Thread by @DisInHigherEd

Anonymous A2: I'm trying to finish my PhD at a UK university t the moment while working full time. I get no support from the university, and was told when I first started they couldn't give me any that would cost the university money because I don't come from

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the UK. I have Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and I have Autism (which I was only diagnosed with in the last year). One of my supervisors really tries and does try to put extra effort in, despite being so much busier than my other supervisor (let's call them OS). But OS is so dismissive
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and tells me things like that I limit myself because of how I learn. I try not to bring it up because of how she reacts, even when I ask her to be clearer about her feedback she makes a big deal about it. I am doing an extra year on my PhD because my corrections are going to
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take longer because of the lack of support before submitting my PhD meaning my writing was not as coherent as it seemed to me, even though my findings and other work was, according to examiners, extremely impressive. OS didn't look over any of my chapters for 4 months before
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I submitted and still to this point does not know my final conclusions, and she was meant to be the specialist in the field, I get told that she is the world's leading expert. But recently she told me to "just go on a writing course" because I asked her to be more clear in
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feedback rather than just writing "rephrase" next to sentences.

I actually work providing support for students at a university level, I am a qualified support worker for people with ASD, SpLDs, visual and/or hearing impairments. I work with a wide range of students from
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lots of universities. I work with students both during lectures, and outside lecturers doing a range of support. Most of this is formally arranged through the disability services at universities depending on how the student is funded. In the last two years, we've also started
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supporting NHS workers who are receiving training, and that is funding formally through the government.
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