The Cambridge ACCESS Centre offers DSA needs assessments and a range of related services throughout the region. The centre undertakes DSA assessments for The University of Cambridge has collaborative agreements with The University of Essex and The University of Bedfordshire and services offered at Colchester and Luton.

Also in order to further enhance our services to students in higher education throughout the East Anglia region, we now offer DSA needs assessments at The University Campus Suffolk, Ipswich for all eligible students regardless of place of study. For further details simply telephone 01223 223701

The first step to a DSA assessment is to obtain medical evidence of your disability. You should discuss this with your current educational establishment or your funding body, who will clarify exactly what is needed. If you are dyslexic, you will need an Educational Psychologist's Report.

The next step is to contact your funding body (for example Student Finance England) to get a DSA application pack. Complete this and return it to your funding body with your evidence. If eligible, they will write to you stating that you should get a needs assessment done and provide you with a list of ACCESS Centres in order to do this.

This is the point at which you contact the Cambridge ACCESS Centre