Assistive Technology Loan Service

The service is open to all university staff who have, or consider that they have, a health condition or disability which the service could provide support for.

It should be noted that this service will only provide suggestions in regard to assistive hardware and software. For other adjustments, for example building access or furniture, you should contact the Staff Disability Advice Service or the Occupational Health Service.

All information will be treated in confidence.

We encourage you to contact your line manager to ensure that all IT adjustments are considered alongside other non IT adjustments.

If assistive computer hardware or software needs to be purchased, your line manager would need to facilitate this, however, we will not contact your line manager or other parties without your consent.

The service offers:

• Demonstration of a range of ergonomic mice & keyboards which can be borrowed for short term loan.
• Information about assistive software such as screen readers and voice activated software.
• A laptop with voice recognition and magnification software which can be borrowed for short term loan.
• A wide range of other miscellaneous assistive technology equipment for loan.

Loan equipment:

• Ergonomic Keyboards
• Ergonomic Mice
• Laptops with assistive software installed
• Tablet devices
• Miscellaneous Assistive Technology equipment

The Equipment Catalogues below provide details of each item of Loan Equipment.  Click on each Document to download and then open.

The Accessible Technology equipment loan service is operated by the IS Helpline.

To borrow an item of Accessible Technology equipment, please provide details of the item you wish to borrow – please include: Item Type / Make & Model / Serial Number.

Click on the Loan request Form below - choose 'Other' and then add 'Assistive Technology Loan' for the Subject Title. This will create a Unidesk Call request. Please add all the required Item details to the Call. No private or sensitive medical information should be included in your request. Remember to specify whether you wish to view or test the item before borrowing it – a member of Staff can demonstrate the item to you if required.