FND Connect · Online learning
FND course for college and university staff
CPD Accredited Training
Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation.
Practical support for students, from teaching and exams to placements and campus life.
8 modules · printable workbook · completion certificate
£69 per person · one-off payment
This FND course is for college and university staff. Support students with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) through further and higher education: attendance, exams, placements, accommodation and student autonomy. School teachers and SENCOs need the school course. Students looking for Disabled Students' Allowance should use the free DSA guide.
- Plan accessible teaching, attendance and assessment with the student and responsible teams.
- Coordinate support for placements, accommodation and episodes while respecting student autonomy.
- Make adjustment plans actionable, review their delivery and explain appropriate routes for unresolved concerns.
Choose with confidence
Further education, universities and student services
For: Lecturers, disability advisers, tutors, placement and accommodation teams
Support student participation while respecting autonomy and coordinating adjustments.
Use the learning in your setting
Use scenarios covering attendance, exams, placements, accommodation and campus life to build an actionable support plan with the student and responsible teams.
Choose schools training for school-based pupil support. Healthcare professionals delivering clinical care should choose the relevant adult or paediatric healthcare course.
For disability advisers, lecturers and student services
Course: FND in Colleges and Universities
For disability advisers, lecturers, tutors, student-services staff, examinations teams, placement coordinators and accommodation teams in colleges and universities. Includes post-16 settings with under-18s as well as adult students, with clear safeguarding and jurisdiction boundaries.
Post-16 staff foundation: For staff supporting students in further and higher education, including disability advisers, lecturers and student services. No prior FND knowledge is required. This is awareness and practical planning education, not clinical training or individual legal advice. Use the procedures and professional requirements applicable to your institution, qualification and UK nation.
Working in a school? Use FND school accommodations.
What your £69 includes
Eight practical modules for disability advisers, lecturers and student-services teams supporting students with FND in colleges and universities.
- Eight written modules with source links and practical decision sequences
- Eight fictional student scenarios with worked responses
- 64 assessment questions with explanations, an 80% pass mark and unlimited retakes
- A printable workbook with eight planning templates
- A named Certificate of Completion with a unique verification record
Course coverage: FND understanding; student autonomy and support plans; teaching and attendance; exams and assessment; placements, labs and fieldwork; accommodation and campus life; episode response; and transitions, reviews and student voice.
Allow around 4 hours for reading, reflection and the suggested activities, plus assessment time. Those hours are the CPD hours and CPD credits on the certificate. Assessment time is not added. Pause and return whenever you need.
CPD Accredited Training
Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation.
The workbook is available after enrolment. The online practical portfolio requires saved decisions and revised outputs. Structured decisions are checked automatically; written explanations are not independently marked. Healthcare courses also require the final-case rubric. For staff supporting students in further and higher education. This is awareness and practical planning education, not clinical training, legal advice or a qualification in disability assessment. It does not replace first aid, safeguarding, professional requirements or institutional procedures. Respect student autonomy and use fictional information in exercises.
Try a scenario from the course
The copied-in parent
Noah, 20, asks for a written support discussion because speech is difficult today. His mother is the emergency contact. A staff member proposes copying her into all emails and telling every lecturer his full history. Noah wants one adviser to coordinate specific adjustments.
Think it through: Identify assumptions about communication and consent.
Read the worked response
Use Noah's preferred written communication and ask whom he wants involved. An emergency contact is not blanket permission to share records. Agree the functional instructions each lecturer needs and who will send them through approved channels. Keep clinical detail restricted to those who need it. Name the action owner, completion date and route for reporting a missed adjustment. Explain any safeguarding or emergency limits to confidentiality without suggesting they justify routine broad disclosure.
Each of the 8 modules includes a practical activity with a worked response.
FND course for college and university staff: course modules
Understanding FND in post-16 education
Belief, variation and barriers to participation
Learning outcomes and activity
- Explain FND without blame
- Identify barriers beyond the classroom
- Separate educational support from clinical diagnosis
Practise: Present online, absent in person
Student autonomy and support plans
Disclosure, consent and shared responsibilities
Learning outcomes and activity
- Keep the student involved in support decisions
- Distinguish necessary sharing from broad disclosure
- Create an actionable plan with review arrangements
Practise: The copied-in parent
Accessible teaching and attendance
Learning access, engagement and proportionate review
Learning outcomes and activity
- Identify barriers in teaching and timetables
- Plan workable participation and absence arrangements
- Recognise when specialist advice is needed before study changes
Practise: The attendance warning
Exams, assessment and standards
Access arrangements, practical delivery and additional consideration
Learning outcomes and activity
- Distinguish access arrangements from additional consideration
- Plan exam logistics with the responsible team
- Separate competence standards from assessment methods
Practise: Extra time but no breaks
Placements, labs and fieldwork
Task-specific planning and shared responsibilities
Learning outcomes and activity
- Plan access before a placement or practical activity
- Use individual risk assessment rather than diagnosis-based exclusion
- Clarify host, provider and student responsibilities
Practise: The placement starts on Monday
Accommodation and campus life
Living access, support boundaries and emergency planning
Learning outcomes and activity
- Explore barriers beyond teaching spaces
- Separate study support from personal-care arrangements
- Coordinate accommodation and evacuation planning with responsible teams
Practise: Accessible bedroom, inaccessible day
Episodes and campus response
Individual plans, first aid and dignified follow-up
Learning outcomes and activity
- Recognise when urgent help is needed
- Use individual episode plans within their scope
- Coordinate first-aid access and factual follow-up
Practise: An episode in the library
Transitions, reviews and student voice
Support that survives changes of course, team and setting
Learning outcomes and activity
- Plan transitions without assuming arrangements transfer automatically
- Review support using the student's experience
- Explain fair routes when support or decisions are disputed
Practise: New year, missing adjustments
How it works
Enrol
Pay once with your name and email. You'll get a private link to your course — no account or password needed.
Learn & test
Work through 8 modules at your own pace and pass a short test at the end of each (retake as often as you need).
Receive your certificate
Pass every module and download your Certificate of Completion — uniquely numbered and publicly verifiable.
A record of what you have completed
Pass every module at 80% to earn your FND in Colleges and Universities. You must also answer every safety-critical question correctly. Retakes use a fresh selection after you review your feedback. You must also complete the practical portfolio, including the final case on healthcare courses.
Download a named Certificate of Completion with your completion date, a unique certificate number and a public verification link. Retakes are unlimited and included in your course price.
Issued by FND CONNECT CIC. This is not a regulated qualification.
CPD Accredited Training
Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation.
Research and guidance behind the course
Published by FND Connect (FND CONNECT CIC). Edition 2026.10; source links checked 8 October 2026. The modules distinguish research findings, professional guidance and local service examples. Selected reading includes:
- NHS inform: Functional Neurological Disorder — FND information; not an individual diagnosis or support plan.
- EHRC: technical guidance on further and higher education — Equality Act 2010 guidance for Great Britain; Northern Ireland has separate legislation.
- Office for Students: student disability guide — Higher education in England; not a UK-wide regulator or an FE examination rulebook.
- Ofqual: what staff need to know before exams and assessments — Check the qualification's current awarding-body requirements; university assessment procedures are distinct.
- OIA: complaints relating to placements — Placement planning and responsibilities; professional and awarding-body requirements still need checking.
- ICO: sharing personal information in an emergency — ICO flags this guidance as under review following the Data (Use and Access) Act; use current institutional privacy and safeguarding advice.
Full references are included in the modules and workbook. Linking to a source does not imply its authors or organisation endorse this course. The source check is not independent clinical review or accreditation.
Apply your learning in student support
CPD Accredited Training. FND CONNECT CIC has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation. The certificate shows the guided learning hours on this page as CPD hours and CPD credits. It does not replace safeguarding, first-aid or role-specific training, and it is not a regulated qualification.
Your Certificate of Completion records passing the online assessments and completing the staged practical portfolio. It does not certify legal compliance, disability-assessment competence or authority to make clinical or professional-fitness decisions.
CPD Accredited Training
Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the FND course for college and university staff course for?
For staff supporting students in further and higher education, including disability advisers, lecturers and student services. No prior FND knowledge is required. This is awareness and practical planning education, not clinical training or individual legal advice. Use the procedures and professional requirements applicable to your institution, qualification and UK nation.
What is included in the £69 course price?
8 online modules, a test for each module, unlimited retakes and a downloadable Certificate of Completion after passing every module and completing the practical portfolio. A printable workbook with eight fictional student scenarios, worked responses, source links and eight planning templates covering support agreements, attendance, assessments, placements, accommodation, episode plans and transitions. Use fictional details only. This is a one-off payment per person, not a subscription.
How long does the course take?
Allow around 4 hours for reading, reflection and the suggested activities, plus assessment time. Those 4 hours are the CPD hours and CPD credits on the certificate. Assessment time is not added. Study at your own pace and return using your private access link.
Is this accredited FND CPD college and university training?
Yes. This is CPD Accredited Training. Self-accredited course. FND CONNECT CIC is the training provider. It has reviewed this course against the FND Connect CPD Charter and verified that it meets the conditions for accreditation. The certificate shows 4 guided learning hours, counted as 4 CPD credits. This is not a regulated qualification, and it is not endorsement by a statutory regulator. Your employer or professional body decides whether to accept the hours.
How do I earn the certificate?
Pass each module assessment with at least 80%. Every safety-critical question must also be answered correctly. After an unsuccessful attempt, review the feedback and lesson before starting a fresh selection of questions. Complete the staged practical portfolio as well; healthcare courses include a final case with six automatically checked criteria. Written reflections are saved but not independently marked. You can retake tests as often as you need. Your downloadable Certificate of Completion shows your name, the course, completion date, CPD hours, CPD credits and a unique certificate number with a public verification link. It is issued by FND CONNECT CIC. It is CPD-accredited by FND Connect and it is not a regulated qualification.
Is this live training or a video course?
It is self-paced learning through written modules, diagrams, practical scenarios and short tests. The printable workbook supports the required online practical portfolio. Structured decisions are checked automatically; written explanations are saved but not independently marked. There are no scheduled live sessions.
What happens after payment?
After successful payment, you can access your course through a private link, which is also emailed to you. You do not need to create an account or password. Use your own name and email so your access and certificate are correctly assigned.
How does this course differ from the other FND courses?
Choose schools training for school-based pupil support. Healthcare professionals delivering clinical care should choose the relevant adult or paediatric healthcare course.
Can staff use the free family carers course instead?
No. Free family-carer access is reserved for unpaid personal caring and requires manual approval. Paid care work, care networks and organisational training need a paid course for the relevant setting. Each learner receives their own access and completion record.
Does this cover both further education and universities?
Yes. Examples cover post-16 college and university settings. The course distinguishes awarding-body examination arrangements from university assessment procedures and identifies safeguarding considerations for under-18s. It does not assume that one institution's rules apply everywhere.
Does this course cover reasonable adjustments for students with FND?
Yes. It helps staff identify barriers, discuss practical options, allocate responsibilities and review delivery. Adjustments must be considered individually through the relevant process; the course does not guarantee a particular arrangement or replace specialist legal, academic or disability advice.
Are the legal and funding arrangements the same across the UK?
No. The Equality Act 2010 framework applies in Great Britain; Northern Ireland has separate provisions. Safeguarding, funding, complaints and qualification rules also vary. Sources identify their scope, and learners are directed to current local and national procedures.
Is this a course for students with FND themselves?
This paid course is designed for staff who support students. Its exercises focus on professional responsibilities, coordination and institutional decisions. Students and families can use FND Connect's free information and support resources.
Can our college or university book a team?
Yes. Add each colleague's name and email through team booking and pay once. Each learner receives a private access link, separate progress and their own certificate after passing the assessments and completing the practical portfolio. The price is £69 per learner.
Enrol in FND course for college and university staff
£69 per person, paid once. Includes all 8 modules, workbook, tests, retakes and your certificate after passing the assessments and completing the practical portfolio.