Dyslexia at Uni

Does anyone with dyslexia have experience in UK unis? I know that Home students get Disability Allowance but what kinds of support are International students eligible to receive, if any?

A lot of my friends have dyslexia and they get extra time to take exams, can have a helper jot down notes for them in lectures, and can tape record or video tape everything.

No financial support for international students as far as I'm aware.

My brother (UK citizen) is a uni student with dyslexia. When he started his course, the uni paid for a personal laptop and printer for him (he got an allowance of about £500 to pay for them) and he also gets extra help with his uni work - he is allowed extra time for exams and has a certain number of hours of one-to-one tutorials with someone who helps him with essay writing and his other assignments.

Not sure if you would be able to get a laptop or anything like that as an international student, but I guess it can't hurt to ask your university if there is any help you can get .

My brother (UK citizen) is a uni student with dyslexia. When he started his course, the uni paid for a personal laptop and printer for him

Nice! I think it depends on the uni too because the dyslexic people I know at mine can't get any money/laptops even though they're home students.

Also, I am not sure if you will need an evaluation letter from a UK based GP.

Also, I am not sure if you will need an evaluation letter from a UK based GP.

I don't think my brother needed one (I'm not sure his doctor even knows about his dyslexia - it's not really a medical condition after all... it was 'diagnosed' by my mum and his primary school teachers), but he did need to take tests when he started uni to confirm that his dyslexia was bad enough for him to qualify for the extra help.

In fact, I've heard stories about uni students taking the dyslexia tests and deliberately doing them badly just so they can get extra time on exams... even though they don't have dyslexia at all!

the university should do the testing and base their level of support on that, however, much of the support most likely will  come out of the Access to Learning fund and that is only open to home students.  The university may have discretionary funding for international students but it is unlikely.