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coping at university

rubyruby

My 18 year old daughter has recently been diagnosed with AS and is about to take A levels and has applied to go to uni. Although the diagnosis was from a psychiatrist he referred her on to a psychologist for assessment, but she wont get an appt for this for a year as they are so busy, which will be too late. I worry about her being able to cope with day to day living as she is not good at planning or thinking about what time it is etc. Can anyone give me any advice please?

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  • There may be differences in support between postgraduates and undergraduates. Postgraduates on taught courses should be covered by the same support network as undergraduates. Research postgraduates, whether Masters or PhD are usually supported by a small group of individuals formed of a main supervisor and several advisory supervisors and a personal tutor.

    The personal tutor may not necessarily be well informed on disability, so if you are talking to the University's disability support team ask if the personal tutors for research postgraduates get disability awareness training.

    Because research postgraduates are working on their own subject matter, and are left to their own devices more, they are less likely to get the right kind of support. But they also have to meet assessment deadlines around proposal writing and progress reports.

    For these appreciation of the difficulties researchers might enounter are less well known. Particularly it is important you are able to understand what your supervisors want from you, so you might need someone from disability support to be present during meetings with supervisors if you are encountering difficulties with this.

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  • There may be differences in support between postgraduates and undergraduates. Postgraduates on taught courses should be covered by the same support network as undergraduates. Research postgraduates, whether Masters or PhD are usually supported by a small group of individuals formed of a main supervisor and several advisory supervisors and a personal tutor.

    The personal tutor may not necessarily be well informed on disability, so if you are talking to the University's disability support team ask if the personal tutors for research postgraduates get disability awareness training.

    Because research postgraduates are working on their own subject matter, and are left to their own devices more, they are less likely to get the right kind of support. But they also have to meet assessment deadlines around proposal writing and progress reports.

    For these appreciation of the difficulties researchers might enounter are less well known. Particularly it is important you are able to understand what your supervisors want from you, so you might need someone from disability support to be present during meetings with supervisors if you are encountering difficulties with this.

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