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Disabled Students Allowance
* DSAs help with costs you incur, in attending your course, as a direct result of your disability.
* DSAs are available to full-time and part-time students with disabilities although part-time students must be studying at least 50% of a full-time course.
* DSAs are available to both undergraduates and postgraduates.
* How much you can get does NOT depend on your income or that of your family. Unlike a student loan, this assistance does not have to be repaid.
* Depending on your needs, extra support from the DSA could include specialist equipment, a non-medical helpers allowance, help towards the additional costs of travelling to your institution and a general allowance - for example;
Undergraduate Rates 2012-13
- Specialist equipment allowance of up to £5,161 for the whole course.
- A non-medical helper's allowance of up to £20,520 a year. if you are studying part time the maximum available is £15,390.
- A general disabled students' allowance of up to £1,724 a year. The maximum available is £1,293 if you are studying part time.
- Extra travel costs you have to pay as a result of disability and not normally for everyday travel cost.
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Postgraduate Rates 2012-13
An allowance of up to £10,260 a year for both full-time and part-time postgraduates.
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