Learning Support

As a Pembrokeshire College student you will have an initial assessment to identify if you need support with literacy or numeracy.  Support given could include:

• One-to-one help with a learning support specialist
• Assignment planning
• Work in small groups with basic skills/essential skills

Tutorial Support

As part of all full-time courses offered, you will have a personal tutor who will provide pastoral support and academic guidance throughout the period of your programme, as well as help set your goals and monitor your progress from day one.

Provision for Students with Disabilities

Pembrokeshire College is an easy-to-access establishment, fully equipped and adapted to welcome students with physical and/or learning disabilities.  The College has award-winning resources and student support services to enable all members of our community to come to College.  To discuss individual need please contact the Learner Contact Centre where you will be put through to someone who can help.

The College’s Disability Policy can be accessed here.

Large print, Braille and CD versions are also available on request – text phone (Mincom) 01437 753 000.

Facilities & Equipment

Within the College we have a range of specialist equipment to support students with disabilities including:

• Laptop computers and word processors
• Colour CCTV
• Large screen computer monitors and adapted keyboards
• Lunar for Windows (individualised screen magnification system)
• Electronic spell checkers, thesaurus and dictaphones
• Specialist software programmes including voice activated packages

The College has policies in place for students requiring special examination or assessment arrangements.

Staff expertise available in the College

• Specific Learning Difficulties/Dyslexia
• British Sign Language Communication and Note-taking
• Severe Learning Difficulties
• Learning Support Assistants – for personal and medical needs
• Autism
• Makaton Communication
• Basic Skills Support

Prospective higher education students are asked to contact the Learner Contact Centre for advice on the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) funding, specialist support and equipment they require.

The College can also provide access to other professionals as required, for example:

• Specialist careers officers/Careers Wales West
• Disability employment advisers
• Educational psychology service
• Advisers for hearing impaired
• Advisers for visually impaired
• Physiotherapists
• Occupational therapists
• Community team for learning disabilities
• Independent Advocacy Service
• Local branches of RNIB, RNID, BDA, SCOPE, etc
• In-house arrangements to meet particular dietary needs
• In-house support for particular medical/personal care needs

The College also has a full-time nurse 9am-4pm, 5 days a week, term-time only.  We have a fully equipped accessible medical room on the main campus in Haverfordwest.  There are trained first aiders available at all sites.

Admissions Arrangements

Application form

If you have a disability we would like you to complete the disability question in the application form.  This will ensure you are contacted before your interview about any support needs that you may have.

Self assessment

At your Admissions interview you will have the opportunity to discuss your support needs.  You may wish to involve your parents or other adults at this stage.

College assessment of need

In addition to your own self assessment, with your agreement, we may also involve physiotherapists, occupational therapists and advisors for the sensory impaired to carry out an assessment of need in relation to the College environment.

Attendance at school reviews/College link programmes

A member of our qualified team will attend school transition planning meetings and annual reviews and will arrange school-College link programmes for those who would like to sample appropriate courses and find out more about the support we provide.