Use our guides to getting Assistive Technology help as a student or as a member of staff to find out how you can borrow equipment. The following items are available to loan, to trial or to help you work or study.

Access assisted hearing devices

We offer a range of easy-to-set-up audio enhancement equipment available for short-term loan to staff and students. This equipment can be used in rooms that do not have hearing loop systems and is especially beneficial for events or when supporting visitors with hearing impairments. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Create tactile (3D) diagrams

We have a copy of TactileView design software to help students or staff who need to produce tactile diagrams using either our braille embosser, or swell paper and our Swell Form Machine, previously known as ZyFuse Heater.

Equipment available for short-term loans

• A wide range of keyboards, mice and other ergonomic equipment
  
• A dedicated pool of loan laptops for students with Disability Action Plans
• Tablets and styluses
• High visibility and High Contrast keyboards to support people with visual conditions
• HumanWare Brailliant - refreshable braille display to read text in Braille
• Ziggi document camera to capture images
• Scanning pens - portable text to speech solution
• Noise Cancelling Headphones and Ear Defenders
• Headsets to use with text-to-speech or speech-to-text software
• White noise machines to help with concentration
• Writing slopes for a more comfortable writing position

Exam Equipment Loans

We provide support with Assistive Technology solutions for Exams. If you require any additional support for your Exams, please contact Disability Services.

We only provide laptops for the exams run by the Exams Office and install assistive technology software at their request. The Assistive Technology Team cannot loan laptops for class tests or departmental exams. If assistive technology software is required for departmental tests, please contact the Assistive Technology team.