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HEFCE Publications
HEFCE 2017 Report on Models of support for students with disabilities
DDA Code of Practice Post-16 (revised) for providers of post-16 education and related services (2007)
The Government and the DRC have produced a number of Codes of Practice explaining legal rights and requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Code of Practice Document
Changes to DSA
7 April 2014: original ministerial statement by David Willetts
8 July: LabourList about last week’s debate from Liam Byrne
2 July Julian Huppert MP for Cambridge takes students’ fears on DSA changes to government – official transcript
NNAC have put a DSA timeline up on their WIKI detailing the all the changes over the years
12 June: Parliamentary Note – A brief overview of the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) and outlines proposed changes to the grant; the changes will apply to all full-time, full-time distance learning, part-time and postgraduate students applying for a DSA for the first time on or after 1 September 2015. The DSA is available to eligible English domiciled students studying at UK higher education institutions.
Blog set up by Dr Sarah Lewthwaite to document the changes and disucssions on DSA >
Recurrent funding for 2021-22
This publication summarises the Office for Students’ allocations of recurrent funding to higher education providers for the academic year 2021-22, to support their teaching activities
Applying for Disabled Students Allowances (DSAs)
Information sheet and contact details from Disability Rights UK
Willets’ 2014 Announcement on DSA Changes
Willetts, D. (2014) Written statement to Parliament: Higher education: student support: changes to Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA) 7th April 2014. Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/higher-education-student-support-changes-to-disabled-students-allowances-dsa
Communication from DfE about 16/17 DSAs changes (15/11/2016)
Today we are publishing a number of documents giving further information about the changes to DSAs, and in particular detailing the recovery arrangements for the ECP – these are set out below.
2016.11.08-DfE communications on ECP recovery arrangements to Heads of Finance (ref 7-2016)
2016.11.08-DfE communications on changes to DSAs for Needs Assessors (ref 8-2016)
2016.11.08-DfE communications on changes to DSAs for students (ref 9-2016)
Update to the ECP Pro forma – Final 14-11-16
A guide to completing the ECP Pro Forma – Final 14-11-16