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LUBS Disability Support

Disability Services recommends academic support to disabled students during their Leeds journey. This page introduces your LUBS Disability Contact, as well as the assistance available from the Central University Team.

Who to contact for disability support

LUBS Student Support
LUBS School Disability Contact Sam Osiewalski can offer you guidance on who to contact and what to access, as well as offer school-level support.

Read more about LUBS support below

The University Disability Services Team
This team supports disabled students university-wide and recommends adjustments to learning, teaching and assessment.

Read more about University support below

Hello! I can help you with guidance on how to register with disability services, apply for mitigating circumstances with our Student Support Team, or discuss any adjustments you may need for both assessments and teaching.

Sam Osiewalski, LUBS Disability Support Officer

What LUBS Student Support can help you with

  • Mitigating Circumstances and Additional Considerations applications
  • Signposting to relevant support teams in the university, including disability services and the counselling and wellbeing hub
  • Assessment enquiries including offering ad hoc temporary adjustments to assessments
  • Communicating disabled students’ needs to teaching staff including making sure that adjustments recommended by Disability Services are put in place
  • Guidance on what support you can access through your Support Summary Sheet
  • Taking temporary and permanent leave from your studies
  • Guidance on alternative assessments and formats on the grounds of disability / health

Use the link below to book an in-person or online meeting with Sam.

How to contact Sam about Disability Support

Please use the link below to open the booking system.

In-person meetings available Mondays (10-11am) and Wednesdays (2-4pm)

Online meetings on Mondays (10-11am), Wednesdays (2-4pm) and Fridays (2-3pm)

You can also email me any questions you may have:

What University Disability Services can help with

  • Support with registering with disability services and accessing support including adjustments
  • Accessing funding including Disabled Student Allowance and diagnosis funding
  • Enquiring about assistive technology and one to one support, such as specialist mentors or study skills tutors
  • Changing current adjustments accessed through the service
  • You can talk to a member of the Disability Services both in person and online, please see their website for information on booking and drop in slots:

You can also watch the video below from the Central Disability Services Team to learn more about help and support you can receive at the University of Leeds:

I use the term 'disabled people' quite deliberately, because I subscribe to what's called the social model of disability, which tells us that we are more disabled by the society that we live in than by our bodies and our diagnoses

Stella Young - Australian Comedian, Journalist and Disability Rights Activist