Blind student accuses OU of discrimination

The Open University has been accused of discrimination by a blind student who claims his teaching materials were inaccessible.

Douglas Hutchison, 56, has contacted the Equality and Human Rights Commission over what he believes is a breach of the Disability Discrimination Act by the OU.

The mature student, who gained a PhD in 1977, said his experiences in the fifth year of a BA in humanities had led him to believe that the OU expected blind students to drop out early and so did not bother to... (14 more words)

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