DSA – Disabled Student Allowance

The Disabled Student Allowance (DSA) will be awarded to full-time and part-time undergraduate students and certain full-time and part-time postgraduate students who can show that they have a disability, enduring physical or mental health condition or specific learning difficulty which will in some way affect their ability to study. A student's Local Education Authority (LEA) is responsible for deciding whether a student is eligible for the DSA, after the completion of a DSA application.

Once a students' LEA has agreed to fund their DSA, every student will be required to undergo a Needs Assessment, which will examine the individual needs of each student, and will put forward recommendations for the support that may be required to aid a student in the successful and timely completion of their degree. We currently have a highly experienced visiting assessor, Phil Judd, from the Bridgend Assessment Centre, who usually comes to Lampeter twice a month.

The DSA is intended to help pay for extra costs a student may have to incur when studying for a course, as a direct result of your disability, enduring physical or mental health condition or specific learning difficulty. The allowance can help with the cost of non-medical (usually academic) personal help, items of specialist equipment, travel and other course-related costs.

For further information about the DSA

Students who normally live in England
Call 0800 731 9133 or textphone  0800 328 8988 or visit their website

Students who normally live in Wales
Call  0845 602 8845 (bilingual)or visit
www.studentfinancewales.co.uk (in English)
www.cyllidmyfyrwyrcymru.co.uk (in Welsh)

Students who normally live in Scotland
Call  0845 111 1711 or visit
www.saas.gov.uk or write to
The Student Awards Agency for Scotland
Gyleview House
3 Redheughs Rigg
South Gyle
Edinburgh
EH12 9HH

Students who normally live in Northern Ireland
Visit www.studentfinanceni.co.uk