Disability support
Welcome to Disability Services
Disability Advisers work alongside you to identify how your disability or condition impacts your teaching, learning, assessment and access to physical and digital resources, and to help coordinate support and adjustments.
Disability Services work with students who have a disability or condition which impacts on their study. This includes students or applicants who have:
- Specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia
- Ongoing mental health difficulties
- Long-term medical conditions such as diabetes, cancer, Crohn's disease
- Social communication difficulties such as autism
- ADHD
- Physical or mobility difficulties
- Hearing impairments or hearing loss
- Visual impairments
Current announcements
Updates to the Personal Learning Support Plan
The University has made some changes to the Personal Learning Support Plan (PLSP). The main changes are:
- Each section of the PLSP is now in a tab which you can expand to view.
- Support in written exams is separate from support in practical assessments.
- If your PLSP is updated, you can look in the 'Latest Changes' section to see what has changed.
- You can use the 'Action' button to send Disability Services feedback about your PLSP.
For students who had a previous version of the PLSP, please log on to your plan via MyHud to check that the support and adjustments cover your study requirements. If they do, you do not need to do anything. If you feel the updated version no longer covers your study requirements, please do one of the following:
- Email the details to disability@hud.ac.uk
- Request an appointment using the Disability Services Appointment Request Form
Many thanks.
Current students
If you are studying at the University, please see the disability related information about teaching, assessment, exams, placements, support workers, DSA and more. There's also guidance for international students and apprentices and information about specific disabilities.
Applicants
If you are interested in or applying to the University of Huddersfield and you have a disability, find out more about preparing for University and the support once you are on your course.
Disability Support
Disability Support
Find out about the range of support on offer through Disability Services
Information for University staff
Find information for staff working with disabled students, including guidelines, disability-related policies and procedures.
Information for DSA Needs Assessors
Find out what you need to know ahead of carrying out a needs assessment, including details of our in-house Learning Support Service and NMH rates.