Students and benefits - an update
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
If you're an adviser, you might like to try our Welfare Rights search.
Make sure you know how recent benefit changes are likely to affect students.
Make sure you are up to date with how recent benefit changes and current issues impact on kinship carers.
This course equips you with the knowledge and skills you need to prepare an effective submission.
Adult disability payment (ADP) is a benefit for working-age adults in Scotland who have extra care needs or mobility difficulties because of a disability.
Build your skills with this practical course on effective legal research for benefit casework. Competent casework starts by knowing the right questions to ask your client.
This course gives you the essential skills to get universal credit decisions changed. There are different ways to change a decision.
Many young people who have been ‘looked after’ by the local authority are affected by special social security rules.
Pension age disability payment (PADP) replaces attendance allowance as the main disability benefit for people living in Scotland who have reached pension age.
In April 2026, the limited capability for work-related activity (LCWRA) element will be halved for some ill and disabled universal credit (UC) claimants.