Current Students
The Disability Office can offer a range of advice, support and guidance to disabled students, including the following:
- Working with academic departments to ensure that students are appropriately supported;
- Recommending appropriate assessment arrangements, for example extra time in exams;
- Supporting students in applying for the Disabled Students Allowance;
- Providing one-to-one support specific to students' needs, including support via the Study Support Service, the Mental Health Support Team and the Note-taking Service;
- We can provide screening for dyslexia and a full assessment by an Educational Psychologist if appropriate. Find out more»;
- Assessment of specific support, equipment and software needs for the Disabled Students Allowance through our Assessment Centre;
- Liaising with students' Social Services Department to help arrange funding for personal care needs;
- Working with accommodation services to make sure that your accommodation needs are met;
- If you are a prospective student we can help arrange a visit to the university to see the campus and visit accommodation.
Contact us to find out more. Our contact details are on the right hand side of the page.
Each School has its own Disability Co-ordinator who works with students and the Disability Office to ensure students' needs are met.
What do we mean by the term 'disability'?
Loughborough University works with a social model of disability. This means that we acknowledge that students are disabled by the social barriers which they face, barriers which can be removed.
The Equality Act 2010 defines a disability as a long-term condition, which lasts, or is likely to last, over 12 months and which has a substantial and adverse effect on someone’s ability to perform day-to-day activities. The Act gives disabled students protection from discrimination and the right to request reasonable adjustments as a result of their disability.
The Disability Office works to support students with any difficulty which is having a disabling impact on their studies. This might include, but is not limited to, Asperger’s Syndrome, visual or hearing impairments, medical conditions (including for example, epilepsy, diabetes, cancer and HIV), mental health difficulties, specific learning differences (i.e. dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia), AD(H)D and physical disabilities.