Government cuts to disabled students’ allowances must be resisted
Government cuts to disabled students’ allowances must be resisted
Cuts to essential grant funding for disabled students in England will put disabled students’ studies at risk. Proposed cuts to Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) in 2015 will redefine disability and damage the validity of equality indicators. As a result, the needs of many disabled students may be systematically overlooked, leading to unequal outcomes for students, academia and wider society.
higher education, disabled students, inequality, student experience, dyslexia, assistive technologies, biopower, policy
1159-1163
Lewthwaite, Sarah
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4 July 2014
Lewthwaite, Sarah
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Abstract
Cuts to essential grant funding for disabled students in England will put disabled students’ studies at risk. Proposed cuts to Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs) in 2015 will redefine disability and damage the validity of equality indicators. As a result, the needs of many disabled students may be systematically overlooked, leading to unequal outcomes for students, academia and wider society.
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Accepted/In Press date: 28 May 2014
Published date: 4 July 2014
Keywords:
higher education, disabled students, inequality, student experience, dyslexia, assistive technologies, biopower, policy
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Southampton Education School
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Local EPrints ID: 373524
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/373524
ISSN: 0968-7599
PURE UUID: 49d86fcc-daeb-4735-9bd9-a5a6ba8ecef1
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