Hello All
Oops!This was a 'personal' message, which wrongly went out to disforum
members - many apologies! I have no excuse, we had our Christmas party
yesterday!
Joyce
At 09:17 16/12/97 GMT, you wrote:
>Morning Liz
>Hope things are quietening down a little now. Like you, I was under the
>impression that nursing students were not eligble for the DSA - i have had
>contact with about 3 nursing students this term. I just wondered if you got
>a response to your message requesting a copy of the guidelines? or whether
>you got an address. It would be good to distribute the information to the
>consortium. Should I contact Madi as well?
>If you see Phillipa please say hello.
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>Have a great Christmas.
>
>Joyce
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>At 16:57 11/12/97 +0000, you wrote:
>>Madi
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>>Thank you for this - we were under the impression that NHS funded students
>>were unable to get DSA-type funds so are very interested in this
>>information. Please can we have a copy of the guidelines or an address where
>>we can get them from?
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>>Thanks
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>>Liz T.
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>>At 05:41 11/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>>We have recently been asked for clarification on the situation of nursing
>>>students and the disabled student allowances(DSAs).
>>>For those students who are funded through NHS bursaries: The NHS have
>>>followed Department for Education and Employment guidelines for the DSAs
>>>and so nursing students should be able to access DSAs on the same criteria
>>>as students funded through local education authorities.
>>>If anyone is having difficulties getting adequate DSAs out of the NHS, do
>>>contact Skill as we have written to the NHS and have received copies of the
>>>guidelines.
>>>Nursing students should apply to DSAs through their training institution,
>>>who will arrange funding with the local health authority. It is very
>>>important that the training institutions receive full details of the claim
>>>at an early date, so that all funding information can go to the Student
>>>Grants Unit together.
>>>Skill also has information about future funding arrangement for NHS funded
>>>students, so do contact us if you need clarification.
>>>
>>>We've also been asked to put our e-mail details on dis-forum, so here they
>>>are:
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>>>or
>>>[log in to unmask]
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>>>Do contact us if you have any queries.
>>>
>>>
>>>Madi Bliss (Information Assistant)
>>>
>>>
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