Welfare and disabilities
Our School is committed to supporting students with disabilities and specific learning difficulties. We have a Student Welfare Officer who works closely with the University's main Disability Support Office. We welcome applications from people who have additional support needs as a result of a medical condition, disability or specific learning difficulty, eg. dyslexia, dyspraxia etc and consider them on exactly the same academic grounds as all other applications.
Whilst we understand that not everyone who might need to use our disability support services thinks of themselves as disabled, we use the single term ‘disability’ to cover a broad range of physical and sensory impairments, medical conditions, specific learning difficulties and mental health needs.
‘Disability’ can include students who have:
- a sensory (visual/hearing) impairment
- a mental health difficulty
- a mobility impairment
- a dexterity impairment
- Asperger’s Syndrome and other autism spectrum disorders
- chronic medical conditions (eg diabetes, epilepsy, asthma)
- chronic pain/chronic fatigue
- specific learning difficulties (eg dyslexia, dyspraxia)
- and other condition which has a long-term and adverse effect on study
