The Accessibility Service is the University’s central contact point for all students living with one or more disabilities, medical or mental health conditions. The Accessibility Service provides assistance and support to access services, and to make requests for assessment arrangements and reasonable adjustments.
The main purpose of the Accessibility Service is to enable students' participation in their learning and coursework. Reasonable adjustments aim to minimise the impacts of disability/health conditions upon study as far as possible, whilst maintaining academic integrity.
While the main focus remains on student's course progression, the Accessibility Service encourages students to take up opportunities for:
building upon their individual strengths and strategies
learning how to manage their disabilities/health conditions in the study environment
preparing for transition following university.
The Accessibility Service assists students to develop their independence, self-determination and self-advocacy skills to enable participation in a productive and concerted way.