disability services (1 Viewer)

[Justine2408]

Hi,

I'm just starting at Newcastle Uni. Does anyone know if there are services for disabled students? If so, what are they like?

 

[winicat]

i'd check the uni website or call them up *shrug* that's all i've got, sorry!

 

[em_516]

erm..i saw for one building there's a wheel chair ramp..but um..that's all i've seen so far..

 

[Cyph]

yeah, there is

contact Liz Shanley - liz.shanley@newcastle.edu.au

 

[rific]

the disability facilities are pretty decent i think, they have a large adaptive technology centre, the dis. support uni can arrange note takers and alternate exam arrangements, stuff like that i think. You can also contact them in the student services building.

 

[PrincessSJ]

pester them for it tho cause if they dont provide they get in trouble.. and that would be funny

 

[Cyph]

yeah, the only problem is the notes you get blow

peer note taking

 

[rific]

I always wondered about those peer notes, half the lecs I go to arent really 'note-worthy', so what do they scribble for an hour??? I remember one lecture for classroom management (or some other idealistic subject, cant quite remember), my only notes were "flowers are red", which was a direct quote from the lecture, and a short poem about pirates and cheese, which was not a direct quote oddly enough.

 

[PrincessSJ]

i cant wait for that one... classroom management pfft

 

[rific]

You haven't had the pleasure of classroom management? Well expect some shocks, did you realise hitting students is no longer recognised as a good management style?

What year are you SJ?

 

[Cyph]

Is this a IRHR subject? I think they're all bullshit, like most of the subjects at Uni.

 

[baker182]

Is this a IRHR subject? I think they're all bullshit, like most of the subjects at Uni.

with John Burgess, his jokes were so bad

 

[PrincessSJ]

You haven't had the pleasure of classroom management? Well expect some shocks, did you realise hitting students is no longer recognised as a good management style?

What year are you SJ?

no hitting the kids????? thats it im transferring.. lol

im starting 2nd year ... and excited about prac cause they cancelled it last year and did an online course (biggest wank imaginable)

 

[Cyph]

with John Burgess, his jokes were so bad

I didn't go, so I don't know ...

 

[rific]

no hitting the kids????? thats it im transferring.. lol

im starting 2nd year ... and excited about prac cause they cancelled it last year and did an online course (biggest wank imaginable)

We didn't even get the option of a prac in first year, though we did get to sit in on a primary school class for a couple sessions.

And prac's pretty fun, well, when you take out all the dull parts it's pretty fun, and at least you get some interesting stories out of it.