Reasonable Adjustment Plans, known as RAPs, are available to all students with a physical or mental health condition, a sensory condition, or a specific learning difference such as dyslexia.

The RAP lists all the reasonable adjustments that have been agreed upon with the Disability and Dyslexia Service and are shared with your academic team. RAPs include exam adjustments as well as adjustments required during lectures.

How to get a RAP

A RAP can be agreed upon at any point during your course, or during your application as soon as you have accepted an offer to study (conditional or unconditional) at the University.

Option 1

If you have an existing document confirming your condition, email it to us at disability@worc.ac.uk. If you only have a hard copy of the document then photos are fine, as long as we can see the whole document and read each page.

Option 2

If you do not have any supporting documents, or you are not sure if you require support from the Disability and Dyslexia Service, then complete our self-referral form and we will contact you with either the next steps or further information.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE SELF-REFERRAL FORM.

Practice Placement Adjustment Plans, more commonly known as a PPAP, contain recommended adjustments that a student might need while on placement.

How to arrange a PPAP

PPAP meetings can be arranged by contacting your Personal Academic Tutor (your PAT) who will arrange for a PPAP meeting with the Disability and Dyslexia Service. Before you request a PPAP meeting, please make sure that you have a Reasonable Adjustment Plan already in place, but you can request a meeting at any point during your course.

What happens at a PPAP meeting?

You, your PAT and a Disability Adviser will attend the PPAP meeting, which are normally held online. You will get the opportunity to explain what concerns you have about being on placement and how your condition(s) may affect your ability to learn and perform your duties. We will then discuss some potential adjustments to address your concerns.

What happens after the PPAP meeting?

All of the agreed recommendations are summarised in the PPAP document which you then take ownership of. You can use the PPAP to structure a conversation with your placement educator/mentor (different academic areas use different names for your contact when on placement) about how the recommendations can be implemented.

PLEASE NOTE: The adjustments in the PPAP are only recommendations which may need to be amended so that they are reasonable within the context of each of your placements. 

DSA is available to any student who qualifies for student finance from their local student finance body. 

The main groups who are NOT eligible are international students and students studying on an apprenticeship route.

Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) 

Disabled Students’ Allowance, more commonly referred to as DSA, is a grant that is administered by your local student finance body, e.g. Student Finance England, that is used to pay for additional types of academic and supplementary support. 

Any support that is funded by DSA doesn’t need to be paid back, and the level of support received is determined by the student’s level of need and not their financial situation.  

DSA INFORMATION (Click on individual links)

Student Finance England

Student Finance Wales

Student Awards Agency Scotland

Student Finance NI

Please note: Courses which are funded by the NHS (including some Social Work courses) also have DSA that is funded by the NHS and require an application through the relevant NHS portal and not Student Finance.  

You should be applying for DSA as soon as you get a diagnosis that is eligible for support, or as soon as Student Finance opens for applications if you are a prospective student with an existing diagnosis. 

It is not unusual for a DSA application to take 10-14 weeks from when you apply to your support package being agreed. Applications should be made at the earliest possible time. 

If you are on a full-time, undergraduate course e.g. a foundation degree or bachelor's degree, then you can apply for DSA via your online Student Finance England account, provided you have other finance provided by SFE e.g. tuition fee loans or a maintenance grant.

This video will help to explain the process of applying online HOW TO APPLY FOR DSA 

If you are starting in 24/25, studying a full-time undergraduate course, but do not have an online account with Student Finance England, then you will need to apply by completing this DSA FULL FORM 24/25

If you need to provide medical evidence to support your DSA application, and you don't already have a suitable document, then you can ask your GP to complete THIS MEDICAL EVIDENCE FORM.

If you are studying part-time on an undergraduate course, or you are on any post-graduate course, then you will need to complete one of these forms to apply for DSA, as you are unable to apply via your online Student Finance England account. 

Part-time undergraduate and all post-graduate courses who are starting their course in 24/25 DSA FULL FORM 24/25

Guidance on completing the DSA application forms can be found here:

DSA FULL FORM GUIDANCE NOTES 24/25

PLEASE NOTE - If you are applying for DSA from a student finance body other than Student Finance England, then please email us at disability@worc.ac.uk and we will send you the relevant application forms.