Accommodations for disadvantages
This overview is intended to provide you with an overview of the topic of disadvantage compensation (NTA) for students. The aim is to make it transparent to teaching staff, instructors and lectures who is involved in this topic at the university, for which students NTA is important and also what is possibly the responsibility of the teaching staff. Due to the complexity and individual organisation of the various federal states and university locations, there are only vague statements or references to further information for some information.
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3. For teaching staff, instructors, lectures
Due to this complexity, you as a teacher are not responsible for applying for, authorising or allocating NTA! Typical tasks that fall to you as an actor in this process are the following:
- Signal to the students that you are willing to talk to them and provide support.
- Refer students to representatives or counsellors for students with disabilities, the administrative unit responsible for examinations or the examination board.
- Comment on the application for disadvantage compensation if you are asked to do so. This is particularly relevant in order to clarify the didactic necessity of attendance or the relevance of disadvantage compensation measures for the competences to be acquired.
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Comply with approved measures that are within your control. An overview of what you can expect is outlined in the following section.
Please bear in mind that informal procedures without the integration of the examination office can lead to violations of the principle of equal opportunities.