If we're your 'Firm' choice on UCAS and you've disclosed
that you've got a Specific Learning Difficulty, we'll contact you over the
summer so we can implement support before you start.
What help can you get?
Support
from your SpLD Adviser throughout your course through online or in-person meetings.
An
Inclusive Learning Plan (ILP) to set out reasonable adjustments to courses
and assessments.
Access
to assistive software on and off campus.
Study
skills support, and specialist mentoring if you've got ADHD.
Help
applying for Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA).
I meet with students with SpLDs to discuss their strengths, difficulties and preferences, and write an Inclusive Learning Plan tailored to their needs.
How do you get support?
To access support for SpLDs (Specific Learning Difficulties)
at the University of Kent, you'll need
to provide evidence of diagnosis
Evidence can include:
A
full diagnostic report by a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
registered psychologist.
A
full diagnostic report by a Specific Learning Difficulties Assessment
Standards Committee (SASC) registered specialist teacher assessor.
Medical
evidence from a specialist practitioner (for ADHD).
We’ll use the diagnostic assessment to create an Inclusive
Learning Plan (ILP) detailing your support arrangements, including any exam
arrangements. You can log into the online portal, KentVision at any time to
check what arrangements are in place for you. We might recommend that you apply
for the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) if you haven't already.
Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA)
If you're eligible for DSA you can apply online or with a
paper form. Your funding provider (e.g., Student Finance England) will then be
in touch to ask you to have a study needs assessment. You'll be sent a DSA
entitlement letter confirming the funding and the contact details for the
nominated equipment and training providers.
If the University is nominated to provide any study skills
or mentoring, you'll be contacted by us to make arrangements for this. If your
DSA report recommends a computer, we may be able to pay the required financial
contribution.
If you're not eligible for DSA funding (e.g., if you are an
international student) we can arrange other support for you. Please get in
touch with us.
Need support but not got a diagnosis?
You may not have had a full assessment, but have been told
you have a Specific Learning Difficulty, or you may have had exam arrangements at
school or college. To make sure you can access support and exam arrangements at
Kent, we can arrange for you to have diagnostic assessments.