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5 years 7 months ago #217286 by annie-rose
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Hi Gordon,
Thanks for your help. Sorry to keep on about this- do you think that because this course is not part of a qualification and would not be eligible for any student funding that I should be able to take the course without letting the DWP/Maximus know or is it still dodgy?
Also I do have difficulty starting and finishing nearly every daily task so would expect a course to take me three times as long as it should do and I won't necessarily be able to finish assignments so this was more to see how well I'd manage with a limited course load (30 credits). However there are multiple other reasons why I might have qualified for the Support Group including being unable to go to normal places, do normal things (my life is very limited).
Thanks for your help. Sorry to keep on about this- do you think that because this course is not part of a qualification and would not be eligible for any student funding that I should be able to take the course without letting the DWP/Maximus know or is it still dodgy?
Also I do have difficulty starting and finishing nearly every daily task so would expect a course to take me three times as long as it should do and I won't necessarily be able to finish assignments so this was more to see how well I'd manage with a limited course load (30 credits). However there are multiple other reasons why I might have qualified for the Support Group including being unable to go to normal places, do normal things (my life is very limited).
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5 years 7 months ago #217296 by Gordon
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Ellie
I can only repeat what I have already told you, you do not need to tell them you are starting this course.
Gordon
I can only repeat what I have already told you, you do not need to tell them you are starting this course.
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5 years 7 months ago #217306 by annie-rose
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Thank you!
Sorry one last question: is there any way of the DWP or Maximus/centre for Health assessments finding out without me telling them? Do the OU make contact with DWP? Do you DWP/Maximus contact OU at all?
Thanks.
Sorry one last question: is there any way of the DWP or Maximus/centre for Health assessments finding out without me telling them? Do the OU make contact with DWP? Do you DWP/Maximus contact OU at all?
Thanks.
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5 years 7 months ago #217308 by Gordon
No, it would be a breach of your privacy if the OU spoke to the DWP about you.
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Ellie wrote: Thank you!
Sorry one last question: is there any way of the DWP or Maximus/centre for Health assessments finding out without me telling them? Do the OU make contact with DWP? Do you DWP/Maximus contact OU at all?
Thanks.
No, it would be a breach of your privacy if the OU spoke to the DWP about you.
Gordon
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