Disability Support Service
The service aims to create an inclusive and equitable teaching and learning environment for the benefit of all our students. It provides student-led support to enable students with disabilities to flourish as independent learners.
It is here to help if you have a physical disability, ongoing mental health difficulties, a long-term health condition, an autistic spectrum condition or a specific learning difference such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia or ADHD.
Contact Us
Monday to Friday, 9:00 - 12:00 and 13:30 - 17:00
Telephone: 88180000-8169
Location: Room 101, First Floor, Building 23
Email: disability-support@ nottingham.edu.cn
How we can help you
● Provide support in making the transition to university.
● Liaise with your school or department about the impact of your condition may have on your studies.
● Develop an individual Support Plan with recommendations for reasonable adjustments to exams and reasonable adjustments to teaching.
● Advice if you are unsure whether you have a specific learning difficulty (e.g. dyslexia).
● Advice on residential accommodation, such as adapted study rooms.
● Advice on accessible transport on campus.
● Arrange access to alternative formats such as Braille, large print and coloured paper.
For students in need of specialist study support, we offer one-to-one appointments and group workshops covering a range of topics, including:
● Time management and organization
● Notetaking and research strategies
● Reading and research strategies
● Analysing essay questions
● Planning and writing strategies
● Revision and examination techniques
Support Plan
We understand that you may need reasonable adjustments in order to study and learn comfortably to help you achieve your true potential. A Support Plan details the reasonable adjustments we will put in place. Typically, this plan will allow you to request coursework exten- sions, receive your lecture notes before a lecture, access recordings of lectures and have reasonable adjustments during exams.
Exam adjustments may include:
○ additional time
○ room adjustments
○ use of a computer
○ adjustments to the format of exam papers
○ access to support stuff (scribes or readers)
○ stickers advising a marker not to penalize errors in spelling, punctuation, untidy handwriting or clumsiness of English expression.
For a Support Plan to be created, you will need to provide us with ap- propriate evidence of your disability. All students must submit evidence to Disability Support Service with evidence from a suitably qualified professional, such as a doctor.
Students with a long-term medical condition or any other disability are required to provide a letter from either a general practitioner (international students) or a medical specialist in a level 3-A hospital (local students) that includes the following details:
● The name of the disability or medical condition
● The date on which the impairment or medical condition was diagnosed
● How long the impairment or medical condition is likely to last
● The main effects of the condition
● Any side effects of any medication or treatment
Students with specific learning differences, such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, require a report that identifies the specific learning difference.
● For people who have been diagnosed internationally, UNNC accepts evidence from both pre- and post-16: an educational psychologist, specialist teacher, occupa- tional therapist or equiv- alent; or EHC (Education, Health and Care) plans or reports from an appropriate- ly qualified medical practi- tioner.
● For domestic students, a report from a local 3-A level hospital that identifies the special learning difference is accepted. Evidence must include appropriate diag- nostic information of the assessment carried out to identify the specific learning difference.