselling Services,the Higher Education Academy and the University Mental Health AdvisorsNetwork. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and theDepartment of Health are invited to send observers.92 http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk
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