Specialist Tutors’ Resource Bank

This page includes resources for neurodivergence or neurodivergent students, with specific learning differences: dyslexia and dyspraxia, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and autism.

Resources for Neurodivergent Students

Neurodivergent or neurodivergence is often shortened to ND. At UCL, ND usually means specific learning differences (for example, dyslexia and dyspraxia), ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and autism.

Introduction

We, specialist tutors, work with students who are neurodivergent and those who have specific learning differences. We are highly specialised, qualified professionals. Alongside one-to-one support sessions (often funded by Disabled Students’ Allowance), we also create and deliver workshops. The workshops are for any student who identifies as neurodivergent, whether you have a formal diagnosis or not. They are aimed at students across UCL, from undergraduates to doctoral researchers and everyone in between!

The workshops are run online using Teams and last up to an hour.

Please complete this form if you would like to receive emails reminding you about the workshops and the Teams links to join.

If you are a doctoral researcher, we have a peer support group (the ND PhDs, a Microsoft Teams team) where you can meet with fellow ND PhD students. Regular meetings built around a theme are held, such as managing supervisors, time planning when you’ve no classes to attend and your deadline is years away and more. There is plenty of space to use the different channels to help support your studies and fellow ND PhDs, too. Please complete this short form to request to join the ND PhDs Teams team.

Workshop timetable

Week beginning	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
2nd Mar 2026	Lucy 10am; plan your assignments	Alex 3pm; time management	Alex 2pm; prepare for exams		Monica 3pm; how you learn best
9th Mar 2026	Lucy 10am; DSA			Lucy 2pm; dissertation strategies
16th Mar 2026	Lucy 10am; effective reading strategies	Alex 3pm; assignment planning	Alex 11am; make and take notes		Monica 3pm; prepare for your exams
23rd Mar 2026	Lucy 10am; get motivated	Alex 3pm; proofreading and editing skills	Alex 11am; online group study session	Hannah 2pm; in-person drop-in at UCL East Room 224 on a topic to be announced
30th Mar 2026	Lucy 10am; specialist study skills and specialist mentoring

Week beginning 2nd March 2026

Monday 2nd March, 10am

Plan your assignments with Lucy.

Tuesday 3rd March, 3pm

Top tips for time management with Alex.

Wednesday 4th March, 2pm

Prepare for exams with Alex.

Friday 6th March, 3pm

Find out with Monica how you learn best.

Week beginning 9th March 2026

Monday 9th March, 10am

Apply for Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) and get your DSA questions answered with Lucy.

Thursday 12th March, 2pm

Dissertation strategies with Lucy.

Week beginning 16th March 2026

Monday 16th March, 10am

Work with Lucy on effective reading strategies.

Tuesday 17th March, 3pm

Work with Alex on assignment planning strategies.

Wednesday 18th March, 11am

Develop strategies to make and take notes with Alex.

Friday 20th March, 3pm

Prepare for your exams with Monica.

Week beginning 23rd March 2026

Monday 23rd March, 10am

Get motivated with Lucy – get some tips to help avoid procrastination.

Tuesday 24th March, 3pm

Develop your proofreading and editing skills with Alex.

Wednesday 25th March, 11am

Join Alex in our online group study session for neurodivergent students. Alex will begin by introducing the session and explaining how it will work. Please arrive promptly at the start. You can quietly leave at any point during the session; with Alex.

Thursday 26th March, 2pm

In-person drop-in session at UCL East, Marshgate room 224 with Hannah. This session will focus on a topic to be announced. Room 224 is in the Student Support & Wellbeing Services area.