Studying with dyslexia can be difficult –many students with dyslexia develop strategies to get round these difficulties.

The college employs two specialist teachers –Andrea Lindley and Erika Montgomery, who along with our Senior Support Assistant Beverley Sutton, carry out dyslexia assessments in college, and then provide one to-one support for as long as it is needed. You can then be given the right Access Arrangements in exams (for example, extra time, use of a word processor, reader or scribe), to allow you to perform to your full potential.

All new students undertake a short, on-line assessment, early in the first term, to identify personal learning styles and any indications of dyslexia.

Huddersfield New College was awarded the Dyslexia Friendly Quality Mark in 2009, by the British Dyslexia Association, in recognition of the high standard of support we offer.

When you are ready to move on from college to Higher Education, the team offer help and advice in applying for the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA).

In addition, the college’s Aim Higher Coordinator, Ben Burgin, is based in The Study centre, and will support the transition to university and the workplace.