School of Education Disability Coordinator

Fiona Mcgregor is the School of Education’s Disability Coordinator and she acts as the central point of contact within the School for individual disabled students and to address and promote the needs of these students within the School.  

The role of the Disability Coordinator is to liaise with the Student Disability Service, Student Disability Advisers and students to ensure all School of Education students with a disability, learning difference or other condition feel fully supported during their time with us. With your permission, the Disability Coordinator can communicate your learning needs to your academic tutors, Advisors of Study, and school experience placement schools.

When necessary, a Disability Coordinator will refer students with complex needs to the Disability Service for the arrangement of specialist services, equipment or funding which remains the core function and remit of the Disability Service.

Fiona McGregor

Fiona McGregor
School Disability Coordinator
Fiona.mcgregor@glasgow.ac.uk 
0141 330 3401

Support for students with disability-related needs

Many students in the School of Education have disability-related needs. This could be a specific learning difference such as dyslexia, a social/communication impairment, a physical or sensory impairment, a long term medical condition, or a mental health issue.

The term disability includes:

  • Long-standing illness or health condition
  • Physical impairment with or without mobility issues
  • Mental health condition
  • Social/communication impairment
  • Sensory impairment - such as a hearing or visual impairment
  • Specific learning difficulties - such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, Aspergers or ADHD

If you suspect that you have a learning disability that has not yet been diagnosed, the Disability Service may also provide links to assessment services to ascertain what your specific learning needs are.

 Many students' needs can be met through adjustments to teaching and exam arrangements and use of on-campus assistive technology. In some cases, the Disability Service can help you to apply for non-means-tested funding intended to cover the extra costs or expenses that you may incur while studying and which are a direct result of your disability or learning difference.

University of Glasgow’s Disability Service

If you have a disability, once you have registered as student and have indicated a disability on MyCampus, please get in touch with the University of Glasgow’s Disability Service. This is so that we can work with you to understand how your disability might impact on your learning and to ensure you get the support you need and to which you are legally entitled.

We would encourage you to contact the Disability Service as early as possible so that we can put in place the support you require. You can access Disability Services information (including updated Covid-19 information) on the Disability Services page.

Disability Service forms

To register with the Disability Service, please log in and complete a Study Support Request.

As part of completing your Study Support Request (SSR), you will be asked to upload evidence of disability. If you don't yet have evidence of disability, please complete the SSR anyway. If you have any documents you feel may work as evidence but are not sure, please upload them with your SSR so that we can advise you further. Having your evidence helps us to arrange support for you quickly, but you do not need to have evidence of disablity before we can begin to support and advise you.

If you are going to ask a GP or consultant for evidence, you may find it helpful to use the SAAS Disability Evidence Form. Please ask the person completing the form to complete sections B-D.

What happens after you complete your Study Support Request?

Once you submit your SSR, a Disability Adviser will review your information and we will email you about next steps. Depending on what you have told us and what documents you could upload, we may begin to put adjustments to your teaching and assessment in place right away. In most cases we will also contact you to invite you to book an appointment with a Disability Adviser. You will be able to choose between online and in-person appointments.

While you are waiting for us to respond to your SSR, there are other sources of support available:

  1. Your Adviser of Studies is named on your MyCampus record and can support you with any concerns about teaching and assessment.
  2. Your Student Support Officer Kirsteen Fraser can offer advice and guidance on a wide range of issues.
  3. Our Disability Coordinator, Fiona McGregor may be able to offer interim support and guidance.
  4. Student Learning Development offers a range of study support open to all students.
  5. There is a wide range of support available to all students.

Further information

You can access our Support for All/Disability privacy statements here: