Scores of disabled students have demonstrated in protest at their university’s “discriminatory” decision to secretly introduce cuts to their support. They say the University of Derby has removed the entitlement to support from many of the disabled students who started their studies in autumn 2024, but it has yet to issue a formal policy explaining its new rules. The university appears to have told many disabled students starting undergraduate or masters degrees this year that they will no longer be entitled to reasonable adjustments such as extra time in exams or extensions to deadlines.
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