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Disabled Students Project

Disabled Students – finance and benefits all you need to know

Skill and the Disability Alliance worked together on an 18 month project which began in 2005 and was funded by Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales.

The project was intended to provide a comprehensive service for disabled students and those working to support them, about benefit entitlement during periods of study. It brought together Skill’s expertise around student finance issues and Disability Alliance’s expertise around benefits and tax credits for disabled people and carers.

The aim of the project was to ensure a one- stop shop service, providing information on:

• benefit rights
• the interaction of benefits and education funding
• the support available to improve access to education, completion of courses and obtain qualifications and develop career aspirations.

The project also developed a training course for advisers working with disabled students and prospective students in higher education as well as the development of web-based information, including Frequently Asked Questions.

Disability Alliance is now hosting the Skill website.

More information

• skill website

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