Ahead of the new academic year, disability charity Disability Rights UK is calling on the Department of Education to remove the £200 charge disabled students have to pay for specialist equipment.
The University of Glasgow has been granted over £900,000 for vital research into adults and children who have Crohn’s disease.
Distance learning gives disabled people the opportunity to study from home. We speak to a member of The Open University Disability Support Team to discover the benefits, challenges and support available.
Actress, Sarah Gordy, has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Nottingham – the first person with Down’s syndrome to be given the…
Last year only 12% of students in higher education had a known disability. Your disability should never hold you back from going to university, and…
Young filmmakers from universities across the country shared their experiences of living with disability at a unique film festival hosted by Business Disability Forum at…
With Fresher’s Weeks and the new term about to kick into action national disability charity AbilityNet is encouraging students to find out if they are…
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is delighted to announce that it has won a 2015 Guardian University Award in the category of…
1,040 graduates and students took part in the online research, all of whom stated that they had a disability or long term health condition 77%…
Lawyers Say Consultation On Changes To Disabled Student Allowances (DSA) Is Unlawful The Government is facing a legal challenge from disabled students who are angry…
A group of talented students are launching their careers today (Monday 16 June) as the first placements start on Leonard Cheshire Disability’s new internship scheme…
Samantha Cameron hosts reception to celebrate talented young disabled people Sophie Stowell, 21, secures placement with Barclays through Leonard Cheshire’s innovative Change100 programme A group…
Deaf students applying to university now have additional support from UCAS, with seven new videos available in British Sign Language (BSL). Key parts of the…