Expert Resources: #claimitDSA


These are the items that relate to #claimitDSA found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.

  • Your questions answered about Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA)

    Jessica Doyle | 03 Feb 2022
    This information has been updated! Originally published 26/07/19. Amended 03/02/22 Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) is a UK Government grant which provides personalised support to disabled students in Higher Education, in order to ensure a level playing field. 

  • Five Apps for Surviving Freshers Week

    Sophie.Shearer | 16 Aug 2018
    September is coming and we all know what that means – the famously frantic freshers’ weeks are upon us! It might be your first time away from home or perhaps you’re just concerned about getting organised, or how you’re going to afford the weekly food bill.Every year, AbilityNet helps thousands of...

  • Are your events accessible? Freshers’ Week prep for faculty staff

    Sophie.Shearer | 16 Aug 2018
    It’s that time of year when staff and students are thinking about the start of the university term and Fresher’s Week. During this exciting time, it is important to consider access needs, provide support for people with a range of abilities and also to think carefully about student and staff mental...

  • Results Day... Are you off to university? You may be eligible for additional support

    Sophie.Shearer | 15 Aug 2018
    School’s out for summer, but along with lots of sunshine and fun it also means results day is looming! A- levels results day is today, Thursday 16th August and students all over the country are preparing to find out how they did in their exams. If you’re one of the lucky ones off to university it...

  • Five apps that help with exam prep and reduce stress

    Sophie.Shearer | 17 Apr 2018
    It's the time of year when students at every level of education exams are getting pretty serious about revision and exam preparation. We all have our own unique ways of managing the stress that exams can bring, but don’t forget technology can be a complete game changer.

  • 3 ways students can reduce stress and create better essays

    Claudia.Cahalane | 14 Jan 2018
    Now the festivities are over it's time for us all to start thinking about the year ahead. For most students it's time to get to work. Whether you've got a thesis, dissertation or a simple report to write, these student apps will help to maximise productivity, reduce procrastination and even improve...

  • Are freshers' nerves worse when you have a disability?

    Alex.Barker | 05 Sep 2017
    AbilityNet's Advice and Information Officer, Alex Barker, revisits his concerns about his disability in his early days at university, and wonders what tech support and advice is available for students with a disability starting university this year.

  • Maddie and James get transformational tech support

    Claudia.Cahalane | 09 Jan 2017
    For students struggling with a disability, learning difference or anxiety, reaching the end of a university course can feel impossible without support.

  • AbilityNet announces DSA Practitioner Days for disability advisers in Higher and Further Education

    Mark Walker | 22 Apr 2016
    AbilityNet is running a series of DSA Practitioner Days in centres around the UK. These free events provide an opportunity to discuss the latest changes to Disabled Students' Allowances, meet other advisers from FE and HE and see some of the tech that AbilityNet has been recommending to the...

  • AbilityNet supports University Mental Health Day

    Alex.Barker | 04 Mar 2016
    Yesterday was University Mental Health day and our social media feeds are full of  posts about events  going on around the country at different universities. AbilityNet is proud to support this day because we realise that mental health and physical health and equally important.