Research abstract

Say ‘no’ to DSA cuts

DSA suffers enough without having their funds cut even further. Advocation and foundations are not sufficient to keep many programs afloat. Are you willing to write a letter against DSA cuts? By Matthew Dodds

Laura Lurns Last updated May 3, 2017 · 1 min read

A group that is known as the Special Educational Consortium that focuses on the needs of students with disability has declared that the reforms that are now pending before parliament in regard to the Disabled Student’s Allowance are ill thought out and have failed to take into the special circumstances that these same students face.

Students receiving DSA are more likely to reach a first or upper class second honors degree than disabled students who do not receive an allowance.

The SEC sites particularly that the fact that disabled students have higher cost barriers when it comes to software and computer equipment. Beyond that wish legislators to remember that due t the circumstances of their conditions disabled students are more likely to come from lower income and also find matriculation in standard schools a more daunting challenge than the rest of the students.

Key takeaways

Lord Low of Dalston in the Houses of Parliament is against any cuts to the program.
The Special Educational Consortium (SEC) is fighting changes because in two months they have seen progress.
The National Union of Students’ research shows that 55 percent of struggling students want to drop their courses.

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Students receiving DSA are more likely to reach a first or upper class second honors degree than disabled students who do not receive an allowance.

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