2003 - 2005 special funding programme: Improving provision for disabled students

Strand one

31 projects to improve provision in small and/or specialist institutions that currently have little provision for, or experience in supporting, students with disabilities. We will distribute £2.68m in this strand.

Institution name HEFCE funding
offered £		 Description/Title
Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies 100,000 Improving provision for students with disabilities in a small, specialist institution
Arts Institute at Bournemouth 94,700 Developing and maintaining an infrastructure for supporting students with disabilities within the Arts Institute at Bournemouth, a specialist institution of art, design and media.
Institute of Cancer Research 60,090 Establishing support services for disabled students; raising awareness
Central School of Speech and Drama 87,800 Disability Support Officer
University College Chichester 75,000 Developing a Sensory Advice Service (SENSAS)
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama 90,000 Creating a disability statement for the conservatoire, which will then be applied to current and future affiliates.
Cranfield University 83,131 Enhancing provision for disabled students in a multi-campus, specialist institution
Cumbria Institute of the Arts 83,217 Facilitating Access for Disabled Students
Institute of Education 81,308 Improving policy and provision for disabled students
Harper Adams University College 100,000 Harper Adams Support for Disabled Students (HASDaS)
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 94,120 To further improve provision for students with disabilities at Imperial College
Kent Institute of Art and Design 70,835 Improving the level of support for disabled students through implementation of essential resources and staff development
King Alfred's College 100,166 Implementing Disabled Students Learning Agreements
London Business School 91,954 Establishing and exceeding, base level provision for students with disabilities
London School of Economics and Political Science 100,000 Working towards disability equality at LSE: building a team approach, 2003 - 5
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 75,309 Improving Provision for Students with Disabilities at the LSHTM
Newman College 93,000 Knocking down walls and opening doors to students with disabilities
Northern School of Contemporary Dance 50,500 Improving provision for disabled students
School of Pharmacy 96,641 Establishing base-level provision for students with disabilities at the School of Pharmacy, and developing an evidence base regarding barriers to the study and profession of pharmacy and how these might be overcome.
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication 71,000 Improving provision for disabled students through a review of the mechanisms and processes through which students gain support, and the quality of information students receive prior to and during the period of study
Rose Bruford College 100,169 Disability Provision at Rose Bruford College
Royal Academy of Music 82,970 Improving Disability Awareness
Royal Agricultural College 97,050 Improving Disability Provision at the Royal Agricultural College
Royal College of Art 98,149 Disability and Dyslexia Co-ordination
Royal College of Music 103,062 Enhancing the Royal College of Music's provision for students with disabilities
Royal Northern College of Music 77,277 Appointment of coordinator; appointment of a teacher; full audit of the college's systems against the QAA code of practice
St George's Hospital Medical School 101,000 Supporting disabled students' access to medical and healthcare education
College of St Mark and St John 91,867 Visibility, Inclusion, Value and Integration for Disability (VIVID)
Trinity College of Music 97,625 Addressing baseline disabled student provision at Trinity College
Wimbledon School of Art 59,050 Enhancing provision for disabled students
Writtle College 76,085 DIS-TRIBUTE - Improving provision for disabled students in land-based education

Last updated 5 June 2003