Skill: National Bureau for Students With Disabilities

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Information FAQs Information sheets Publications 'Get That Job' Links Vacancies DSAs		Frequently Asked Questions Listed below are questions that indicate the spread that we receive. Click on the relevant question to jump to the answer. Where can I get funding to do a course if I am turned down by my Local Education Authority (Student Awards Agency in Scotland (SAAS))? What extra financial help can I get in Higher Education (degree level) as a person with a disability? What extra financial support can I get in Further Education? Will I lose my Benefits when I start a full time course? My son/daughter is almost 16 years old and wants to know what his/her options are in post-16 education? I am in the process of looking for work – should I tell prospective employers I am disabled? I want to do a postgraduate course but I am having difficulty obtaining funding: Can you help? to top Where can I get funding to do a course if I am turned down by my Local Education Authority (Student Awards Agency in Scotland (SAAS))? There are grant making organisations and trusts which have been specially set up to help disabled people in education. Although Skill do not have any funds to distribute we do maintain a list. For further information please refer to the following Information Sheet: Applying to Trusts to top What extra financial help can I get in Higher Education (degree level) as a person with a disability? If you have a disability which means that you need additional help and support to study in Higher Education then you may be entitled to apply for a Disabled Students Allowance through your local funding authority (LEA, SAAS etc). The allowance is intended to pay for the additional help, support and equipment you need in order to study. Please see the following Information Sheets for further details. From Autumn 2000 it does not matter whether you study full or part time you may still be eligible. For further information please refer to the following Information Sheets: Funding for students with disabilities in higher education Applying for Disabled Students' Allowances to top What extra financial support can I get in Further Education? There are no Disabled Students Allowances in Further Education. However Further Education Colleges can draw money down form the Further Education Funding Council to make their services more accessible to individual disabled people. If your educational needs cannot be met by your local further education college you can apply to study at a specialist college, Contact Skill’s Information Service for further details and refer to the following Information Sheet: Funding for students with disabililities in further education to top Will I lose my Benefits when I start a full time course? It depends on your individual circumstances and what type of course you are intending to do but many full time students are able to continue to claim Income Support,(IS) Incapacity Benefit (IB) Housing Benefit (HB) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA). For further details please refer to the following Information Sheets: Income Support for students with disabilities Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit for disabled students Incapacity benefits and studying to top My son/daughter is almost 16 years old and wants to know what his/her options are in post-16 education? Your child could stay on at school and go into the sixth form (if there is one) or transfer to another sixth form to study A levels. Alternatively, they may wish to do a more vocational or technical course and this may be provided at your local further education college. If local further educational colleges cannot meet their needs then they may be able to apply to a specialist further education college. All of these decisions need to be made in consultation with both the Careers Service and Local Education Authority. For further information please refer to the following Information Sheet: Funding for students with disabililities in further education to top I am in the process of looking for work – should I tell prospective employers I am disabled? When and if to declare your disability to an employer is a decision that only you can make. However what is important to note is that the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 may not protect you unless your employer is aware of your disability. For further information please refer to the following Information Sheet: Looking for work: disclosing disability to top I want to do a postgraduate course but I am having difficulty obtaining funding: Can you help? Skill does not actually have any funds to distribute to disabled students but we do maintain a list of organisations that have been specifically set up to help disabled people in education. Students undertaking a post graduate course are able to apply for Disabled Students Allowances (in England and Wales only) . If you need further information please refer to the following Information Sheets: Postgraduate funding for students with disabilities Applying to trusts to top

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