Motion
- Motion title
- Halt the changes to DSA
- Session
- 2018-2019
- Meeting link
- HE conference
- Meeting date
- 26 May 2019
- Status
- Remitted
- Motion
- HE44
- Motion text
Disability Student Allowance (DSA) was introduced to provide equality of opportunity for disabled students in higher education. In 2014 the government announced its plans to modernise DSA citing that the current system was outdated.
Since then there have been several controversial changes made to DSA. These include:
1. a compulsory student contribution of £200 DSA equipment a before it will be supplied
2. retraction of funding for lower classified non-medical support roles
3. minimal funding for specialist transcription services
4. removal of DSA funding for specialist accommodation
5. reduced computer peripherals and accessories funding.Conference believes that these cuts have served to be an attack on the most vulnerable of learners as they are unlikely to be able to subsidize the changes.
Conference resolves to:
a. join with NUS and DPOs to gather evidence of the impact of DSA cuts
b. step up pressure to end the £200 equipment charge.
- Proposing body
- Disabled members' standing committee (DMSC)
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Higher education committee (HEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2019/H/05-26/219/HE44