Tutorials are provided during most modules and albeit not compulsory many students find they are an additional learning opportunity. Where possible we try to ensure that loop systems are available for students with hearing difficulties. You may have a range of requirements for tutorials - for example: no steps, nearby toilets, no flourescent lighting. Perhaps you want to bring a friend or assistant along with you. Let us know. Please request any special requirements you need at tutorial venues by completing a Facility Request Form 1 (FRF1).
topIf you are hearing impaired you may wish to use a radio aid, or may need to lip read or use sign language interpreters. see DSAs. Tutors may create options for additional electronic activities. Rest breaks can be easily included.
topPermission should normally be granted by reason of your disability, to make recordings of tutorials or lectures and at schools. Other students attending the tutorial should be warned about the recording. When confidential information is recorded, care should be taken, via advice at the start of the recording, not to make the information attributable to an individual.
Disabled Students Allowances, if eligible, can be accessed for the recording device and to pay for a note-taker.
Tutors can when requested make handouts available. Material can be sent to the Regional Centre for production. Handouts can be produced in alternative formats: (Large Text if you are Visually Impaired, Coloured paper if you have Dyslexia.) This includes email and content on the web, that allows you if you are blind/visually impaired to use screen readers or magnification software.
topThe majority of study centres are accessible, however tutors can liaise with room bookings to ensure that teaching rooms are accessible and accessible routes to them are practical. If you have mobility difficulties ground-floor rooms are usually allocated with nearby car parking and easy access.
If access arrangements are unsatisfactory for any reason, let us know.
Updated details of tutorials can be found from the Tutorial Finder link in Your Course Record page on Student Home
If you are unable to attend tutorials, you may be able to have a Special Session. Typically these are one hour sessions with a subject tutor (not necessarily your own tutor, but certainly a tutor in the subject area you are studying). They are normally held over the phone or face-to-face. If you would like to arrange a Special Session, ask your tutor in the first instance. If your tutor is unable to provide a Special Session themselves, they can refer it to the Faculty who may be able to arrange for another tutor to supply a session.
