The bureaucratic processes that students with additional caretaking responsibilities are offered at the University are clunky at best, and traumatic at worst.
Following an incident in which some students’ disability adjustments were nearly voided, stronger action on disability inclusion and justice in professions such as Medicine is desperately needed.
Many students are excluded from the scheme and the University has done little to fill the gaps
We have a long way to go until we reach a the point where those who start behind don’t have to stay there.
Grace White writes on difficulties with special consideration at USyd
A pedestrian buzzer at the City Road crossing has been repaired after angry lobbying from the Honi Soit editorial team. The buzzer, situated on the east side of City Road (outside Hermann’s) is thought to have been out of action for six months before its repair. Formally known as “Audio-Tactile Pedestrian Detectors”, pedestrian buzzers are…
Andrew Bell and Andy Zephyr report.