Pastoral care

Personal tutor support

We are concerned for the general welfare of every student as well as for their academic development. We pride ourselves on all our staff being approachable and aim to make your stay at BPP an enjoyable one.

Each student is assigned a personal tutor who will be their first point of contact. The personal tutor is there to offer advice, assistance and support to students with academic and personal difficulties should they arise, ensuring that where appropriate, any problems are known to the programme management. Students may also raise any problem (either academic or personal), with the Director of Programmes, Programme Leader or any member of the programme team if it is not appropriate to discuss this with the assigned personal tutor.

Students are expected to take responsibility for both their own performance on the programme and personal lives. However, in case of any difficulty, it is advisable to ask for help from their personal tutor or another appropriate source, as soon as possible, in order to resolve the issue at the earliest opportunity. Routine matters should initially be referred informally to a student's personal tutor.

Learning Support Officers

BPP Law School is committed to providing equal opportunities in education for all students. If you have seen or unseen disability, a Learning Support Officer will offer information, advice and support about the resources available to you, both within BPP and from other external agencies.

Definition of Disability

The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Disclosing a Disability

From experience, we know that some students or prospective students are reluctant to disclose a disability because they fear that it might prejudice their application or result in them being treated differently by university staff. This is particularly the case for students with mental health difficulties and those with sensitive personal care issues.

However, if you choose not to disclose a disability to BPP we would be unable (and we would not be legally obliged) to make adjustments to support you.

If you want to discuss the implications of disclosing a disability before making a decision about whether to formally disclose, you can speak to a Learning Support Officer who will be able to advise you in complete confidence.

There are many benefits to disclosure, including entering into a learning contract with BPP, but if you decide that you would prefer not to formally disclose and request that the information concerning your disability remains confidential, it would not be passed on to other staff at BPP. Although we would normally encourage students to disclose so that they can access the additional support that they are entitled to, we fully respect any student’s right not to do so.

Disability and your rights

Part IV of the DDA places four duties on educational institutions:

  • to anticipate the needs of disabled students
  • not to treat disabled students less favourably for a reason relating to their disability
  • to make reasonable adjustments for disabled students
  • to provide, where reasonable, any necessary auxiliary aids and services

Please feel free to contact our Learning Support Officer who will be happy to advise you on any learning support issues you may have.

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