Guide to - support and adjustments

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University support and adjustments The following pages provide an overview of the main adjustments that can be available to disabled students at the University of Reading. This is not a definitive list, and adjustments are made only when there is a clear, disability-related reason no course learning outcomes are compromised. However, hopefully it provides a useful overview to see what can be arranged. EXAMS & ASSESSMENTS In order to minimise any impact that a physical or mental health condition, specific learning difficulty or sensory impairment may have on a student’s ability to perform at the best in an assessment, a range of adjustments can be made. If you require adjustments to examinations or assessments, you will need to contact the Disability Advisory Service and arrange to meet with an adviser. We will need appropriate evidence to support your request. Adjustments include: Additional time (usually 25% but can be more for students working with scribes or using assistive technology); Smaller exam venues, rest breaks and/or use of a computer in exams, plus access to assistive technology; Provision of ergonomic aids, such as an adjustable chair. For presentations, students can be permitted to present to the tutor only rather than having to the whole group; Students with specific learning difficulties are entitled to attach stickers to their assignments and exam papers which will ensure that they are not penalised for errors with spelling and grammar (unless this is a specific learning outcome of the course); Provision of exam papers with enlarged fonts or on coloured paper, or students may wish to use coloured overlays.
TEACHING & LEARNING A range of adjustments can be made to ensure that the university’s teaching and learning is accessible to disabled students. This year, the university launched a new policy on inclusive practice in teaching and learning aiming to increase the accessibility and inclusivity of teaching and learning practices. Alongside the university-wide adjustments this policy sets out, the following individual adjustments to support disabled students can also be recommended: We can inform tutors when students have a disability-related reason for missing lectures, arriving late or leaving early (except where attendance is used as a means of assessment). Similarly, some students may need to move or stretch during lectures to alleviate discomfort experienced due to a physical impairment or health condition, and tutors can also be made aware of this. All students are permitted to make recordings of lectures to listen back to afterwards, and if additional assistive technology is needed, such as an assistive listening device / radio aid system, we can advise lecturers of what they may need to do in order to facilitate this. In practical sessions, additional help can be requested if students struggle to follow demonstrations of follow written instructions, or have difficulties with physically using any of the lab equipment. Tutors can be asked to compile a glossary of course language in order to support deaf students who may need to clarify the new terminology with their sign language interpreter in advance of using it to interpret in lectures or seminars.
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