Departmental Disability Liaison Officers (DDLO)

The Departmental Disability Liaison Officer (DDLO) is a direct link for you between the Student Services Hub and your department.


Department Disability Liaison Officer Email
Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Muhammad Tariq Sadiq ddlo-csee@essex.ac.uk
East 15 Ainslie Masterton amast@essex.ac.uk
Economics Francesca Salvati fs22289@essex.ac.uk
Edge Hotel School Whitney Vernes Smith wv23900@essex.ac.uk
Essex Abroad Chorong Vrticka c.vrticka@essex.ac.uk
Essex Business School, Colchester Emma Aldridge emma.aldridge@essex.ac.uk
Essex Business School, Southend Manuela Nocker mnocker@essex.ac.uk
Essex Pathways Department Haji Yakubu hyakubu@essex.ac.uk
Government Hersh Mann governmentddlo@essex.ac.uk
Health and Social Care Sevil Savi-Karayol sevil.savikarayol@essex.ac.uk
History Tom Freeman tfreeman@essex.ac.uk
Interdisciplinary Studies Centre

Term 1: Matthias Rohrig Assuncao
Term 2 and 3: Steven Gormley

assuncao@essex.ac.uk
segorm@essex.ac.uk
Language and Linguistics Language: Emma Wang
Linguistics: Rebecca Clift
yujia.wang@essex.ac.uk
rclift@essex.ac.uk
Law and Human Rights Bev Jackson bjackson@essex.ac.uk
Life Sciences Angela Pine acpine@essex.ac.uk
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies Jordan Savage jksava@essex.ac.uk
Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science Igor Rodionov igor.rodionov@essex.ac.uk
Philosophy and Art History Steven Gormley segorm@essex.ac.uk
Psychology Tracy Robinson tracy@essex.ac.uk
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies Arianna Pulsoni arianna.pulsoni@essex.ac.uk
Skills for Success Catherine Taylor ct22342@essex.ac.uk
Sociology Magda Borkowska m.borkowska@essex.ac.uk
Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences Patrick Schoenmakers ppscho@essex.ac.uk

Role of the Departmental Disability Liaison Officer

The Departmental Disability Liaison Officer:

  • has a knowledge of the subject area you are studying and the structure of the department
  • can provide advice about the University’s specialist support services
  • can act as a link between the department and the Student Services Hub
  • is available if you wish to disclose or initially discuss your needs with them
  • can liaise with lecturers if you are worried, or embarrassed, about talking to them about disability related difficulties
  • can assist if you feel the reasonable adjustments recommended are not being implemented by the department
  • can provide advice if you are experiencing problems with your academic progress as a result of a permanent or temporary disability, medical condition or specific learning difficulty and who will be able to find out about the options available to you
  • will listen to your concerns confidentially

Section Disability Liaison Officers

In addition to Departmental Liaison Officers the following sections have appointed a Section Disability Liaison Officer you can contact to discuss disability related issues.

Role of the Section Disability Liaison Officer

The Section Disability Liaison Officer:

  • has a knowledge of the relevant section’s policies and procedures
  • can act as a link between the section and the Student Services Hub; you can disclose, or discuss your needs, confidentially to them
  • can liaise with members of staff in the section, if appropriate, about students’ disability related difficulties
  • can assist if you feel the reasonable adjustments recommended are not being implemented by the section
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Need help?

For further help and advice please contact the Student Services Hub.