Academic Liaison Officer
The Academic Liaison Officer (ALO) is the contact for students with Special Needs, Indigenous students, and inputs Educational Access Scheme students; or those who experience difficulties with their studies because of primary carer's commitments, have an illness or experienced misadventure that has affected the student for the duration of a semester.
Accordingly, you would see the ALO for applications for 'assessment adjustment arrangements' if you are in the following categories:
- Students with disabilities and ongoing illnesses. These students need to consult with the Special Needs Service of the Student Services Unit to discuss suitable learning and assessment arrangements PRIOR to seeing the ALO (see note 5.3 below).
- Those who experience difficulties with their studies because of family commitments such as primary carers of small children or family members with a disability or ongoing illness, including students with maternity needs and students who have an illness or experience misadventure for the duration of a semester.
- Indigenous students
- InpUTS Educational Access Scheme students
Please Note: Requests to the ALO must be made at the start of each semester, and NO later than week 9.
Further information related to Learning and Assessment Adjustment Arrangements, is available on the relevant application forms on the UTS, Student Administration website. (see also note 5.3)
The ALO does NOT undertake the following:
- process applications due to temporary illness/misadventure, or pass on general requests for extensions.Students in these circumstances must lodge an application for Special Consideration directly with the Student Centre Haymarket, by the specified closing date(s).
- assess or process applications for Special Conditions in tests or examinations for students of Non-English Speaking Backgrounds (NESB). NESB students should contact the ELSSA Centre for further information, and/or to request extra time/ dictionaries in examinations.
The ALO for UTS:LAW is Angela Dwyer.
