You can access 1:1 support through sign-up or drop-in office hours with academic staff, although alternative methods of contact can also be arranged. These sessions are a great opportunity to:

• clarify lecture or seminar content
• ask focused questions
• be directed to additional reading or resources
• get advice on preparing for assessments

Appointments are usually around 10 minutes. To make the most of them, it helps to review your course material in advance and bring specific questions.

The sessions will be unable to offer support such as reading draft assignments, or to have lecture content repeated for individual students.

These can provide the opportunity to help you take part in group work and presentations in a way that suits your needs. This may include:

• presenting to smaller groups or to a tutor
• choosing which project group to join
• completing an individual piece of work, where appropriate

Arrangements vary by module and can be dependent on core competencies. Your Wellbeing Officer or Module Lead will discuss your needs based on any adjustments around group work and presentations at the start of the semester to put in place the best options for you.

Unfortunately, it is not always possible to give an individual alternative assessment, so you should discuss with your Wellbeing Officer who can liaise with relevant staff to identify if an alternative assessment is appropriate. Please note that group work or presentation adjustments are not put in place automatically; you should contact your Wellbeing Officer or Module Lead accordingly, well in advance of the assessment, ideally at the start of the semester, to discuss whether you require it to be implemented.

It is acknowledged that regular or recurrent medical appointments may clash with taught sessions, or you may need to take time out to manage your condition and this adjustment is here to help mitigate this.

You may also benefit from contacting relevant teaching staff to alert them to your absence and using their office hours to support catching up on the missed work. This will help prevent you from falling behind with your learning.

Please note that if your attendance reaches a level significantly below the academic engagement threshold, you will be sent further information about support and the importance of engaging in order to get the most from your studies. You may also be asked to attend a meeting with your school to discuss this further. Students with RAPs are not exempt from the Academic Engagement process.

The University encourages recording of all lectures (PDF - 181KB) and large teaching sessions, making them available via Panopto (accessed via Canvas), though it is not obligatory. Given the nature and set up of seminars, these are not recorded, and personal recording is usually not permitted. If you have any concerns about accessing the content of seminars, this can be discussed with your Disability Adviser to establish if alternative adjustments might be available.

In some instances, recording will not be allowed due to the confidential nature of discussions or cases. Whilst we recommend you access the Panopto resource, if you do record lectures using a personal device, please seek consent from the teaching staff beforehand. Please remember that the content is copyrighted and cannot be reproduced in any online or offline forum or in essays without appropriate attribution. It is for personal use only.

If you are completing a dissertation or postgraduate research, you may be able to record supervisor meetings to support your learning. Please let your supervisor know as a courtesy before recording. Personal recordings made should not be shared or published on any platform and are strictly for personal learning only.

This recommendation can be requested as needed and should be requested in advance of the original deadline. Whilst we wouldn't recommend using it for all assignments, as this may have an impact on other deadlines, if beneficial, you should be able to use it to stagger hand-ins when you have multiple deadlines together. This can be requested via your Wellbeing Officer.

You will still be required to complete an extension form but shouldn't need to provide any further evidence when the request relates to your disability. Depending on the type of assignment, it may not be possible to grant an extension for the full time requested, and requests will usually be limited to a period of 10 working days.

During certain times in the academic year, extension requests may be impacted by university processes. Please note that extensions are not permitted on all assessments. The School will decide whether extensions are permitted and this is not something that the Wellbeing Team or a RAP can override. Until your extension is approved, please continue to work to your original deadline. If your extension request is rejected, then you will be sent information about the Extenuating Circumstances process.

For non-disability-related reasons, the standard extension process applies.

Reading lists are designed to prioritise your workload, with essential and supplementary texts clearly identified as part of the University's inclusive practice. If you need further guidance, contact your Module Lead.

Any timetable changes (such as cancellations or room moves) are communicated quickly via Canvas and your student email. Make sure to check these regularly so you always have the latest information.

Unfortunately, there isn't the opportunity to email RAP students separately.

If you require lab adjustments, it's important to discuss these with your School Wellbeing Officer before your first session. They will liaise with the lab coordinator to ensure that any necessary adjustments are implemented effectively or to explore suitable alternatives if needed.

For students who need additional lab support from an external provider, the support worker must complete appropriate training. This training will be arranged in collaboration with the School to ensure they can assist you safely and effectively.

Due to the different nature and wide variety of placements, the recommendations in your RAP will usually advise you to discuss any specific requirements with the placement lead, given that they have a better understanding of the placement requirements.

The Student Disability Service can support with these discussions as required.

You will sit your exams in a central venue extra time room (unless there are other specific exam adjustments in your RAP - and venue requirements may also vary for CMH students, due to non-standard assessment periods).

The extra time should also apply to class tests or take-home essays, if these are used, although the majority of take-home papers are already inclusive in their design so in these circumstances additional time is already incorporated. This means that for each hour of an exam you will receive 15 minutes extra time and for each half hour 7.5 minutes extra time.

Please note: if you have class tests and wish to check that your adjustments are in place for any upcoming modular assessments, for example if you are taking a module outside of your School, you can do so by contacting your Education Support Administrator. The information should reach them by other means, but this is a sensible precaution to ensure that you get your additional time for all assessed exams.

These are also centrally organised, except in specific cases (and some CMH exams). With this adjustment you can take a break without losing overall time in your exam. During the rest break you would not be permitted to add anything to your script.

Each hour you would have 15 minutes break time available and each half-hour you would have 7.5 minutes break time available. This can be initiated by raising your hand to notify the invigilator, and exam and answer papers should be turned face down during breaks.

If you have been assigned a reader or scribe for the main exam period (prior to the RAP deadline) this will be arranged for you and reflected in your exam venue timetable. If further support is required for a class test or internal exam this should be discussed with your Education Support Administrator to ensure that the adjustment is put in place.

When using a reader or scribe, students' exams will be in a private room (departmental sit) with a provision of 35% extra time to allow for the relay of information. The reader's role is to read back questions and answers as required; they will not make any corrections or amendments to answers. The scribe will write verbatim student responses onto the exam paper. They will correctly spell the words as dictated. They will not capitalise words or punctuate text if not dictated.

The standard format this adjustment takes is to convert a particular type of assessment, where a student is unable to undertake in a particular format and recommended adjustments are not sufficient.

All alternative assessments are subject to core competencies and learning outcomes associated with the module. As such, an alternative assessment may not always be possible and will require prior discussion. Please speak with your Wellbeing Officer(s) in the first instance regarding a request for an alternative assessment. This request needs to be made at least 6 weeks prior to the initial submission deadline.

It is possible to request a deferral of an examination to the Supplementary Assessment Period and Wellbeing Officers can advise on the process needed for this. The new code of practice on Taught Programmes and Assessments (PDF - 519KB) now covers deferral of assessment; under the new guidance students must submit requests for deferral of examinations in writing within 10 University working days of the notification of the final examination timetable.

Requests for deferral of other assessments should be made by the deadline advised by the School. Where the deferral is as a result of an exacerbation of an illness or condition not related to your disability, this is handled through the Extenuating Circumstances process and your Wellbeing Officer can advise on this.

If you are unwell during an exam then you should make an invigilator aware, seek medical advice or support (this will ensure that this is recorded appropriately) and contact your Wellbeing Officer within 24 hours of the exam if possible.

As with the deferral of exams, you should contact an invigilator immediately and seek medical advice or support where appropriate. This will ensure that this is recorded appropriately. You should then contact your Wellbeing Officer(s) within 24 hours of the examination who can advise on next steps and the appropriate form to complete, and any further information required.

In requesting this option, it is the case that the entire exam is set aside, not marked and no feedback on it produced. The exam sit will be moved to the next suitable exam period. Please note that it is not possible to request an exam deferral after exam results are published or to re-sit the exam if a pass mark has been gained. Please do ask your Wellbeing Officer(s) if in doubt.

The OSCE is a timed competency which means it needs to be completed within the timeframe expected for this to be completed in practice. The allocated timing for each element of the OSCE, i.e. the preparation time, assessment and follow-up questions, reflects this. As a result, no additional time is permitted for this assessment.