Dr. Frances O'Connell:

-----the vertical silos. It is that horizontal understanding. We are to support a student from primary level in terms of autism. Another Deputy made the point earlier that this can be modelled. We would be very strong in that evidence base. That is why we built it into some of our planning. If you know the number of people coming in at primary and secondary, and to support 80% of students advancing into higher education, this is then the consequence in terms of numbers. That is strategic planning. It takes a whole-of-system response to address that, rather than that staccato way of saying that we will do this in second or primary level, but then you “come off the cliff”, as the phrase was used earlier on, and we do not recognise the numbers or the legislation. What then do we all inherit that we are trying to respond to? It is more that proactive strategic management and recognising this is society, this is what equality, diversity and inclusion means in practice and this, operationally, is how we need to structure our higher education institutions to do this properly.