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DfE plans to withdraw funding for assistive software, saying it is now rarely needed due to ‘widely available free tools’ Disability campaigners have called on the government to halt plans to cut funding for specialist tech support for tens of thousands of disabled students in England. Almost 10,000 people have signed a petition opposing Department for Education (DfE) proposals to withdraw funding for specialist assistive software, currently available as part of the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA). Continue reading...

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🚨NEWS 🚨 "One in four of us is Disabled. It’s time the UK government heard us" Labour needs a new direction. Its first step must be to stop treating Disabled people as a problem to be managed - DR UK Head of Policy, Fazilet Hadi for @opendemocracy.net 👇 www.opendemocracy.net/uk-goverment...

This is yet another area of tension for disabled students, who often need access to devices or equipment for disability-related reasons. Think noise cancelling headphones, apps to assist with managing diabetes, hearing aids that happen to be bluetooth-enabled etc etc...

What other sector could make severance payments to over 28,000 people in 2 years and no one in government even blinks? These are skilled, highly educated people who should be contributing to UK productivity.

Labour needs a new direction. Its first step must be to stop treating Disabled people as a problem to be managed

These stats coming out at the same time as the Graduate Futures report on outcomes for disabled graduates, and the employment gaps that persist, is making me have a think

Grateful for this, as the mother of a current Y13 who is off to uni in the autumn. BBC News - Meningitis B vaccine to be offered to a million young people www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New guidance published by @advancehe.bsky.social today, relating to the Disabled Student Commitment, this time on effective information sharing for disabled students in #UKHE. Pleased that @universityofleeds.bsky.social features as a case study! advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hu...

This guide, produced by the Disabled Student Commitment Information Sharing Special Interest Group, examines how HEPs manage and share disability-related information, drawing on survey data, sector ca...

Just when we all think that exams might be the answer to AI. As an invigilator I’m going to miss the days when my biggest worry was if notes had been hidden in the loos. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Stronger checks likely to be needed in England to safeguard reputation of GCSE, AS and A-levels, says Ian Bauckham

BREAKING: More than one million 16 to 24-year-olds were not in employment, education or training (NEET) in the first 3 months of this year An estimated 1,012,000 young people were NEET in January to March - up 55,000 people from October to December 2025, according to stats just released by the ONS