Name: Rachel Studying: Politics and Philosophy Year: 3 I was diagnosed with dyspraxia in 2015 at the age of 20, which was a fairly late (but welcome) diagnosis after I had just dropped out of first year after struggling to Continue reading Rachel
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Ordering your DSA equipment can seem really daunting and confusing. Luckily there are resources out there to help make things a bit easier. This blog post will signpost useful links to help with ordering equipment and a guide to assistive Continue reading Ordering DSA equipment- help and advice
Applying for DSA can sometimes be a confusing process, but it doesn’t have to be that way! You can access support and guidance for the DSA process at university by speaking to a Disability Adviser and there are many useful Continue reading Accessing Disabled Student Allowances and support at the University of Sheffield
Who might this blog post be useful for?: Anyone who wants to improve their note taking skills What study skills challenges can this app help you overcome?: Note-taking. What is the tool or study skills strategy?: A summary of five different Continue reading Note Taking techniques for different learning styles
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Don’t forget to request your printing costs back at the end of the year! Instead of going through your printing credit history and painstakingly adding up a multitude of 5ps (which I have been known to do in the past Continue reading How to get your printing costs re-imbursed by DSA