Disabled Students

The University of Bradford positively welcomes applications from disabled students. All applications will be considered by departments purely on the basis of academic criteria.

If you indicate a disability on your UCAS form, you will be invited to contact the Disability Office to discuss your particular requirements, and will receive information about our facilities, and on the Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA). DSA is available to undergraduate or postgraduate disabled students and to part-time undergraduate disabled students who are studying no more than 60 credits a year.

Physical access around the campus is improving. Several buildings have ramps, electronic doors and chair lifts; while infra-red loops and other equipment is in place in some lecture theatres.

The Disability Office has set up a computer training room for disabled students with IT equipment that includes voice recognition systems. There is an increasing range of assistive technology available on loan, such as portable induction loops for students who wear hearing aids, and tape recorders for you to tape lectures. The Disability Office works with the Library and the Computer Centre with regard to access to information, and liaises closely with academic departments to meet the support needs of disabled students.

The University operates special assessment procedures for disabled students, including eligibility for Disabled Students' Allowance. This makes it possible, for instance, for approval to be sought for the allowance of extra time in examinations or note taking support in lectures.

For details, or to arrange a visit to the campus, please contact the Disability Office, or visit our website at www.bradford.ac.uk/disability

Useful publications include 'Higher Education and Disability: a guide to higher education for people with disabilities', available from SKILL: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities, 336 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AA.

The University has a team of experienced staff who are always very willing to meet with disabled students interested in coming to the University. If you would like a copy of the University's Disability Statement, please contact the Disability Office. If you would like information sending in another format, please indicate your preference (large print, Braille, ASCII or tape).

For details telephone 01274 233739, minicom 01274 235094, or fax 01274 235340, or email disabilities@bradford.ac.uk. If you would like information sending in another format, please indicate your preference (large print, Braille, ASCII or tape).

"I applied to several universities in the north, and visited all of them. Bradford was the most convenient, the most welcoming, the most helpful regarding my disability; and possibly the best course as well.

"Before applying to University, I contacted the Disability Office. They arranged to meet me at the School of Management and we went through all the support I might need. I knew I would find it difficult to use the School of Management's Computer Centre, so they provided me with a computer to use at home, and I have been offered a laptop so I can type notes in lectures, and download them later. I also have volunteer helpers to get me in and out of lectures, and mobile phones so I can tell them about cancelled lectures or changed arrangements. And I have extra time for assignments and examinations. They also offered things that I have tried so far to do without, such as taxis to lectures (my family can usually bring me) and an amanuensis to take notes for me. Everything that was offered has been delivered."

Asad Farooq - Final year BSc (Hons) Business and Management Studies

12 September 2005