Support for disabled students Sample Clauses

Support for disabled students. Coventry University has a long established tradition of providing support and an environment which enables disabled students to achieve success. Recent developments with changes to Disabled Students’ Allowances and national initiatives to improve participation of disabled learners, such as the recent guidance from the Disabled Students’ Sector Leadership Group, have been the basis of our plans for a review of our teaching and learning practices. Our students and staff are an incredibly diverse population across all measures including ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexuality and disability. Work is underway with the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE), and with Xxxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx working with staff networks, to help us move from being diverse to inclusive. To evidence our commitment to improve the progression, retention and success of disabled students we wish to include in our access agreement the cost of maintaining services delivered by the Welfare and Disabilities Office. In addition to the day to day support offered to disabled students, such as initial disability screening, faculty‐based Learning Support Co‐ordinators and specialist equipment loans, the Welfare and Disabilities Office will continue to offer a programme of targeted support to students both pre‐enrolment and on programme. This typically includes:
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Support for disabled students. 5.4.1 QMUL’s Disability and Dyslexia Service supports disabled students, including those with mental health difficulties and specific learning difficulties, e.g. dyslexia and dyspraxia, from the point of application through to graduation. The staffing levels in the Disability and Dyslexia Service have increased in the past two academic years to reflect the growing number of disabled students studying at the university, particularly in the areas of mental health and specific learning difficulties.

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