Disability service

GCU is committed to providing an inclusive student experience, which offers all students the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

The Disability Team provides advice, information and services to disabled students and applicants. Each year, around 15% of all GCU students disclose a disability. This includes students with long-term medical conditions, sensory impairment, mental ill-health, physical impairments, specific learning disabilities (for example dyslexia) and students on the autism spectrum.

We seek to promote a learning environment which minimises the impact of disability on the student experience. Towards this aim, we assist staff at GCU by offering information, advice and training related to the support of disabled students, and the promotion of accessible and inclusive teaching and service provision.

Please contact us if you have any queries relating to your own needs, or if you wish to know more about GCU’s approach to supporting disabled students.

If you need to access our services, please contact us using the information provided. We also offer a newsletter, and have a variety of self-care resources. The GCU Disability Team is also active on social media. Follow us on X/Twitter or Instagram.

If you have any comments or suggestions on any aspects of our service, please use our feedback form

In 2019 Glasgow Caledonian University's Student Wellbeing Service became the first in the UK to achieve accreditation from the National Autistic Society. You can find out more about what this means for our students and staff on our Autism Accreditation Scheme Award pages.

How to get support

This page details support for prospective and current students to disclose their needs, and access learning development centres and disabled students allowance.

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Accessibility and the campus

Find out more about the accessibility across the campus.

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Disabled students allowance

DSA is extra help for students who have a disability, a mental health condition, or specific learning difficulties, like dyslexia or dyspraxia.

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