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Where a student has declared a disability on their UCAS application, our Disability Advice team will contact them to ask them to register with the service. An appointment with a Disability Adviser can then be arranged over the summer period, the best way of ensuring reasonable adjustments are in place for the student when the course starts.

For information on Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) and how to apply, please visit GOV.UK.

To see our full set of information pages relating to every aspect of student life, please visit our Student Information pages.

Disability should never be a barrier to going to university.

Disability Advisers recommend individual adjustments for your child and will produce a Reasonable Adjustment Plan (RAP) which is then circulated to their Course Team to implement.

It is extremely important that all disabled students apply for Disabled Students Allowance (DSA), which is a government fund to cover the extra costs of studying at university related to their disability, in addition to the support that the university provides.

Students should apply as soon as possible as the process can take as long as 14 weeks. Please visit our DSA webpage for more detail.

What support is available?

Support is available to students with a range of disabilities and long term conditions such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, a mental health condition (e.g. depression or anxiety), a long term health condition (e.g. epilepsy, diabetes, etc.), autism, a physical or a sensory condition.

We tailor our support on an individual basis to ensure that your child will receive the most effective support for them.

Examples of support that our students have found useful are:

Exam or assessment adjustments (e.g. extra time, use of a PC, etc.)
Support with reading and research (e.g. extended book loans, assistance to locate or / and collect research material, access to alternative formats, etc.)
Access to handouts and notes in advance of taught sessions
Additional support from your tutors (e.g. assistance to catch up on missed work or to check your understanding, as required)
Permission to record taught sessions

DSA support
Examples of DSA support are:
- Access to specialist software (e.g. text to speech to assist with research and proofreading, mind mapping to assist with planning and organising your work, a recording device to assist with note taking, etc.)
- 1:1 support (e.g. mentoring, study skills tuition, etc.)
Disability Assessment Centre

At Leeds Beckett, we have a dedicated Disability Assessment Centre (DSA), which assesses study needs as part of the Disabled Students’ Allowance process.

If your child has received a letter from DSA instructing them to book an assessment, encourage them to get in touch by calling us on 0113 8123357, or emailing dac@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.

We are able to offer online remote assessments.

More information can be found on our disability assessment centre page.

Our Disability Advice Phone Line is open Monday to Friday 9:00am – 4:00pm. If you wish to speak to a member of our team outside of these hours please use our Call Back form and we will try to get back to you within two working days.