Learning Support
Introduction
We support students with additional support needs. If you have received support at school or if you have additional support needs and have told us this on your application, then a member of our team will get in touch with you to arrange a meeting to discuss your individual needs. We will then contact your lecturers to let them know of the support that you need on your course.
How can we help?
The support that we can offer if you have an additional support need is personal to you. It may be that you need additional time for assessments or exams, for example, or you may need your lecturers to know that you might need to take a break from class because of a medical condition. This will all be discussed during your meeting with a member of our team and will form part of your Personal Learning Support Plan, or PLSP.
Where to find us?
We have a learning support team located on each campus. But, if you have told us that you have an additional support need on your application, then we will contact you! If you are not sure if you have an additional support need, or you have forgotten if you have already told us on your application then you can email learning.support@edinburghcollege.ac.uk
If you are diagnosed with an additional support need during your course that you would like to tell us about, you can email us at the address above and we will get in touch to discuss what support you may need.
Who are we?
Hi, I'm Maria, a Learning Support Assistant at Granton Campus, and I am the point of contact for additional support needs. I can assist in gathering medical or school evidence for these needs, and can arrange screenings for conditions like dyslexia. I also connects students with a other Learning Support Advisors for tailored course assistance.Maria - Learning Support Assistant
More information
The Learning Support Team supports students with an additional support need and/or a disability. This may be:
- A specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, ADHD or ADD.
- A social/communication condition or autistic spectrum condition.
- A long-standing illness or health condition such as cancer, HIV, diabetes, chronic heart disease, epilepsy.
- A mental health condition such as depression or anxiety disorder.
- A physical impairment or mobility issues.
- Deaf or hearing impairment.
- Blind or visual impairment.
- Long-term illness.
- A specific learning difference such as down syndrome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your Learning Support Advisor is here to listen to you and support your additioanl needs at college. If you have told us about your additional support needs on your course application, then we will contact you.
If you are not sure if you have let us know about your additional support needs then you can contact learning.support@edinburghcollege.ac.uk
At college, you will not automatically receive support in your exams or assesments.
Students who have these arrangements have provided supporting evidence and discusses these arrangements with a Learning Support Adviser during a needs assessment.
To make sure that you have this in place for you assessments, then you should contact learning.support@edinburghcollege.ac.uk
We understand that your additional support needs are personal to you, so you should only have to tell one person about your additional support needs.
Once you have met with your Learning Support Advisor, they will let your lecturers and any other staff who need to know. However, the information will be shared on a need-to-know basis, so staff can effecitvely support you in class. If there is something you don't want us to share with the lecturing team, you can let us know.'
We will ask for your constent before sharing information.
Disabled Student Allowance (DSA) is a specific fund for students with disability or additional support needs who are studying a higher education course.
If you are studying an HNC or HND course, and are able to provide evidence of your additional support need or disability, then you may be able to apply.
You also need to have been resident in the UK for at lesat 3 years before the start of your course. Your Learning Support Advisor will support you to make an application.
Most full-time students are not eligible to claim housing benefit, however housing benefit may be available to the following groups:
The support will help by providing you with support for hardware, software, human support (such as notetaker) and any other equipment that support your disability in your studies.
Any software, equipment, or tutoring is not covered by Disabled Students Allowance because all students would benefit from this.
Your Learning Support Adviser will help you to apply for Disabled Students Allowance
DSA funding is allocated each academic year. If you are continuing to a second year of your course, please speak to your Learning Support Adviser in summer about making new DSA application.