Guidance

Dance and Drama Awards guide

Funding rules for the Dance and Drama Awards scheme which is income assessed support for tuition fees and living costs.

Applies to England

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ʹapp guide sets out the funding rules for the Dance and Drama Awards (DaDA) scheme for the relevant academic year and forms part of institutions� Department for Education (DfE) funding agreements. Institutions must comply with the rules and must be able to show they comply at any audit.

DfE provides the funding for the DaDA scheme. Only institutions that are DfE approved to administer the scheme can offer DaDA funding to students.

Updates to this page

Published 23 April 2025
Last updated 17 June 2025 show all updates
  1. We have included the Disabled Students Allowance section in the DaDA guide for academic year 2025 to 2026.

  2. First published.

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