A Student Accessibility Plan is your personalised on-course support at Northumbria. This is agreed at an appointment with an Accessibility Adviser. Your Student Accessibility Plan may include:
At this appointment, your adviser can also give guidance on your Application for DSA if eligible.
Your Student Accessibility Plan is an academic document, and cannot include medical or daily living support.
For full information on a Student Accessibility Plan, please see our SAP Guide.
Student Accessibility Plans are put in place to support for any long-term condition which may impact on your studies. This includes physical conditions, sensory impairments, specific learning differences (SpLD) including dyslexia and ADHD, a social or communication difficulty such as an autism spectrum conditions, or long-term mental health conditions.
We ask for supporting documents to be uploaded when registering to provide details of the condition. The document should be from a suitably qualified medical professional, such as a GP or consultant. It should be typed on letter headed paper, signed, and dated. If possible, the document should state the impact that your disability or medical condition will have on your academic studies.
The University is unable to contact a medical professional to request any letters or documents on your behalf. If the medical professional charges for medical evidence to be released, it is up to you to cover this cost.
Please note: For dyslexia and other specific learning differences, we cannot accept a Form 8s or schools letters as they do not provide the comprehensive range of tests that we need for Higher Education level study. Please see the “Dyslexia / Specific Learning Difference” section below for full information.
If you're applying to study at Northumbria, or if you're an offer holder, you should complete a Student Accessibility Registration Form, uploading your medical evidence.
Once you register and your medical evidence has been reviewed, you will be invited to book an appointment with an Accessibility Adviser.
At this appointment, the support available to you will be discussed, and your Student Support Plan will be created.
If you have a Physical or Sensory Impairment, Mental Health Condition, Autistic Spectrum Condition, Dyslexia or other Specific Learning Difference, you may be able to get individual exam arrangements included on your Student Accessibility Plan. Depending on your needs, these arrangements can include extra time, use of a PC, reader or scribe.
To receive these conditions, you must be registered with our service and have a Student Accessibility Plan in place prior to the exam arrangement deadlines.
When registering for dyslexia support, we cannot accept a Form 8 or School letter to confirm previous access arrangements.
If you have previously had a full diagnostic assessment, please register with us and upload your report as your supporting documents.
If you do not have a full report, we can accept a QuickScreen Assessment, which can be done via the Northumbria Student Portal after you enrol with us. This is a dyslexia self-assessment which will produce a report showing whether there are indicators of dyslexia. This can then be used to register with our team. If you have any questions about this, please contact the team.
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