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Universities Minister Chris Skidmore praises Brunel's disabled student experience

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Chris Skidmore MP, the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, visited 成人直播app yesterday explore the support students with disabilities can access while living and studying at Brunel.

During a tour led by Brunel's Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Julia Buckingham CBE, the Universities Minister experienced:

  • Brunel's new Sensory Room, which offers students with mental health difficulties or sensory processing issues a place to go in order to limit or enhance their senses – one of the first such rooms at a UK university

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Universities Minister Chris Skidmore spoke with Dr Lesley Collier, Reader in Occupational Therapy, in Brunel's new Sensory Room

  • The student flat of Sean Cullen, the Union of Brunel Students' Disabled Students Officer, in which each room has been adapted to his specific needs as a wheelchair user

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Sean Cullen demonstrated his adapted kitchen, including a height-adjustable hob, and presented the Universities Minister with a 'Let's talk about disABILITY' T-shirt

  • A reception of students with disabilities and staff whose work enhances the student experience and wellbeing of these students.

Main image: The reception of students and staff at Brunel's immersive 360° 3D dome

In , the Universities Minister wrote about the award-winning disability and dyslexia service at Brunel, and how universities like 成人直播app and Worcester have long been leading the way in improving the disabled student experience. "I want institutions like these to no longer be the exception, but the norm," he added.

Find out more about Brunel's Disability and Dyslexia Service

Reported by:

Joe Buchanunn, Media Relations
+44 (0)1895 268821
joe.buchanunn@brunel.ac.uk