Disability support
Welcome to Disability Services
Disability Advisers work alongside you to identify how your disability or condition impacts your teaching, learning, assessment and access to physical and digital resources, and to help coordinate support and adjustments.
Disability Services work with students who have a disability or condition which impacts on their study. This includes students or applicants who have:
- Specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia
- Ongoing mental health difficulties
- Long-term medical conditions such as diabetes, cancer, Crohn's disease
- Social communication difficulties such as autism
- ADHD
- Physical or mobility difficulties
- Hearing impairments or hearing loss
- Visual impairments
Current announcements
January 2026 Exam Cut-Off Dates
If you have exams in January 2026 and you are concerned about the impact of a disability or long-term condition on your exams, please make an appointment with Disability Services as soon as possible and before Thursday 4 December 2025 - this is the cut off point for registering with the service and providing some supporting information ahead of the exam period so that adjustments can be put in place.
If you already have exam support in your Personal Learning Support Plan but you need to request a review of these ahead of the January exam period, please book an appointment with Disability Services before Thursday 4 December 2025. If no changes are needed to your exam support, please look out for an email communication on or around Thursday 18 December 2025 which will outline your exam support and adjustments.
Please note, changes to PLSPs for the January 2026 exams can not be made after Thursday 4 December 2025.
To book an appointment with Disability Services, please do one of the following:
- Request an appointment using the Disability Services Appointment Request Form
- Make an appointment at any of our iPoints
- Ring iPoint on 01484 471001
- Email Disability Services with your availability and the reason for the appointment at disability@hud.ac.uk
Many thanks.
Current students
If you are studying at the University, please see the disability related information about teaching, assessment, exams, placements, support workers, DSA and more. There's also guidance for international students and apprentices and information about specific disabilities.
Applicants
If you are interested in or applying to the University of Huddersfield and you have a disability, find out more about preparing for University and the support once you are on your course.
Disability Support
Disability Support
Find out about the range of support on offer through Disability Services
Information for University staff
Find information for staff working with disabled students, including guidelines, disability-related policies and procedures.
Information for DSA Needs Assessors
Find out what you need to know ahead of carrying out a needs assessment, including details of our in-house Learning Support Service and NMH rates.