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Canterbury Christ Church University welcomes applications from prospective disabled students and is committed to ensuring that all students have right of access to all the University's buildings and services. A survey of the buildings was made 3 years ago, but does not include recent developments such as Augustine House.

It is important to note that International and non-UK EU students are not entitled to the UK Government allowances for disabled students and, whilst the University will make every effort to support you, it will be the responsibility of you and your sponsors to fund any additional support costs which arise as a consequence of your disability.

Funding

  • The Snowdon Award Scheme

    The Snowdon Award Scheme is a charity that provides grants to students with physical or sensory disability, to help them complete further or higher education or training.  Grants ranging from £250 to £2,500 are awarded to help cover additional costs like computers, mobility equipment or human help.

    Student of all nationalities may apply but must be studying at a college or university in the UK.  Please note that the application deadline for this year is 31st May 2011.
     
  • Erasmus Students studying at Canterbury Christ Church

    If you have a severe disability or exceptional special needs, then you may be entitled to cover associated costs on your Erasmus placement.  If you are already at an Institution of Higher Education, then contact the International Office for further details, as the Erasmus
    Co-ordinator is are responsible for ensuring that all the necessary paperwork is completed and arrangements are made at the host institution to meet the needs to the student.

    Students who need to apply for a special needs allowance should do so via their home institution before the start of the academic year in which the mobility activity is scheduled to take place.

Services for disabled students

The University's Disability Advice Service will be able to provide some support at little or no additional cost to you or your sponsor. This includes:

  • access to assistive technology resources
  • ability to record lectures and seminars
  • possible short term loan of equipment where available
  • reformatted examination papers
  • modified examination arrangements where appropriate
  • extended learning centre loans
  • adapted accommodation if available
  • Braille Transcription
  • support from the Disability Advice Team

There are additional services that you may require which will have a cost associated with them, and it is possible that the full or partial costs will be charged to you or your sponsor:

  • sign language interpreters
  • note-takers, readers, personal support workers
  • individual learner support and dyslexia support
  • equipment such as computers, digital audio recorders
  • assistive software e.g. Jaws ( except for that available on terminal services)
  • familiarisation/mobility training

It is imperative that you contact the Disability Advice Service before you accept the offer of a place, to discuss the cost of these services. If you do not have a sponsor, or another source of financial support to pay for any disability support, you should talk to the Disability Advice Service about this. However, please note that alternative sources of funding are likely to be limited (please see advice on funding above).

Support with day to day living

The University will provide some support for your academic needs, but cannot provide support for personal care and daily living tasks (for example, help with walking or mobility, shopping, cooking and cleaning) - this kind of support will need to be funded by you or your sponsor.

Please note that the University has only a limited range of adapted accommodation and major adaptations to existing accommodation cannot be funded by the University, should you require them.

You will need to think carefully about any non-academic, disability related support you may require whilst living and studying in the UK.  The University may be able to advise you on agencies that can provide you support with your daily living (e.g. cooking, cleaning, shopping) but you will have to meet the cost of this support yourself. Please contact the Disability Advice Service to discuss before your application, as this kind of support must be planned and resourced well in advance.

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