If you feel that an impairment, illness or specific learning difficulty is affecting your studies and your wellbeing, please speak to a support officer as soon as possible. You might be surprised by just how much we can do to help you.
Our disability and learning support team can help you if you have:
We can make special arrangements to help you take exams and assessments, including: giving you extra time to sit the exam; a separate room; exam papers in different formats; use of a computer; and a scribe or reader.
We believe that changes to exam and assessment methods should be allowed if you can achieve the required learning objectives but are prevented from demonstrating this under normal conditions by your disability or learning difficulty.
So that the disability and learning support team can make examination and assessment recommendations, please:
The relevant disability and learning support team support officer will be responsible for making recommendations to the school by sending a request for Learning Support Plan (LSP) to your school's office.
If your disability is expected to last throughout your studies, you only have to make one request for special arrangements; the changes will then be organised automatically at all of your assessments and examinations.
Declare a disability or specific learning difficulty
See our guide to supporting students in exams
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