AccessAble vs LSE Student Hub

AccessAble LSE gives you the UK’s most trusted detailed access information for all campuses in The London School of Economics. The information in each guide is based on individual surveys carried out by a highly trained surveyor. It produces factual and objective guides to each venue enabling you to make a choice about where to go on campus and how to get there. Want to independently find your way around the campus but don’t know how to do it? Provided by DisabledGo in partnership with The London School of Economics, you now are never far from finding the best route across campus. AccessAble LSE gives you information on buildings like; halls of residence, cafes, bars, lecture halls, toilets and pretty much everything on campus! *App Information* AccessAble - LSE offers some of the best features for mobile access: - AccessAroundMe Instant detailed access information to places to visit across the University campus at the touch of a button. Each detailed access guide has information about, directions, ramps, lifts, accessible toilets and more! - Find A Loo Never worry about finding an accessible toilet on campus again with “Find A Loo”. The app will give you distance and directions to the closest accessible toilet and a detailed description and photo’s of the toilets facilities. - MyWayToGo The world’s first integration between mobile access information and maps, you can now locate and get directions directly to your chosen accessible place on campus. - FindMeNow AccessAble has a built in emergency locator that can send an SMS or email to your chosen contact along with your current GPS location. - AccessMyWay Using DisabledGo’s unique access symbols you can now personalise your AccessAble app to show access information relevant to you. - Accessible We’ve tried our best to make the AccessAble app as accessible as possible. High colour contrasts, big buttons, dynamic text and VoiceOver compatibility makes our access information available to those visually impaired. *London School Of Economics* With students and staff from over 140 countries around the world, diversity is integral to LSE. The School’s dynamic mix of people and ideas underpins our global reputation for excellence in the social sciences, and makes studying and working here a unique and enriching experience. In support of the ongoing success of students, staff and the wider School community, LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university. It is one of the School’s key strategic priorities outlined in the LSE Strategy 2020. We seek to enable all members of the School community to achieve their full potential in an environment characterised by equality of respect and opportunity. Our partnership with DisabledGo will help us to be proactive in improving the accessibility of our buildings, at a time when the LSE estate is undergoing major physical change. *DisabledGo* DisabledGo was founded in 2000 by wheelchair user Gregory Burke and is a not for profit disability organisation.   DisabledGo provides online access information to towns and cities across the UK and Ireland free of charge at www.disabledgo.com.   The website features over 120,000 places including shops, tourist attractions, universities, hotels, health centres, colleges, restaurants, leisure centres and more!   All of the venues featured on this App and on www.disabledgo.com have been visited and assessed in person by a trained DisabledGo surveyor. The information is updated each year, with any changes being revisited and reassessed.    The AccessAble app is provided exclusively by DisabledGo in partnership with it’s clients. Each AccessAble app is bespoke to the area, campus or facilities that have access guides surveyed by DisabledGo professionals.

The app brings together everything that LSE has to offer, helps you to create communities and friendships and makes your experience at LSE the best it can be. The Student Hub will connect you to your time at university like never before: ORGANISE - View your timetable, events and deadlines all in one place. - Get notified about timetable changes and upcoming deadlines. COLLABORATE - Connect with friends, peers and the LSE community. - Start 1-2-1 or group conversations with your coursemates. DISCOVER - Find your way around with the campus map. - Stay up to date with news and events from around your School. We know you can’t wait to start using the Student Hub, but you’ll need to register on campus and set up your LSE email account first. Then you’ll be good to go! Any questions about the app? Email us at studenthub@lse.ac.uk