Study Support

Ann Wood manages this area and will be happy to meet and discuss support for your learning needs.

This may be to help with a specific subject that is troubling you or providing you with study skills support to allow you to progress with all aspects of your course. Students with dyslexia will also be given help and support through this service and arrangements are tailored according to individual need.

The Study Support Staff also have the following technological teaching and learning support aids and measures available

• Laptop Computers
• Alpha Smart Keyboards
• Cassette Recorders / Dictaphones
• Spell Checkers
• Text Help and Talk Back Software
• CCTV for Students with Visual Impairment
• 21' Monitor
• Coloured Overlay Screening for Visual Discomfort in Dyslexia
• Modification of Learning Materials
• Extra Time for Assessments
• Alternative Assessment Arrangements
• Reader/Scribe Support
• Learning Support Tutorials - one-to-one or in groups

They can be contacted through reception or pop in to the Study Centre situated beside the IT Centre in the west wing of the main building.

• Universities & Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
• Skills Development Scotland
  
• OpenLearn
• www.myworldofwork.co.uk/