I have additional needs, can I still go?
There are lots of resources designed to help and support those of you with additional needs while you study at university, and it's important in terms of your success that you make use of these. It's in your interest to find out what resources your prospective university can offer you. The best way to do this is to speak to the relevant member of staff at the university; you can discuss in detail any concerns you may have and they can be specific about the resources and support they can offer you.
General information
For more general information about the support that can be offered to you while you are studying in higher education click below:
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Skill: National Bureau for Students With Disabilities - Skill's website has a very useful section called 'Into HE' which allows users to identify universities and colleges using a number of different criteria, in particular an indication of the services and support they currently offer to their disabled students.
Student profiles
To find out more about students who have been there and done that see below:
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Student profiles - read accounts of students at Southampton Solent University and the helpful assistance they have received from our Disability Support service.
Support available at Southampton Solent University
By way of illustration click on the links below to find out about the resources and support we can offer at Southampton Solent University:
It is also worth remembering that if you do have additional needs you are not alone, here at Southampton Solent University in the 2003-04 academic year we had 749 students with a declared disability, and of those 531 students had Dyslexia.
Other helpful websites