Who we support

• If you’re an undergraduate applicant, you can let us know about your disability or mental health condition by stating this on your UCAS form.
• Postgraduate applicants can declare their disability on the university application.
• Once you have applied and have made us your Firm or Insurance Offer, our team will contact you. The team will get in touch a few months before your course starts to invite you to register with the Disability and Mental Health Service.
• Your application will not be treated any differently and will be based on the entry requirements for all students.
• If you'd prefer not to declare your disability on your application, you can contact us directly to tell us about the support that you need by emailing [email protected].
• Declaring your disability on your application will not mean support is automatically put in place for you. You will need to register with us for support to be set up. You can do this by emailing [email protected].

We would recommend that you attend one of our Open Days or Offer Holder Days as part of the application process in order to ensure that you are able to make a fully informed decision about studying. This also gives you the opportunity to find out information about area such as:

• support on your course
• specific core course adjustments
• examination and assessment arrangements
• accommodation adjustments
• Disabled Students' Allowance funding
• health and safety arrangements
• building facilities.

If students apply for a course which is accredited by a professional and statutory body, the University is required to consider the fitness of students to undertake the programme. Courses where this applies include:

• teacher training
• social work
• midwifery
• nursing.

If you’re applying for a course like this, we may conduct an occupational health assessment to make sure you’re eligible. If you have any questions about how this might impact you, please contact us at [email protected].

If you are applying through clearing, please be aware that this takes place just a few weeks before teaching begins. As a result, some support, such as adapted accommodation, might be limited or take time to arrange. We recommend that you contact us as soon as possible at [email protected] to start setting up support and find out more about your options.

If you feel that not having all the support in place for the start of your course may disadvantage you then you may want to consider deferring to the next intake so that there is time to make all of the arrangements you will need to succeed.

• When your child tells us about their disability, we will contact them about putting support in place. 
• To receive support, they need to register with our service as well as declaring their disability on their application form.
• We will guide your child through the process of getting support in place.
• If your child needs more information, they can contact us at [email protected]. 

Our Disability and Mental Health Service helps students develop the independence and life skills they’ll need throughout their studies and working lives.

During the application process, you can encourage your child to:

• Register with the Disability and Mental Health Service.
• Apply for the Disabled Students' Allowance and personal care support via their local authority as early as possible – paperwork can be complex, and they may need extra support.
• Start thinking about the support they will need, taking into account what has happened at home, school and college in the past.

You can email our Disability and Mental Health Service at [email protected] or call them on +44 (0)20 8417 6000.

They can respond to enquiries about prospective students at any time, but can’t discuss current students without written consent.

• If you report a student's concern to us, we will take the appropriate steps to support the person you are worried about.
• We can give you advice about what you can do to support your child.
• We will not be able to share any further information with you about your child, unless they give us written permission to do so.