1、NEXT STEPSWHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE OF DISABLED STUDENTS IN EDUCATION?In collaboration withCONTENTSFOREWORD BY THE DISABLED STUDENTS COMMISSION.3EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.4RECOMMENDATIONS.7UCAS FAIR ACCESS PROGRAMME JUNE 2022.9SECTION ONE:HOW DO DISABLED STUDENTS PROGRESS TO THEIR NEXT STEP?.12SECTION TWO:HOW

2、DO DISABLED STUDENTS FEEL ABOUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES?.20ANNEX A:RESEARCH METHODS.35ANNEX B:THE UCAS QUESTION ABOUT DISABILITY AND MENTAL HEALTH.36ANNEX C:DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO DISABILITY.38FOREWORD BY THE DISABLED STUDENTS COMMISSIONIt is with great pleasure that,on behalf

3、of the Disabled Students Commission(DSC),I am able to introduce and commend this report to you.It is published during a really transformative year for disabled students,and we congratulate UCAS for focussing in this way.It is the DSCs view that,as a higher education sector,we have been compiling dat

4、a and reports for long enough and we now need a concerted and developed plan of action.This report sits alongside a considerable focus on listening to the disabled student voice,and then formulating specific and consistent recommendations.UCAS has an excellent track record in producing key insights

5、on student progression and,on this occasion,it has placed the focus on disabled students.The report demonstrates patterns of behaviour amongst disabled students,and looks at the trends in participation and decision making.Refreshingly,the report not only looks at both the range and numbers of disabl

6、ed students applying to higher education but most importantly it does not treat disabled students as a holistic group as it recognises the differences by condition.The report demonstrates a significant increase in the number of students sharing information about their conditions in the application p