Summary
Guidance on reasonable adjustments in further and higher education, including anticipatory provision, maintenance and backup arrangements for listening systems.
Key findings
- Paragraph 1.8 says the guidance applies to England, Scotland and Wales. Paragraph 1.5 says it is not a statutory Code, although it may be evidence in legal proceedings.
- Paragraphs 7.19–7.20 describe an anticipatory duty toward disabled students generally. One example is a university proactively installing induction loops in lecture rooms rather than waiting for individual requests.
- Paragraphs 7.40–7.41 require reasonable steps to provide auxiliary aids or services that remove substantial disadvantage, and list induction loops and infrared broadcast systems as examples.
- Paragraph 7.42 calls for carefully chosen and maintained aids and contingency arrangements for unexpected failure. Its example is regular testing of permanent lecture-hall loops with a portable loop as backup.
- Paragraph 7.44 leaves the particular aid open, with the provider responsible for determining reasonable steps.
Limits
Date uses the document’s 2014 copyright year; the URL and PDF creation metadata refer to 2015. The loop examples illustrate the reasonable-adjustment duty, rather than prescribing loops in every university room. No system performance measurements. Read the scope and relevant Chapter 7 provisions.
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Equality and Human Rights Commission. Equality Act 2010 Technical Guidance on Further and Higher Education. 2014. https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/equalityact2010-technicalguidance-feandhe-2015.pdf (accessed 13 October 2026).
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