Some advice from parents with experience of their young people going to university.
Information outlining what medical evidence a student is likely to need from a health professional when applying for the Disabled Students Allowance. Information in this document has been taken from a letter created by the disability team at a university.
Some examples of the support you might expect from a university’s learning support service.
The Disabled Students’ Allowance is a grant to support disabled students with additional costs they might have at university because of their disability
This document is about specialist mentoring - one of the support options a student with additional support needs may need at university to manage their studies.
This document gives an example of the information you will need to provide to book your Needs Assessment and how to prepare for the assessment.
You can download this guide as a pdf or word document. It is, as it says on the cover, a guide to additional support in higher education. It’s a long document but it covers a lot of ground and includes experiences from students with disabilities and medical needs.