If you have a learning difficulty or disability, our Additional Learning Support team is on hand to support you through your time at the College. Working with you, we will make reasonable adjustments to our services to ensure college is an enjoyable and rewarding experience.
Additional Learning Support
HELPING YOU GET THE SUPPORT YOU NEED TO THRIVE AT COLLEGE
If you need extra help with your studies, our Additional Support Team can help you and your lecturers tailor support to aid in moving you towards independence.
This could include providing in-class or out-of-class support for literacy, numeracy and study skills, working with a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) in class or Communication Support Worker (CSW).
Specialist support is available for students with additional needs, including neurodiverse conditions such as Dyslexia, as well as learning and physical disabilities.
We offer a range of adaptive equipment and software for students with hearing or visual impairments.
Facilities such as ramps, hoists, lifts and specialised toilets are available.
Please talk to us about your support needs as soon as possible, so we can discuss your requirements to help you study and achieve on your course.
Social and communication skills are an essential part of everyday life, and we have experienced and qualified lecturers on hand to teach social and communication skills in structured sessions and workshops.
- Â Brighton MET College operates from two sites:Â East Brighton and our Central Campus (Pelham Street) Campuses in Brighton
- All support teaching rooms in our buildings are accessible and have lifts. Some general rooms at Central Brighton Campus can only be accessed by stairs
- There are accessible toilets in all our buildings
- There is a variety of assistive technology, including hardware and software, available in the Learning Resource Centres
- Students may also borrow equipment from the Additional Learning Support department for use in class
The College’s Admissions team can give information about courses available at the College. They can be contacted on:
Brighton MET College (East and Central campuses): 01273 667704 Lines open 9am-5pm Monday to Thursday, 10am-4.30pm Friday or email: admissions@gbmc.ac.uk
We encourage all learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities to disclose to us so that, if necessary, we can discuss reasonable adjustments at an early stage.
If you disclose a learning difficulty and/or disability to the college you will be sent a Disclosure form. By completing and returning this form you have the opportunity to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need for any of our services.
All the information you provide is handled sensitively and is given only to staff that need to know about your disability or reasonable adjustments. If you wish to discuss your support needs further you will be able to meet with a member of the Additional Learning Support team prior to enrolment.
The Additional Learning Support Team will distribute information to lecturing and support staff about reasonable adjustments that may be needed.
All applications from disabled applicants are monitored by the Additional Learning Support team to ensure that they are treated fairly and with consideration of the reasonable adjustments the learner may need.
We know some students will require special arrangements when taking exams and support can be provided, in accordance with awarding bodies’ guidelines.
Dependent on your assessment results, scribes and readers may be available, and assistive equipment may be borrowed.