Explore Press Gazette News August 25, 2017updated 01 Sep 2017 9:36am ...

The Scottish exam board that told a disabled student he would not pass journalism diploma course because he cannot write shorthand has said it will review its criteria after “clarification ...

But he was told by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) that he would fail the course because he would not be able to pass shorthand tests. He has now branded the move ‘deeply unfair’.