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One of our students is planning to apply to a research council for funding to do a PhD. For her masters, the University allowed twice the usual time at no extra fees because her disability means that she is not able to work at the same pace as other students. Apparently the research council has two funding streams - 3 years of study full-time (including maintence costs) or fees only for part- time students. She is in the position of needing full-time funding for 6 years, or taking even longer to complete the PhD so that she can work part-time in the limited time available to her, as well as studying part-time. I have suggested that she ask the Research Council whether they build any additional disability-related costs into the maintenance components of their grants (in the way that they integrate DSA into the fees component). Does anyone else have any experience of this? Thanks Hannah ****************************** Dr Hannah Young Diversity Officer Diversity and Equal Opportunities Unit University of Oxford University Offices Wellington Square Oxford OX1 2JD Tel: 01865 280459 Fax: 01865 280300 Email : [log in to unmask]