1. Disability Services’ Information Day
Fire Alarm
Toilets
Welcome

2. Welcome to Leeds Today is your opportunity to: Find out more about us
Ask questions… staff or students
Get to know the University services and spaces
Progress setting up your support
Consider what you need to do before you arrive in September
Any problems during the day, please speak to one of our team or call our reception on

3. On today’s agenda
10:00-11:00 Overview of Disability Services 11:00-11: BREAK :20-12:00 Overview of Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA) 12:10-13: Appointments, Assistive Technology and a Tour of Disability Services 13:10-14: LUNCH :00-15:00 Introduction to Facilities on Campus 15:00-15: BREAK :10-15:25 Student Experience 15:25-16:00 Information Fair
Stay and get involved in whatever you want over the day
Break Times
1 to 1 appointments over in Disability Services. Assistive tech advisor giving workshops. Opportunity to tour Disability Services.
Lunch – heading over to LUU. Walk over from Disability Services and at the end of the lunch, will meet in the main entrance to LUU (will be shown when walk across). Welcome to join us and we’ll find a table…
Into to facilities on campus- walk around campus showing the key features + facilities
Information fair- services + teams across the uni will be joining us. They’ll be giving a brief intro to the service and will then be available for questions.

4. Disability Service - What is our role?
We provide academic related advice, support and guidance to disabled students, university departments and services.
We are the University experts, we are passionate about inclusion, and being accessible.
As part of the university we want you to get the most out of your time at Leeds.

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Who are we?
We are a team of over 100 staff supporting 4500 students (13% students)
Front of House
Advisory Team
Support Worker Team
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[Assessment Centre]
‘All Year Round’ student support via reception/ /drop-in
Funding body paperwork
Specialists who liaise with schools about your support
Accessible formats
One to One support

6. How will we work with you?
You will need to:
‘Sign Up’ with our service
Provide suitable* evidence
We will:
review your information
identify support / changes in your support
make recommendations to department
We can support you at every step!
Front of House
Advisory Team
Sign up form= essential. What do you want to tell us about your disability? How do you want us to use your information? GDPR.
Evidence= there are requirements for evidence.
Medical evidence must give a diagnosis, or working diagnosis, and confirm a condition is ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’
Full diagnostic assessments conducted by Ed Psych/ Specialist Teachers. Not screenings, form 8s or letters from school confirming exam arrangements
Support Summary Sheet created by DAT

7. What support is available?
Academic Support Recommendations and Adjustments:
Exam and assessment;
Teaching and learning (e.g. lecture materials in advance);
Some loan equipment;
Non medical helper support (e.g. library, note taking, mobility);
Transcription services (accessible documents);
You might access support from other departments too such as: accommodation, libraries, student union, funding….
We can help direct you to the right team!
Other support can be identified in your one to one sessions.
Tailored to your needs

8. Inclusion Commitment to enhance inclusion
Baseline standards:
Current University review of inclusion – get involved!
Things to know about:
Lecture Capture
Red Route, fob access
Disabled student rooms in the library
Assistive Technology support
Quiet room
Changing rooms
Other support can be identified in your one to one sessions.

9. We can support you to make your application
Other Support
Disabled Students’ Allowances (various funding bodies)
Application required
An assessment of academic support needs, to identify and recommend support, such as:
One to One study skills and mentor support
Transcription services
Assistive software and equipment
You can find out more at our information talk today.
We can support you to make your application

10. Reasonable Adjustments
The recommendations we make to school are called ‘reasonable adjustments’
These can include changes to the:
physical environment;
ways things are done;
provision of additional aids or services designed to remove barriers you may experience as a direct result of disability.
These cannot exempt a student from meeting the core criteria of a course, or facilitate an unfair advantage.
Reasonable Adjustments must also be…Reasonable.

11. Our Relationship with your Department
Every department is different
Our Advisory Team has Disability Co-ordinators who are linked to specific departments;
Each department also has a Disability Contact, a school based member of staff who we liaise with;
Throughout the year we will work with you and your Disability Contact, to address any specific arrangements or issues with your support.

12. Not sure if we are the right people? Ask us, we can signpost
Ongoing Support
Our service operates all year round (Monday to Friday)
Reception is open 9:00am – 5:00pm
Drop-ins where you can talk to someone in confidence, without an appointment, 9:30am - 4:00pm
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, or visit our website: students.leeds.ac.uk/disabledstudents.
Call us on
Visit us in Chemistry West, number 55a on the campus map
us at
Not sure if we are the right people? Ask us, we can signpost
Apart from bank holidays and uni closure days.
Handout of uni term dates

13. Getting around Campus….
University has a partnership with AccessAble
Detailed guides
Access and facilities
Photos
Every Building on campus!
To see the access guides, follow this link;
Tour of key facilities on campus later today

14. We’re all here to support you throughout your studies,
Be Proactive
5000+ students are registered with us so you need to take the lead!
If you have questions, concerns or if you just think that something is not working for you, please tell us
Things may go wrong…. but if you don’t tell us, we can’t support you effectively
We’re all here to support you throughout your studies,
please keep in contact
*massive institution- 30,000 students. No one point of contact

15. Other Support Services….
Services you might access include:
Students’ Union Advice Centre
Student Funding Team
Study Abroad Office
School Student Support Office in your department
Chaplaincy
Accommodation Wardens
Student Counselling and Wellbeing
Chaplaincy- non denominational. Quiet space, opp to chat to someone.
Student Counselling is separate from us – we don’t share information. Good idea to also register with them.

16. Next up - a break and refreshments!
Recap on what's to come….
Find our about DSAs – wherever you are in the process
Meet a team member – any questions, explore other services you can engage with, help with admin/forms
Visit our offices and key places round campus
Assistive Technology workshop
Meet staff from key services, library, Student Counselling and Wellbeing, Sports Facilities, Chaplaincy, Transcription, Assessment Centre
Chance to meet current students
Next up - a break and refreshments!

17. Thank you.
Any questions?