Balliol welcomes all students with a disability and undertakes to do everything possible to support them to make the most of their time at the College.
The Disability Officer at Balliol is the Senior Tutor, Nicola Trott (see the College Officers page). You can also contact the JCR Vice President with any concerns relating to disability.
Accessibility and accommodation
Wheelchair access into the College is via the metal gates off Magdalen Street East; please make the Lodge aware so that the Porter can operate the automatic gates. The Chapel and Front Quad can then be accessed via the Fellows' Garden and the Chapel Passage. There is accessible teaching space on the main site. It is also possible to arrange car-parking.
Those who cannot get to the Library in person may request books by email; these will be delivered to their room in College.
The College owns several rooms that are specially adapted for disabled students, with disabled showers. There is one on the main site, one in the Graduate Centre at Holywell Manor, and three in our newest buildings at Jowett Walk.
Arrangements for examinations
If students need practical help with, or extra time for, examinations because of a disability (for example, if it would be impossible for a student to sit examinations in the Examination Schools, or if a candidate needed to use a computer), the Academic Administrator can seek permission for, and organise, the required special provision.