to act as a means of disseminating good practice with respect to enabling strategies in the assessment of disabled students within the parameters of the DSA in the context of DDA, SENDA etc and to compile and update guidance documents/booklets on their implementation;

to work towards establishing a model of assessing which would complement the need for quality assurance and quality audit within the DSA sector;

to assist in the determination and the consolidation of the parameters of DSA funding in the context of DDA/SENDA and DfES Guidance;

to work with colleagues in FE and HE in distinguishing between institutional responsibility under DSA, SENDA, and DED, student responsibility, and DSA liability;

to work with related organisations in the sector to empower disabled students in the context of the HE and FE teaching and learning environment.