We welcome students of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. Our Disability Inclusion team supports students with temporary or long-term health conditions, disabilities and additional needs.
What we do
We help students across all three of our campuses (Merchiston, Craiglockhart, and Sighthill), and we support students with a range of different disabilities, learning difficulties, conditions, and support needs. We are here to ensure that students get equal access to university life.
- Assessment of your individual support needs
- Assistance in finding personal helpers for reading, scribing, tutoring
- Initial screening for dyslexia
- Arranging for Educational Psychologist assessments
- Support with making an application for Disabled Students' Allowance (for eligible UK students only)
- Assessments of technology requirements and ongoing technical support
- Arranging study skills support
How we do it
Our disability advisers will meet with you and discuss your individual circumstances. We will offer different kinds of support to help you during your time at University, from exam adjustments to specialist technology.
If you had support at school, college, or another university we will try to match that support. If you have had a support plan in the past, it is helpful if you can bring that to your first meeting with your Disability Inclusion Advisor.
Your Disability Inclusion Advisor can then:
- Create a personalised Learning Profile (support plan) to inform your tutors about the support you require
- Arrange exam adjustments
- Provide advice about resources to help with your studies, including technology
- Help you to apply for additional funding, such as Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) or the Eire Fund for Students with Disabilities
- Refer you to other agencies to support you with study skills, mental health etc
- Create a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) to decide how to help you exit a building safely in an emergency.
The support we organise depends on your individual needs. Your support will be documented in a Learning Profile (support plan). This is a document setting out all the support you need. It is shared with your tutors and the University’s exams team, so that they can provide your support. We can update your Learning Profile as and when your needs change.
These are some examples of adjustments we commonly put on Learning Profiles:
- Use of a PC in exams
- Smaller room for exams
- Extra time in exams
- Use of a calculator on placement
What we need you to do
If you think you need support or have any questions, please email disabilityandinclusion@napier.ac.uk
You will be asked to complete a registration form and then an appointment will be made to speak with an adviser.