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Transition to University

Marty

Hi, my son has AS, dyslexia & dyspraxia but has survived school & college and has secured a place at Southampton Solent University this September - his first time living away from home.

So far the University has been really supportive and I hope everything will work out ok.  However I'd be really interested to hear from either parents of other young people with Aspergers, or the students themselves, on the dos and don'ts of transition to University.

We'd also be really interested if your son/daughter, or you if you're the student, are either currently at, or are off to, Southampton Solent this year.

Thanks.

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  • I've been involved in HND, Foundation Degree and 14-19 diploma development and it so saddens me to see the lack of uptake by colleges and universities as well as marginalisation in schools. Of course HNC/HND has been around for ages, as well as City & Guilds, but foundation degrees (equivalent to the first two years of a University Degree) have had mixed support from government, local authorities and schools. It should have been a very worthwhile option that would have suited students on the spectrum. Doing it part-time takes longer - maybe four years to get two-years equivalence, but there are more vocational and more practical subjects, and you only need to do an Honours top up to get a degree.

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  • I've been involved in HND, Foundation Degree and 14-19 diploma development and it so saddens me to see the lack of uptake by colleges and universities as well as marginalisation in schools. Of course HNC/HND has been around for ages, as well as City & Guilds, but foundation degrees (equivalent to the first two years of a University Degree) have had mixed support from government, local authorities and schools. It should have been a very worthwhile option that would have suited students on the spectrum. Doing it part-time takes longer - maybe four years to get two-years equivalence, but there are more vocational and more practical subjects, and you only need to do an Honours top up to get a degree.

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