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Departmental Disability Liaison Officers

The Departmental Disability Liaison Officer (DDLO) is a direct link for you between student support services and your department. They can help make sure that the Disability Team know about any adjustments you need. Details of their role are below.

NB: Non Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address

Department	Disability Liaison Officer	Tel.	E-mail
Biological Sciences	Murray Griffin	3336	mgriffin
Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities	Timo Juetten	2998	tjuetten
Computing and Electronic Systems	Francisco Sepulveda	4151	fsepluv
East 15 Loughton Southend	Andrew McCarthy Teresa Zoers	020 8508 5983 Ex 46 8325	amccar tazoers
Economics	David Reinstein	3518	drein
Essex Business School Colchester Southend	David S Collins Li-Ying Meng	3491 01702 328395	dscollin lymeng
Government	Theresa Crowley	3486	crowtx
Health and Human Sciences Colchester Southend	Teresa Eade Iain Keenan	4557 01702 328361	teade ijkeenan
History	Laila Haidarali	3811	lhaid
Human Rights Centre	Yvonne Cattrall	2586	yscatt
International Academy	Marilyn Shanks	3742	mvcsha
Language and Linguistics	Sophia Skoufaki	3754	sskouf
Law	Kathryn Caldwell (disability general) Penny Brearey-Horne (disability temporary and mental health)	2923 3723	kcald pbrear
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies	John Haynes	2625	jhaynes
Mathematical Sciences	Aris Perperoglou	3036	aperpe
Philosophy and Art History	Timo Juetten	2988	tjuetten
Psychology	Helen Standage	4179	hjstan
Psychoanalytic Studies, Centre of	Hannah Curtis	3902	hcurti
Sociology	Rowena Macaulay	3743	rowena

The role of the DDLO:
• is a representative in the department who has an awareness of disability issues and the reasonable adjustments which may be required under the Disability Discrimination Act
• 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 Student Support; you can disclose, or discuss your needs, confidentially to 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
• is a person you can contact 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. Details of their role are below.

NB: Non Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address

Section	Disability Liaison Officer	Tel	E-mail
Audio Visual Media Services	Alfonso Torrejon	3220	atorree
Careers Advisory Service	Ann Ord	2496	aord
Estate Management	Maz Brook	3708	maz
Information Systems Services	Darin Cruickshanks	3585	darin
Library	Mary Pelowski	3182	maryp
Residential Services	Beverley Shaw	4027	bshaw

The role of the SDLO:
• is a representative in the section who has an awareness of disability issues and the reasonable adjustments which may be required under the Equality Act
• has a knowledge of the relevant section’s policies and procedures
• can act as a link between the section and Student Support; 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.