Posted by alexandra_k on February 6, 2014, at 23:23:41
In reply to Re: oops, i did it again, posted by alexandra_k on February 6, 2014, at 23:14:58
i have the weekend to try and calm down.
i will check the university policy on auditing university courses. i suspect i can get legal people / disability people onside and that that decision needs have nothing whatsoever to do with the program co-ordinator.
she seems to think she can interpret their handbook any way she likes... we will see about that.
i suspect she got this job because nobody cared very much about this program. they didn't think it mattered particularly much to anybody's future, i suspect. bit like bio-med or whatever... not really enough viable candidates even though there is a significant entry cap on the number of applicants... not like phd level study where probably 2/3 more are viable than the number of places that are offered (and where completion rates are grim anyway and they have no further way of predicting liklihood of that).
i'm fairly sure i won't be doing the program now.
but she needs to know:
- it is inappropriate to ask people their age etc in an interview setting. foundations applicants might not know any better - but that doesn't make it acceptable.
- it is inappropriate to disclose private / confidental information about a persons disability to third parties without their permission.
- it is inappropriate to call into question a person's ability to conduct themselves appropriately due to their having a certain dx when they have demonstrated competency.
she needs to know that that is what set me off. and that while other people might not know any better, that doesn't make it acceptable.
and the university (at least someone who is capable of understanding my position at the moment with respect to potential careers etc) needs to understand that she wasn't going to grant me entry to this program (description provided in the handbook, interview criterion available) due to ... insert her (irrelevant) reasons here ...
i think...
that is all.
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