Disability policy

ICSA is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for all students and to observe and comply with the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA), as amended by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (SENDA).

ICSA aims to avoid the creation of unnecessary barriers for disabled people by making anticipatory adjustments to its provisions. All student disabilities will be treated on a subjective basis and any reasonable adjustments will be made and offered within available resources to reflect the disability or special needs of the student. To this end, candidates should, ideally, submit requests for any special arrangements by 1 March for the summer (June) examinations and 1 September for the winter (December) examinations. Applications will be accepted after these dates but to facilitate the accommodation of such a request, candidates are requested to notify the Institute as soon as is reasonably practicable.

For all students who consider themselves to be disabled under the provisions of the DDA, or require special needs consideration under SENDA, please give full details together with supporting medical evidence and recommendations to the Member and Student Relations Manager, ICSA, 16 Park Crescent, London W1B 1AH.

All applications are considered on an individual basis and any complaints will be referred to the Institute‟s Assessment Review Panel for consideration. Please note that United Kingdom students may be able to avail themselves of external allowances in respect of their disability.

The following link gives details of Disability Student Allowances- http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/EducationAndTraining/HigherEducation/DG_10034898