Students living with disabilities have full access to a range of support services through the CPUT Disability Unit.

The unit’s services range from general support services, such as assisting students with registration and completing bursary forms to specialized support services, which includes adapting study material for use by learners with various needs.

Head of the Disability Unit, Dr Nina du Toit, encourages students to make use of the equipment and learning material, which is available at the Disability Unit.

The unit has a range of assistive devices which can be used by students who are blind, partially sighted, deaf, and hard of hearing and who have learning or mental disabilities.

The assistive devices range from large screen computer monitors for visually impaired students to a braille embosser that can be used by blind students to convert documents into Braille. The unit also has several software packages that cater for various needs.

Du Toit says the assistive devices, learning material and other resources available at the Disability Unit play a key role in ensuring students reach their academic goals.

The unit has offices at the Bellville and Cape Town Campuses. The services are available through the CPUT Libraries at the other campuses and satellite sites.

Students who need to make use of the Dsiabilty Unit’s services or would like to get in touch one of the staff members, can contact them at the following numbers:

Direct Student Support Assistant:  All campuses
Lillian Fortuin
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Dr Nina du Toit
Tel: +27 (0)21 959 6964
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Administrative assistant: Cape Town Campus
Delicia de Vos
Tel: +27 21 460 9071
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Written by Candes Keating
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CPUT has a presence throughout the City Centre, with satellite campuses situated on the Foreshore and Roeland Street.

Media City is based on the Foreshore, directly opposite the well-known Media24 Building. Students have easy access to the campus, with various public transport points located near the satellite campus.

This satellite campus houses students and staff of the Architecture, Town and Regional Planning, and Interior Design schools.

At Media City, students have access to well-resourced teaching and learning spaces as well as a library which features an impressive collection of learning resources and materials that are specific to the courses on offer.

The Roeland Street Campus is home to the media savvy students and staff from Journalism, Photography, Public Relations and Multimedia.

Students based at the Roeland Street Campus have access to the facilities at the main Cape Town Campus, which is just a five minute walk away.

View Media City maps and contact details

View Roeland Street maps and contact details

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First year students who plan on registering this week are urged to be cautious about accepting assistance from strangers on any CPUT campus.

Registration is exclusively for students who have received an acceptance letter for a place in one of our programmes.

To keep you and your money safe remember the following:

1. Registration payments can only be made when you register online or at the cashiers in the Administration building of the Cape Town, Bellville and Wellington campuses. Do not pay any stranger purporting to be a CPUT staff member or student.
2. Take care when paying a stranger for accommodation. Make sure you are getting what you pay for.
3. No staff member or student is able to ‘save’ you a place in a programme. Remember no acceptance letter means no place.
4. Registration Assistants will be well placed across campuses to direct you and answer any questions you may have.

First year registration opens on 16 January 2017 and most students will be able to do so online at http://www.cput.ac.za/study-at-cput/undergraduate/register. Also check the page for a registration booklet which explains all the necessary information and may save you unnecessary time queuing at a campus. 

Walk-in applications will open on 16 January 2017. Prospective applicants can report to the relevant faculties as from 16 January 2017 for further details.

NSFAS applications are open until 20 January. Find out more at: https://www.cput.ac.za/study-at-cput/undergraduate/financial-aid-funding/nsfas-funding

Written by Lauren Kansley

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Liaises with the media and writes press releases about interesting developments at CPUT.