Assessment Centre

Welcome to the Glyndŵr Assessment Centre web pages. Here you will find information about the services the Centre offers, and how you can access them.

Glyndŵr Assessment Centre is located within Student Services in the main Plas Coch campus at Glyndŵr University in Wrexham. The Centre is a member of The National Network of Assessment Centres. It is a listed Centre, meeting the quality standards set by the Disabled Students’ Allowances Quality Assurance Group that are approved by the Department for Education and Skills.

 
What does the Assessment Centre do? 

Glyndŵr Assessment Centre provides a professional assessment, advice and training service to disabled people attending Higher Education. We provide Study Needs Assessments for students who are eligible for the Disabled Students Allowance, which involves talking to you about your disability and any barriers you experience and then recommending the support strategies and equipment which will allow you to access your education on a level playing field with your peers. Our assessments lead to recommendations for equipment, services and support that may be provided to students via DSA funding.

Our team of assessors have experience and expertise in assisting students with a wide range of needs including dyslexia, hearing and visual impairments, physical difficulties, communication impairments, mental health difficulties and Aspergers Syndrome

The Centre has excellent facilities for the evaluation of a wide range of equipment and software. Equipment includes desktop and laptop PC’s, Apple Mac computers, printers, scanners, CCTV systems, ergonomic furniture, posture aids, keyboards and mouse alternatives.  We also have a range of mind mapping software, text to speech systems, voice recognition and many other adaptive and supportive applications and programmes. This equipment is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect advances in assistive and mainstream technology.Assessments undertaken by Glyndŵr University are independent of all manufacturers and suppliers of assistive technology, and the Centre provides unbiased, individualised recommendations for appropriate technical support. Students can make an informed choice to suit their needs from the range of potentially useful equipment that is available.