Interview With Vivienne Ridpath

1.) My role is to support students with their studies, to support anybody with a disability and students with specific learning difficulties, indeed students who are struggling anyway with their studies. If a disabled student applies to the college then they can declare their disability and we can get everything organised for them, whatever their needs are whether it is wheelchair access or visual impairment hearing impairment we can organise supportive technology and or extra support staff

2.) When students come to see me I talk to them about how they find their studies and ask them how they think I can help them. Very often extra time in exams is helpful takes a lot of stress away. I also direct them to one-to-one support if they need it and generally we discuss their barriers to learning accessing the curriculum and talk through ways of helping them.

3.) Usually students are reffered to by a member of staff, a few students come on their own. Usually it is about reading and writing, very often it is about being behind in their assignments, very often the student might have a lack of organisation, thats one thing that comes about. Very often some induviduals just feel like they are dyslexic but nobody has ever told them they just feel like they are so again, come with any problem we will talk it through and find sollutions to it.

4.) I really enjoy meeting the students and liaison with the staff.

5.) I see between four and seven, seven would be a good week

6.) If you feel that you are struggling at all with your studies or having trouble with your curriculum come and see me or tell someone do not suffer in silence.

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