New students

Support for students with disabilities and/or specific learning difficulties

Welcome to Oxford Brookes

Please contact our Inclusive Support Service before you start with us as this will enable us to put the best possible support in place for you. Our web pages provide lots of useful information for new students as well as all of our contact details.

If you have not yet been in touch with us and would like advice on any support or adjustments that might be available to you, please complete our self-referral form.
Make an application for the DSA if you are eligible - this process can be started at the same time you apply for Student Finance, ideally 6 months before your course is due to start.
If you will need adapted accommodation or assistance on campus, please email inclusivesupport@brookes.ac.uk as soon as possible.
If you have any query about your induction, please email the Induction Team on induction@brookes.ac.uk.

“I really appreciate the university’s disability support department, and the mentoring and study skills tutoring I received has been absolutely invaluable to me.”

Student

Creating an Inclusive Support Plan (ISP)

To access support and exam arrangements, you need an ISP. Before you arrive:

Send us your supporting information such as medical documentation or an appropriate diagnostic assessment for Specific Learning Difficulties.
If you don't have any supporting information or you are unsure, please contact us to discuss.
Reasonable adjustments are also put in place for research students.

Your dyslexia/SpLD assessment

If you have dyslexia or a specific learning difficulty and do not have any documents detailing your specific leaning difficulty and guidance on what to put in place (for example extra time in exams), please contact us to discuss a suitable alternative to put adjustments in place.

Assessment criteria

We can put an Inclusive Support Plan in place for you based on any documents that you have from a suitably qualified professional. The documents need to either contain information about what was in place for you before or how you are impacted by a specific learning difficulty/difference. If you are a UK student, we strongly advise you to have a full assessment so that you are also eligible for Disabled Students' Allowance. In accordance with government guidelines, the assessment should have been carried out by a chartered Clinical or Educational Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council or Specialist Assessor with a current practising certificate. Assessments must comply with the guidelines set out by the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee.

If you are on a waiting list for assessment for ADHD/ASC then a recent letter from a GP or specialist can be used as evidence for putting reasonable adjustments in place at university.

We can arrange assessments for current students and can provide applicants with advice about obtaining an assessment prior to starting university.