Do you have a disability? Are you looking for support while you study?
We want to help make your time at NorthTec as easy and enjoyable as possible. We encourage you to share your disability with tutors and student services so you can make the most of our services and support.
Our Disabilities Support Coordinator can provide information and support for all intending and current students with permanent or temporary support needs.
Disability Support services include notetakers, support people, readers and writers, equipment such as ergonomic furniture and recording devices and facilitation with tutors.
NorthTec is committed to supporting people with disabilities, with wheelchair access available to most areas on campus and hearing loops in some buildings.
Disability Services Include:
- Personnel such as note takers, readers/writers
- Interpreters for the deaf
- Services of the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
- Ergonomic furniture
- Recording devices
- Mini hearing loop systems
- Many other resources are available for loan.
NorthTec is committed to making all of our campuses accessible and new requests are welcome.
Meet NorthTec’s Disability Services Coordinator
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Jill Thomson is NorthTec’s Disability Services Coordinator. Jill was first trained as a teacher of the deaf and was a Foundation Studies tutor at NorthTec. The services she can provide to students help them enjoy their learning experience at NorthTec.
When students come to her, Jill takes the time to discuss their needs and finds out the best way to accommodate them.
“I feel privileged and lucky that I have this job as it provides assistance when they least expect it,” Jill says. “To see them pass their courses is the icing on the cake.”
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Student Profile
 Mhairi Collins
Mhairi is a student in the Bachelor of Social Services Degree Programme at NorthTec. She is also the author of No Going Back, a true story of her journey to recovery from a traumatic brain injury. This book can be borrowed from the NorthTec library.
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If you have questions about NorthTec’s Disability Services, contact them at 0800 808 856 or 09 470 3836 or via email at jthomson@northtec.ac.nz.