Disability Support
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Disability Support Service (DSS):
Contact: Karen McGrath
Email: karen.mcgrath@corketb.ie
Telephone: (021) 2067 634
Watch this short video introducing the Disability Supports in the college:
The college welcomes applications from students with disabilities, medical conditions and special needs.
The Disability Support Service (DSS) provides advice, information and support to such students. If you need any particular supports or arrangements (e.g. 1-2-1 tuition or a scribe for end-of-year exams) it is advisable to contact the DSS as soon as you are accepted onto your course.
Funding is provided by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) Fund for Students With Disabilities. Application deadlines are in early October and February.
If you do not qualify for disability funding but require assistance with any of the following:
- Completing assignments
- Researching projects
- Revising difficult topics
- Exam techniques
….instead you should contact the Academic Support Centre through
- our Guidance Counsellors Siobhan Daly (021 2067608) and Jim O’Connell (021 2067626)
- your tutors or course director (d) the Disability Officer Karen McGrath (021 2067634).