Disability Services: what our students say

My experience here has been great. Disability Services were really helpful. They made sure that everything I needed was planned out for my course like having my interpreters and they made sure that everything I needed was covered.

Last year as part of my architecture course I went on a trip to Cambridge and the university arranged interpreters for me and made sure everything I needed was covered.

So I use sign language, I was born profoundly deaf. I studied Graphic Design in my fourth year.

Before that, for the first three years I was studying Architecture and then I changed to Graphic Design for my fourth year.

In terms of the support from Disability Services it's been great, they organised all of my interpreters. They organised notetakers for me and they made sure that everything I needed was in place. When i went on the architecture trip to Cambridge I had an interpreter with me every day of the trip and they made sure that everything that I needed was covered

Disability Services helped with the funding for that and it just meant that i could really enjoy my studies. I took part in a competition with MML lawyers which is a law firm here in Dundee. They had asked the students to design a new logo for their company and I actually won that competition.

Other things that I enjoyed I think just the challenge working with the tutors, getting involved in all the debates and discussions. Now I'm just looking forward to graduation in may and I've also got the Graduate Show where I'll be exhibiting some of my work.

The Disability Services staff have been really supportive, they've organised everything that I needed

and I think if anyone is needing help I would really recommend contact and Disability Services. They're fantastic and they'll help you sort everything out.

To summarise my experience in three words, a helpful and fantastic service.

Hi my name is Liam, I'm a student here at the University of Dundee and I'm studying life sciences.

The reason I chose to come to the University of Dundee is because I was born in Dundee I'm a proud Dundonian but also because the University of Dundee is the best in the whole of the UK for life science research.

There are two things that have helped me through university life. Disability services, who make sure that I have the right support in place so when I go to lectures I have my interpreters and notetakers, and also spending time with friends, going to events, going to the student union, and having that social life as well. These are both things that have helped me through university. 

Disability Services are very supportive, they make sure that I've got the right support that I need in place so when I go to a lecture I have note takers and I have interpreters. Disability Services also will speak to my tutors and let them know that I'm deaf so that they can make their lectures and their classes more accessible for me.

I enjoy learning new things every day and I like meeting new people. 

If you're thinking about coming to Dundee University my advice would be to contact Disability Services. They're very approachable and they'll plan out your support and make sure it's ready before you arrive and they'll make sure that you've got the right support as well. 

Also, the support that they offer is a very high level. For example I have note takers, I have interpreters but also I can get audio transcribed for me which I didn't expect but that's a service that they offered me. 

So university is fun, I go to the student union and upstairs they have pool tables and so a lot of the time I'll go with my friends and we'll play games of pool.

Hi I'm Finlay a medical student and I've got dyslexia. I feel part of a caring and inclusive environment here at the University of Dundee.

It's quite a small community so you get to know everyone very quickly and they're all very friendly.

I've had a lot of support from the Disability Services from extra time in exams, to proofreading which has been a big thing for me, and also access to various computer programs that helped me.

When settling into university I found joining lots of sports clubs and societies was fantastic, it's helped me to meet lots of new people make lots of new friends.

To any prospective students who are thinking of going along to Disability Support who are thinking 'I don't know if they can help me'  or 'I don't know if it's serious enough' go along speak to them. There are hundreds of ways they can help and they if they can help they will do.

Some of the support I've received in three words that would probably be friendly caring and helpful.