Supporting Students – Information for School Staff

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The University is changing the way academic support is implemented for students. Where students previously declared a medical condition or disability to the university and received support with a PASS Plan, many of the reasonable adjustments are now being made a part of everyday teaching and learning.

These reasonable adjustments should be implemented by the school where possible within the context of the school and course mode of delivery, without this having to be confirmed in a formal document by Student Wellbeing.

For a student that requires reasonable adjustments that are outside the remit of the Reasonable Adjustments Guide, Student Wellbeing will work with the student to create a Personalised Academic Study Support (PASS) Plan. Please be aware that PASS plans are shared on a school based level, so this will be shared with the specific school that the course the student is enrolled on belongs to.

We have created a guide for students to help understand the changes and how to access reasonable adjustments.

The school will be able to see student’s disability category and whether they have been sent the Academic and Wellbeing Support Guide or whether they have a PASS in place via One Uni under the wellbeing tab.

We also have created a resource for those involved in teaching and mentoring students with various diagnoses, including general and teaching strategies. It is worth noting that students can often have more than one diagnosis, so multiple guides may be relevant for supporting these students.

Please also be aware that these are basic tips for good practice and this is not an exhaustive or prescriptive list as diagnoses will affect each student differently. If you would like more information or have any queries regarding this then please contact the Student Wellbeing Centre on studentwellbeing@lincoln.ac.uk or call us on 01522 88 6400.

Please note that students on the current PASS Plan system will be contacted as we move them over to the new system. This will be implemented over a few months and so there will be some students who have PASS Plans and some on the new system where it is written into the curriculum.

Supporting Students – Information for School Staff

A Guide to Reasonable Adjustments for Students

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