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Skill at Disability Rights UK

Disability Rights UK, formerly Disability Alliance (DA), is providing support and information for disabled students, through DA's agreement with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills following the closure of Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities.

The information and advice we can give is mainly geared towards disabled students who are studying in England. We can support students who are studying in Wales and Scotland with general information on the Equality Act, welfare benefits and access to Higher Education. We recommend that disabled students who wish to study in Scotland contact Lead Scotland for more specialised information and advice about education and training in Scotland.

We can offer:

• online information for disabled students, families and professionals
• factsheets for disabled students and advisors
• a helpline/email advice service

The Skill Helpline can give you advice on education, training and employment.

The opening hours are:

Tuesday 11.30am-1.30pm
Thursday 1.30pm-3.30pm

Tel: 0800 328 5050
Email: skill4disabledstudents@disabilityalliance.org

• The opportunity for former Skill members to join Disability Alliance - For more information email: skill4disabledstudents@disabilityalliance.org
• policy and campaigns work reflecting the needs of disabled students
• the opportunity to get involved in our work

For more information on what is available see our press release.

Note: Skill closed in April 2011. Disability Rights UK is now running some former Skill services. To find out more about Disability Rights UK please visit: www.disabilityalliance.org/disabilityrightsuk.htm.