Beacon Support has earned a reputation for high-quality support delivered by our amazing team who are all deeply committed to our students.
Please visit the relevant sections below to find out more about the services we provide.
Philippa’s help has been invaluable to my success at university.
(October 2023)
Marlene has been brilliant. We’ve got into a rhythm with sessions and how to use...
(October 2023)
I would like to add that my mentor during the course was excellent!!!!
(October 2023)
Caroline should be seen as an invaluable asset to the Beacon team. Working with her...
(October 2023)
Lucy Maulin has been fantastic and given me so much support. I have been extremely poorly and in hospital recently and Lucy supported me in applying for mitigating c...
(September 2021)
The support was amazing and helped me whenever I needed it. She was amazing!!
(September 2021)
Are you a Student?
Find out what to do if you have received your DSA2 letter and want to arrange your support. We also explain more about the support you can expect to receive. You will also find this section helpful if you want to know how to apply for Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) or how to book your Study Needs Assessment.
Needs Assessors
We enjoy good working relationships with Needs Assessors and Disability Advisers. Find out more about our services, including our rates. We have also provided answers to popular questions regarding our service provision. We are pleased to provide support to many Open University students. Read more about our specialist support for our OU cohort.
Workplace Provision
Our team deliver high quality coaching, mentoring and training in the workplace. We provide Access to Work services and are also able to arrange other bespoke training. Please visit our Workplace Provision page to find out more about our services which include assistive technology training, disability awareness and wellbeing training, proofreading and coaching.
Our Services
We are based in South Wales, but provide our services across Wales and England. We are pleased to offer a range of services delivered by our fully qualified team. We believe the following sets us apart from other providers:
- We are ADHD Specialists
- We can provide Welsh speaking support staff, including assistive technology trainers.
- We always offer support in-person and, whilst we can provide flexible support such as Skype, we will always ensure our students are able to receive face-to-face sessions.
- We are committed to in-house training for our staff and regularly provide staff disability training, including training in assistive technology.
- Our team is trained in Brain-in-Hand and can utilise this within support sessions where it has been allocated through DSAs.
- We have a range of specialisms among our study skills tutors, including Maths, Accountancy, Law, Psychology, Music and Chiropractic. This ensures we have an excellent understanding of disciplines which are highly specialised.
- We have a special interest in ADHD and offer tailored support that has been developed in-house for our students who have been diagnosed with this specific learning difference.
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Here's what our clients say...
Holly empowered me to complete my course assignment and gave me the confidence to face the challenge that I felt unable to manage.
I have had an amazing level of support and the engagement from Amy. She has been great. I have really valued the support and motivation that she has provided. She is approachable and reassuring and kept me on track with providing great organisational skills. All I can say is a massive thank you!!!
Caroline is an absolute star – her support has kept me on track and helped me to organise my ideas more effectively. She has given me the confidence that I lack in my ability and helped me to identify different strategies to tackle each assignment. I look forward to each session and her enthusiasm for learning and her insight into the difficulties I have has been invaluable.
It’s been really good; I’ve been struggling more since sessions have been moved to online, but that can’t be helped. 🙂
Caroline should be seen as an invaluable asset to the Beacon team. Working with her throughout my undergraduate degree has been an incredibly enriching experience, and I am truly fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with such an understanding, passionate and empathetic person! She possesses this exceptional ability to inspire and encourage, no matter the situation. Making someone see the best in work they feel is not their best. Her constant support and commitment over the past three years have been incredibly appreciated; I don’t feel I would have passed without her and her ability to help me shine, polish up my essays, find references with me, and take that time in the first few sessions to really understand exactly how I work down to a letter. She truly is an amazing person to work with and I cannot wait to work with her again.
Over the past three years, I have had Amy as my tutor. She has helped me progress with my course work but has also helped me build my confidence to a level that I thought I would never be at and aided me with how to cope with certain aspect and situations. She has been patient, supportive and also I don’t think that I would have got to this point in uni if I had not opened up to her. Amy has been an amazing tutor and I’m not sure how else I can put into words at how grateful I am.
