Hello, I am a Wellbeing Project Worker a University Student Services and have been seconded to organise a series of 'Lunch & Learn' sessions for staff. Each month we focus on how to provide the ...
Discussion in Cerebral palsy - 2 Feb 2017
. Hi guys I hope you are all well and staying safe during this time.My name is Joseph Skinner and I am 20 years old and I have a condition called cerebral palsy which affects the movement of all of ...
Discussion in Education - 15 Jun 2020
When applying for student finance, to start uni this september it asked for evidence I received PIP for the special support loan. I provided this and it says my evidence has been approved. But I have ...
Discussion in Education - 14 Mar 2024
From BBC News Disabled students at the University of Derby are calling for more specialist support to be available during their studies, claiming the university ...
Discussion in Education and skills - 11 Jun 2025
hello I am a single mum of two children looking to go to uni in September. I receive LCRWA higher rate Pip and contribution style ESA. I’m trying to work out if I’m going to be worse off going to ...
Discussion in Education and skills - 14 Aug 2025
Hi, Looking for some help and advice …so I want to become a nurse with no qualifications. I am currently receiving UC and PIP. I feel as if I have all the odds stacked against me… I will be about ...
Discussion in Announcements and information - 22 Apr 2025
I started a degree course and got around half way through it. I had atough time but worked through itthen I got ill with cronic pain arthritis and eventually cancer. I kept the uni informed throughout ...
Discussion in Education - 18 Apr 2018
hi I’m after advice for a friend she wants to go to university is a single mother and gets UC/housing Ben etc. if she starts uni full time and gets the yearly loan/grant will she still be eligible ...
Discussion in Universal Credit (UC) - 18 Sep 2024
Hello all, On Christmas Eve, I received the lovely present from the DWP of a PIP review form and I'm very anxious. I am disabled (I am autistic and suffer from ADHD, anxiety, depression, dyspraxia ...
Discussion in PIP, DLA, ADP and AA - 9 Jan 2025
We've been contacted by a freelance journalist who's writing a piece about people who have been discriminated against or rejected from university courses as a result of their disability. The ...
Discussion in Research and opportunities - 17 Jul 2019
