Wednesday 14 January 2015

NUS campaign lumps DSA into a general 'costs of education' campaign

The National Union of Students have chosen lump DSA in with other cuts in a cost of education project. No doubt have a good reason for it but it seems stange that they have dropped what was an intense 'stop the cuts/ degrees of discrimination' campaign. Perhaps they have misunderstood? In September 2014 the NUS put out a statement that claimed the DSA cuts had been postponed for 2 years. It was true that HEIs won a delay on the reducrion on the range of medical helper support to be funded through the DSA. But students starting courses in September 2015 will experience a combination of less in the way of equipment and general allowances while also having to find £200 for a computer.