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Non-medical support provided through the disabled students’ allowance (DSA) system can play an important role in the ability of young disabled people to succeed at university, according to research commissioned by the government. Non-medical help (NMH) available through DSA offers regular, […]
A disabled students’ organisation has called for strict new rules on access to higher education, and – as a last resort – for universities to lose their licence to operate if they fail to meet them. Disabled Students UK (DSUK), a […]
MPs and peers have been told of the “heart-breaking” discrimination faced by disabled students in universities across the country, and how this has grown even worse during the pandemic. Disabled students lined up to deliver testimony about their experiences of discrimination, […]
Major changes to the way disabled students are assessed for their support risk turning the system into a replica of the government’s much-criticised personal independence payment (PIP) assessment regime, student leaders have warned. The changes will mean the closure in December […]
Thousands of disabled students are being forced to choose between having food to eat or having the equipment they need to study, because a new government rule means they must pay £200 towards the cost of computers they need for disability-related […]
New government reforms to support for disabled university students are “rushed and reckless” and could lead to many young people being left without the assistance they need to complete their degrees, say campaigners and industry experts. On Monday (18 April), the […]
Activists have vowed to fight the government’s decision to press ahead with cuts to support for disabled students in higher education of nearly £30 million a year. Universities and science minister Jo Johnson announced yesterday (Wednesday) that – following a public […]
The government has announced a further delay to its proposals to restrict the funding that helps disabled students attend university, days after two young people won permission to challenge its plans in the courts. Ministers in the Department for Business, Innovation […]
Two disabled students are taking legal action against the government in a bid to overturn proposals to restrict funding for support and equipment that helps them attend university. They say that they and other disabled students have not been consulted over […]