Are DSA details viewable by admissions tutors?

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Hello,

Apologies as I think I asked something similar to this some time ago, however I can't remember the exact answer and was looking to ask something more specific now anyway.

I was wondering whether admissions tutors can see all of the DSA information when looking at a student's application?

So for example - I'm aware that admissions tutors receive our results a few days before we do and they use this to sort out offers. If I was to miss my firm offer slightly, I know that the admissions tutors would then likely look at my application to once again review it. If they did this, would my DSA details be displayed here?

I only wonder because I fear that this would put me at a disadvantage. I know legally the universities cannot discriminate against disabled students, however if two students miss their offers by a similar margin, yet one has mental health issues (such as social anxiety/depression) I'm sure they would not pick the latter

So yeah can anyone just clarify for me whether or not this info is displayed alongside a normal ucas application? I have selected on the ucas application that I suffered from a disability, however I'm just wondering if the details taken in my DSA appointment would also be viewable?

Thanks

Disabled Students Allowance (check the forum).



Information from DSA won't be viewable, as your DSA application is concerned with finance and therefore completely unrelated to your actual university application. DSA is dealt with by your funding body, your university application is (usually) UCAS. Information won't be shared.

Though I don't necessarily agree that an admissions tutor will be inclined to chose the "non-disabled/ill person". The situation is entirely hypothetical, as it's rare that two or more candidates would miss an offer and be so evenly matched. Though I can't deny that some admissions tutor won't show negative attitudes, in my experience most will be indifferent (or it could even work the other way as the tutor gives the student extra credit for having achieved the same grades but with an illness).

When you have a DSA assessment, don't you either check or uncheck a box which allows the info to be shared?

Regardless why do you think that having a dissability will affect your chances for the course? I have been told that sometimes the reverse is true, don't unversities have to have a certain ratio of disabled students enrolled to prevent discrimination? My daughter suffers anxiety (sometimes severe) with her A/S and she got an offer from every uni she applied to, That's where DSA comes into it's own, to ensure the correct support is in place to try to help keep the study anxieties in check.

I just worry that (and I could be wrong) if I for whatever reason don't meet the conditions of my offer, but there are one or two spaces left to be filled and it comes down to myself and another student who missed out on their offer by a similar margin, I feel i would at that point maybe be at a disadvantage, as a student without any mental health problems is likely to be thought by an admissions tutor to be more reliable academically.

But I of course hope this isn't the case.