Category: Toolkit

As a largely online institution, it is vital to ensure our online presence reflects the University’s core values of excellence, passion, integrity, and support. It is this thread that runs through all aspects of our disability support service, ultimately leading to our adoption of the Autism&Uni Toolkit. As the leading online university in the built…

After a few months of setting up the Autism&Uni toolkit, the University of Chichester launched it to their new intake of autistic students in August 2025. Helen Dignum, Disability Advisor in the Student Support team, alongside Ella Knight, Student Journey intern, spent time between January and July 2025 adapting and personalising the toolkit, including linking…

Dr Donald Maciver is a Lecturer in Occupational Therapy at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. Donald was part of the team that led the development of the Autism&Uni Toolkit at QMU.  The university experience can be incredibly rewarding but for some autistic students, it can also bring some difficulties. Sensory overload, unclear expectations from staff, and…

Nikki Brown, Inclusive Learning Manager at Falmouth Exeter Plus, explains how the Autism&Uni Toolkit was implemented at her institution. Falmouth Exeter Plus is a shared Student Services provider for Falmouth University and the University of Exeter in Cornwall.  Our Accessibility advisers contact applicants with ASC, set up Individual Learning Plans, advise on Disabled Students’ Allowance, allocate specialist support workers as appropriate and organise Buddy Support to help with settling in and orientation. However, before adopting the Autism&Uni toolkit, we…

Alison Jones, Disability Transition Officer, of the University of Sheffield’s Disability and Dyslexia Support Service on the Autism&Uni toolkit which was launched in summer 2019. The Disability and Dyslexia Support Service at the University of Sheffield provides specialist advice and support for disabled applicants and students. As well as having a team of specialist Disability Advisers,…

Rebecca Horsfall, Disability Adviser at Durham University, talks about adopting the toolkit and how it became a bit of a life-saver during the first Covid-19 lockdown. Durham University invested in a new role of autism-specialist Disability Adviser in November 2019, in recognition that many autistic students required a higher level of support while at university….

Tash Hobbs, of the Disability Support Team at the University of Bath, explains how the Autism&Uni Toolkit adds an extra layer of support to their programme for students with autism spectrum conditions. The Disability Service provides specialist advice throughout students’ time here at Bath, from pre-application to graduation and sits within Student Services. There are…

Dr Mateusz Płatos explains how the Autism&Uni toolkit complements an EU-funded project to increase accessibility for students with disabilities at the University of Warsaw. The University of Warsaw is the biggest higher education institution in Poland, offering courses to about 50,000 students in 21 departments. A part of the educational mission of the University is…

Dr Andrea MacLeod from the Autism Centre for Education and Research at the University of Birmingham talks about how the Autism&Uni toolkit fits in with their AuVision project – a peer-to-peer consultation to improve the experience of autistic students at the University of Birmingham. The AuVision project used a participatory framework to consult with students…

Dr Beatriz Lopez, Director of the Autism Centre for Research into Employment (ACRE), has incorporated the Autism&Uni toolkit into a new university-wide resource designed to help autistic students with the transition into university. Beatriz said: “The adaptation of the Autism&Uni toolkit has opened a much needed communication between the autism centre, disability and well-being services….

Declan Treanor, Director of Disability Service at Trinity College Dublin, outlines the College’s new Neurodiversity Transition Hub Project and the role of the Autism&Uni toolkit in this initiative. The Disability Service in Trinity aims to develop clear and effective support systems at all stages in the student journey from university entrance to graduation to employment….

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