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Disabled Students' Allowances (DSAs)

Helping you study in higher education

Alternative formats of this new guide to DSAs produced by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills www.bis.gov.uk and the National Association of Student Money Advisers www.nasma.org.uk. 

• Download audio version

 

• Download Word version

 

• Contact Skill to request braille version

        Tel: 0800 328 5050

          Email: info@skill.org.uk

 

 

Useful websites

www.direct.gov.uk/dsas

Provides full details about who is eligible to receive DSAs, and the amounts of funding available. Application forms (DSA1) can be downloaded from this site.

www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance

For more information about the full range of financial help available to higher education students from England.

www.dsa-qag.org.uk

Helps you search for contact details of approved Assessment Centres by region or town.

www.nus.org.uk

The National Union of Students website.

www.nhsstudentgrants.co.uk

For students studying an NHS funded course, giving details of how they can apply for DSAs.

www.rcuk.ac.uk/rescareer/rcdu/disabledstudents/

For students getting Research Council funding, giving details of how they can apply for DSAs.

www.open.ac.uk/disability/disabledstudents-allowance.php

Email: DSA-Queries@open.ac.uk

Tel: 01908 654136 09